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Colleges & Universities (Part 5) Quiz

Are you ready for Part 5? Identify the college or university by the association. As always, I apologize for the overweighting given to U.S. colleges and universities.

A multiple-choice quiz by LUCA_BRASI. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
LUCA_BRASI

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
313,126

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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575

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the oldest institution of higher education in the western hemisphere?
Hint

Universidad Aut�noma de Santo Domingo

Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico

Harvard University

Universit� Laval

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Question 2 of 10

2. On Nov. 14, 1970, what university lost the coaching staff and 37 members of its football team in an airplane crash?
Hint

East Carolina University

Marshall University

Grambling State University

Miami University (Ohio)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is home to the Rhodes Scholarships?
Hint

Harvard University

University of Cape Town

University of Cambridge

University of Oxford

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Question 4 of 10

4. At what university did Mario Savio deliver his famous "put your bodies upon the gears" address on the steps of Sproul Hall on December 2, 1964?
Hint

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Columbia University

University of California (Berkeley)

University of Michigan

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the eleven senior colleges of City University of New York (CUNY)?
Hint

Baruch College

Barnard College

Hunter College

Medgar Evers College

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Question 6 of 10

6. What university's "Blackjack Team" was the subject of Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the House"?
Hint

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

California Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Harvard University

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Palestra is a historic arena and the home gym of what university's men's and women's basketball teams?
Hint

Temple University

University of Pennsylvania

University of Connecticut

Villanova University

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Question 8 of 10

8. Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were both Ph.D.
students at what university?
Hint

California Institute of Technology

University of California (Berkeley)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stanford University

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Question 9 of 10

9. At what university is the secret society the Skull and Bones based?
Hint

Yale University

Princeton University

Harvard University

University of Oxford

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Question 10 of 10

10. On what university campus is the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction located?
Hint

Ohio State University

Emory University

Indiana University

Johns Hopkins University

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the oldest institution of higher education in the western hemisphere?

Answer: Universidad Aut�noma de Santo Domingo

The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo was established in 1538. The Royal
and Pontifical University of Mexico, established in 1551, was the second oldest; however, it was closed in 1865. Harvard, the oldest in the U.S., was established in 1636. The origins of Laval, the oldest center of education in Canada, are the S�minaire de Qu�bec founded in 1663.

2. On Nov. 14, 1970, what university lost the coaching staff and 37 members of its football team in an airplane crash?

Answer: Marshall University

The 2006 film "We Are Marshall" is a dramatization of the tragedy and the rebuilding of the football program. The school was named after John Marshall, the longest serving Chief Justice in U.S. Supreme Court history.

3. What is home to the Rhodes Scholarships?

Answer: University of Oxford

Founder of the diamond company De Beers, Cecil Rhodes provided for the
establishment of the Rhodes Scholarships in his last will and testament. Notable Rhodes Scholars have included Edwin Hubble, John Templeton, Bill Bradley, and Bill Clinton.

4. At what university did Mario Savio deliver his famous "put your bodies upon the gears" address on the steps of Sproul Hall on December 2, 1964?

Answer: University of California (Berkeley)

Mario Savio was a key member of Berkeley's Free Speech Movement of 1964-65. He died of heart failure on November 6, 1996. The steps of Sproul Plaza were officially renamed the "Mario Savio Steps" in 1997.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the eleven senior colleges of City University of New York (CUNY)?

Answer: Barnard College

Barnard College is a women's liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University. The other eight senior colleges of CUNY are City College, Brooklyn College, Queens College, New York City College of Technology, College of Staten Island, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, York College, and Lehman College.

6. What university's "Blackjack Team" was the subject of Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the House"?

Answer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The book tells the remarkable story of how a team of card-counting MIT students earned several million dollars by playing blackjack in Las Vegas casinos on weekends. The 2008 film adaptation, titled "21", starred Jim Sturgess, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, and Kevin Spacey.

7. The Palestra is a historic arena and the home gym of what university's men's and women's basketball teams?

Answer: University of Pennsylvania

Known as the "Cathedral of College Basketball", the Palestra was the long-time home of Big 5 basketball games. The five universities that compose the Philadelphia Big 5 are Penn, Temple, Saint Joseph's, Villanova, and La Salle.

8. Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were both Ph.D. students at what university?

Answer: Stanford University

Google's mission is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful". Stanford alumni have also founded HP, Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo.

9. At what university is the secret society the Skull and Bones based?

Answer: Yale University

Famous Bonesmen include John Kerry, William F. Buckley, Henry Luce, and three U.S. presidents: William H. Taft, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. Montgomery Burns, owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and Homer Simpson's boss in "The Simpsons", is also a Bonesman.

10. On what university campus is the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction located?

Answer: Indiana University

The Institute was founded as the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University in 1947 by Dr. Alfred Kinsey. It is best known for two books on human sexual behavior known as the Kinsey Reports that caused controversy and sensation when they were published in 1948 and 1953. The 2004 biopic "Kinsey", starred Liam Neeson as the scientist and Laura Linney as his wife.

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