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Colleges & Universities (Part 4) Quiz

Identify the college or university by the association. I apologize for the overweighting given to U.S. colleges and universities.

A multiple-choice quiz by LUCA_BRASI. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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LUCA_BRASI

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
312,722

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. What college was founded in 1895 by four Fabian Society members, including George Bernard Shaw?
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Open University

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

The London School of Economics and Political Science

Institute of English Studies

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Question 2 of 10

2. What university was the home of ENIAC, the world's first electronic, large-scale, general-purpose digital computer in 1946?
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University of Pennsylvania

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology

Princeton University

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Question 3 of 10

3. Established in 1909, what university's Whiffenpoofs are the oldest collegiate a cappella group in the U.S.?
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Harvard University

Yale University

Princeton University

Vanderbilt University

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Question 4 of 10

4. It was featured in the 1979 film "Breaking Away". At what university is the Little 500, the largest collegiate bike race in the U.S., held annually? Hint

Bowling Green State University

Indiana University

Ohio State University

Purdue University

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Question 5 of 10

5. At what university did author and sports columnist Mitch Albom earn a bachelor's degree in sociology?
Hint

Harvard University

Brandeis University

Rutgers University

Wayne State University

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Question 6 of 10

6. What university became the eleventh member of the Big Ten Conference in 1990?
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Pennsylvania State University

University of Iowa

Northwestern University

Purdue University

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Question 7 of 10

7. On November 12, 2005, what university retired the number 44 to honor its football greats who wore the number including Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, and Floyd Little?
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Ohio State University

Syracuse University

University of Pittsburgh

University of Southern California

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Question 8 of 10

8. At what Canadian university was the practical extraction of insulin achieved?
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Dalhousie University

Queen's University

McGill University

University of Toronto

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Question 9 of 10

9. In terms of undergraduate students attending the physical campus, what was America's largest religious university in 2008?
Hint

Liberty University

University of Notre Dame

Oral Roberts University

Brigham Young University

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Question 10 of 10

10. What university, formerly Trinity College, gained its present name when it was a recipient of money from an endowment funded largely by tobacco profits?
Hint

Cornell University

Vanderbilt University

Rice University

Duke University

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What college was founded in 1895 by four Fabian Society members, including George Bernard Shaw?

Answer: The London School of Economics and Political Science

LSE describes itself as "the world's leading social science institution for teaching and research". The Fabian Society is a British intellectual socialist movement that favors a gradual, rather than revolutionary, approach to achieve its goals.

2. What university was the home of ENIAC, the world's first electronic, large-scale, general-purpose digital computer in 1946?

Answer: University of Pennsylvania

Although ENIAC was 100 feet long, 10 feet high, and weighed 30 tons, a chip of silicon measuring 0.02 inches square in 2007 held the same capacity as all of ENIAC. ENIAC stood for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer.

3. Established in 1909, what university's Whiffenpoofs are the oldest collegiate a cappella group in the U.S.?

Answer: Yale University

Cole Porter was a member of the 1913 lineup of the Whiffenpoofs when he was a
student at Yale. "The Whiffenpoof Song" includes the familiar verse:
"We are poor little lambs
Who have lost our way.
Baa! Baa! Baa!
We are little black sheep
Who have gone astray.
Baa! Baa! Baa!"

4. It was featured in the 1979 film "Breaking Away". At what university is the Little 500, the largest collegiate bike race in the U.S., held annually?

Answer: Indiana University

The Little 500 website quotes Lance Armstrong as saying, "I've attended Super Bowls, World Series and the Monaco Grand Prix, but the coolest event I ever attended was the Little 500." The film "Breaking Away" was nominated for five Academy Awards: screenwriter Steve Tesich won an Oscar for his original screenplay.

5. At what university did author and sports columnist Mitch Albom earn a bachelor's degree in sociology?

Answer: Brandeis University

Albom's "Tuesdays with Morrie" recounts his time spent with an old sociology professor at Brandeis, Morrie Schwartz, who was dying from ALS. The memoir spent more than four years on the national bestseller list of the "New York Times".

6. What university became the eleventh member of the Big Ten Conference in 1990?

Answer: Pennsylvania State University

The Big Ten Conference is the oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its other ten members are: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota,Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin. The University of Chicago, a cofounder of the conference, was a member from 1896 to 1946.

7. On November 12, 2005, what university retired the number 44 to honor its football greats who wore the number including Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, and Floyd Little?

Answer: Syracuse University

Jim Brown was named as the greatest professional football player ever by "The
Sporting News" in 2002. Ernie Davis, the first African-American athlete to win the Heisman Trophy, was the subject of the 2008 movie biography, "The Express." Known as "The Franchise" in Denver where he played for the Broncos, Floyd Little led the NFL in rushing for the six-year period from 1968-73.

8. At what Canadian university was the practical extraction of insulin achieved?

Answer: University of Toronto

The Nobel Prize committee in 1923 credited the practical extraction of insulin to a team at the University of Toronto and awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod for the discovery of insulin. Forty years later, the stem cell was discovered at the university.

9. In terms of undergraduate students attending the physical campus, what was America's largest religious university in 2008?

Answer: Brigham Young University

Fall 2008 undergraduate enrollment reached 35,300 at Liberty University, the world's largest Christian Evangelical university. However, distance learning enrollment represented 24,000 of the total and residential enrollment only 11,300. BYU led all religious schools handily with over 30,000 undergraduates attending the physical campus at Provo, of which approximately 98% were Mormon.

10. What university, formerly Trinity College, gained its present name when it was a recipient of money from an endowment funded largely by tobacco profits?

Answer: Duke University

James Buchanan Duke amassed his fortune through his ownership of the American Tobacco Company and later through electric power. In 1924 he established the Duke Endowment that funded Trinity College, later renamed Duke University in honor of his father. Ezra Cornell, co-founder of Cornell University, made his fortune in the telegraph business as an associate of Samuel Morse and as founder of Western Union. William Marsh Rice started Rice University from his fortune earned by trading cotton and investing in land and railroads. Vanderbilt University was named for Cornelius Vanderbilt because the "Commodore" provided the university with an endowment of one million dollars.

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