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Colleges & Universities (Part 7) Quiz

Are you ready for Part 7? 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: 5 mins.

Author
LUCA_BRASI

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
314,083

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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601

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Question 1 of 10

1. What university manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory?
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology

University of Alabama in Huntsville

University of Houston

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Question 2 of 10

2. What university has been closed in 1229, 1940, and 1968?
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University of Paris

University of Oxford

University of Cambridge

University of Salamanca

3. To what college was Daniel Webster referring when, in a historic 1816 case before the U.S. Supreme Court, he concluded: "It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college. And yet there are those who love it"?
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Williams College

Haverford College

Dartmouth College

Middlebury College

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Question 4 of 10

4. What university's First Board of Governors, chaired by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, and Martin Buber?
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Brandeis University

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The New School

University of Geneva

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Question 5 of 10

5. What university's Graduate School of Journalism administers the Pulitzer Prize?
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New York University

Columbia University

St. Louis University

University of Iowa

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Question 6 of 10

6. What Ivy League school was founded by Benjamin Franklin?
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University of Pennsylvania

Harvard University

Brown University

Yale University

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Question 7 of 10

7. What private, historically black, liberal arts college was featured in the 2007 film "The Great Debaters"?
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Hillman College

Talladega College

Stilman College

Wiley College

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Question 8 of 10

8. What university won the first BCS National Championship game on January 4, 1999?
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University of Tennessee

University of Florida

Florida State University

University of Oklahoma

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Question 9 of 10

9. What Texas university is the largest Baptist university in the world by enrollment?
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Southern Methodist University

Texas Christian University

Southwestern University

Baylor University

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Question 10 of 10

10. What school's team nickname is the Radicals?
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University of California, Santa Cruz

Biola University

Antioch College

Oberlin College

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What university manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

Answer: California Institute of Technology

Funded by NASA and operated by Caltech, the JPL is the lead US center for robotic exploration of our solar system. Highly ranked Caltech has less than 1,000 undergraduate students.

2. What university has been closed in 1229, 1940, and 1968?

Answer: University of Paris

In 1229 the university closed in response to a student riot. In 1940 it was closed due to the German invasion. Student unrest was again the cause of the closure in May 1968.

Answer: Dartmouth College

Daniel Webster, an alumnus of the class of 1801, presented the College's case in Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, and successfully blocked the New
Hampshire legislature's attempt to force the College to become a public institution. Dartmouth is the college of choice of Edward and Bella in the "Twilight" series.

4. What university's First Board of Governors, chaired by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, and Martin Buber?

Answer: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was opened on April 1, 1925. On July 31, 2002, a terrorist exploded a bomb in the university's cafeteria during lunch time, killing nine people and injuring another 85.

5. What university's Graduate School of Journalism administers the Pulitzer Prize?

Answer: Columbia University

The Pulitzer Prize was established by Hungarian-born, American publisher Joseph Pulitzer. Four-time winners of the Pulitzer Prize include Robert Frost for Poetry and Eugene O'Neill for Drama.

6. What Ivy League school was founded by Benjamin Franklin?

Answer: University of Pennsylvania

The eight Ivy League schools are Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard,
Penn, Princeton, and Yale. Benjamin Franklin also managed to found both the first public lending library in America and first fire department in Pennsylvania in his spare time.

7. What private, historically black, liberal arts college was featured in the 2007 film "The Great Debaters"?

Answer: Wiley College

In the film, Wiley College's 1935 debate team is so successful that they are invited to debate Harvard. In real life, Wiley defeated USC, the reigning national debate champions. (Apparently, defeating USC was not impressive enough.)

8. What university won the first BCS National Championship game on January 4, 1999?

Answer: University of Tennessee

Tennessee defeated Florida State 23-16, but the Seminoles rebounded to win the National Championship the next year. The Volunteers have claimed six national titles: 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967, and 1998.

9. What Texas university is the largest Baptist university in the world by enrollment?

Answer: Baylor University

Baylor is a private Baptist university in Waco, Texas with total enrollment of 14,541 in 2008. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Southwestern is affiliated with The United Methodist Church. SMU, not surprisingly, is also Methodist.

10. What school's team nickname is the Radicals?

Answer: Antioch College

There are the Biola Eagles (the most common team nickname) and the Oberlin Yeomen (Yeowomen for women's teams). UC-Santa Cruz's team nickname is, of course, the often asked Banana Slugs.

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