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Colleges & Universities (Part 9) Quiz

Are you ready for Part 9? 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 #
315,152

Updated
May 12 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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523

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Question 1 of 10

1. On what campus would one find the Wren Building, the oldest academic structure still in use in the U.S.?
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College of William and Mary

Harvard University

Amherst College

University of Pennsylvania

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Question 2 of 10

2. What university has won the NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship a record nine times (through 2009)?
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University of Michigan

University of Denver

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University of Minnesota

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Question 3 of 10

3. What for-profit educational institution that specializes in adult education is the largest private university in North America?
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DeVry University

National American University

Kaplan University

University of Phoenix

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Question 4 of 10

4. On what campus would one find the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, a replica of the original in Lourdes, France, built in 1896?
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DePaul University

Marquette University

Holy Cross University

University of Notre Dame

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Question 5 of 10

5. What institution of higher learning did both Theodore Roosevelt and his fifth cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt attend for their undergraduate studies?
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United States Military Academy (West Point)

College of William and Mary

Harvard University

Princeton University

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Question 6 of 10

6. At what university did "Peter Pan" creator J.M. Barrie serve as Chancellor of the University from 1930 to 1937?
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University of Aberdeen

University of Glasgow

University of Cambridge

University of Edinburgh

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Question 7 of 10

7. What university, named for a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian coeducational institution on the site of the former Middlesex University?
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Clark University

Brandeis University

Furman University

Tufts University

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Question 8 of 10

8. What college awarded BA degrees with honors in Political Science to both Madeleine Albright and Hillary Rodham Clinton?
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Vassar College

Mount Holyoke College

Wellesley College

Smith College

9. At what university in 1968 did university president S.I. Hayakawa climb atop a striker's truck, rip out the wires to the public address system, and then deliver his own speech to an astonished crowd?
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California State University, Northridge

San Francisco State College

University of California (Berkeley)

University of California (Santa Barbara)

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Question 10 of 10

10. At what university would one find the celebrated Bodleian Library?
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Harvard University

University of Oxford

University of Cambridge

Yale University

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On what campus would one find the Wren Building, the oldest academic structure still in use in the U.S.?

Answer: College of William and Mary

The inside of the Wren Building has been destroyed by fire three times (1705, 1859, and 1862), the last time by Federal troops during the Civil War. The question, "Was Christopher Wren the architect?", is discussed on the official website of Colonial Williamsburg. The answer to the question has remained unresolved for over 300 years.

2. What university has won the NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship a record nine times (through 2009)?

Answer: University of Michigan

The Wolverines have been champions in 1948, 1951-53, 1955-56, 1964, 1996, and 1998. The semi-finals and finals of the NCAA Men's Division I (and Division III) Ice Hockey Championship tournament are branded as the "Frozen Four".

3. What for-profit educational institution that specializes in adult education is the largest private university in North America?

Answer: University of Phoenix

The University of Phoenix has nearly 200 convenient locations, as well as internet delivery in most countries around the world. As of November 30, 2008, 384,900 students were enrolled at the University of Phoenix.

4. On what campus would one find the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, a replica of the original in Lourdes, France, built in 1896?

Answer: University of Notre Dame

"Notre Dame" is French for "Our Lady". The university also honors the Blessed Virgin Mary by a statue of her atop the famous golden dome of its administration building.

5. What institution of higher learning did both Theodore Roosevelt and his fifth cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt attend for their undergraduate studies?

Answer: Harvard University

Of the first 44 U.S. presidents, five chose Harvard for their undergraduate work. (The other three Crimson alumni were John F. Kennedy, John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams.) The College of William and Mary can boast four U.S. presidents.

6. At what university did "Peter Pan" creator J.M. Barrie serve as Chancellor of the University from 1930 to 1937?

Answer: University of Edinburgh

Sir James Matthew Barrie also studied at Edinburgh as did other notable Scottish authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh became Chancellor in 1953.

7. What university, named for a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian coeducational institution on the site of the former Middlesex University?

Answer: Brandeis University

The university is named for the first Jewish Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941). Brandeis is located nine miles west of Boston in Waltham, Massachusetts.

8. What college awarded BA degrees with honors in Political Science to both Madeleine Albright and Hillary Rodham Clinton?

Answer: Wellesley College

Madeleine Albright was the first woman to become U.S. Secretary of State in 1997. Hillary Clinton was the third woman to reach that post. The second, Condoleezza Rice, earned her BA degree in Political Science (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Denver.

Answer: San Francisco State College

S. I. Hayakawa was appointed president of San Francisco State College (now San
Francisco State University) by California Governor Ronald Reagan. His actions
described in the question took place during a bitter, prolonged student strike. In 1976 Hayakawa was elected U.S. Senator from California.

10. At what university would one find the celebrated Bodleian Library?

Answer: University of Oxford

Named for Sir Thomas Bodley, the English diplomat who refounded the library in 1603, the Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Among its many treasures are a copy of Shakespeare's First folio, a Gutenberg Bible, the oldest extant manuscript of the "Song of Roland", and four copies of the Magna Carta.

Source: Author LUCA_BRASI

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