Colleges of the Midwest Trivia Quiz

Answer: Indiana

DePauw is a coed school established in 1870 in Greencastle, Indiana. Wabash is a Men's college in Crawfordsville, Indiana, built in 1832. Both are known for their academics and liberal arts education. The Monon Bell is an actual locomotive bell from the Monon Railroad. It has been awarded to the winner of the annual football game since 1932. (Duchess76)

Answer: Iowa

Central College's football team won the national title in 1974 under Hall of Fame coach Ron Schipper. "Schip" won over 80% of his games and retired with 287 victories in 35 years of coaching. (Spaudrey)

Answer: The University of Chicago

The University of Chicago, where President Barack Obama taught law, received considerable press attention in the lead-up to the 2008 election of President Obama and during his first few months in office. This private non-denominational University was founded in 1892 with money from John D. Rockefeller.

It is consistently ranked among the top universities in the United States and the world. (carmeller)

Answer: Minnesota

St. Olaf is in a running rivalry with my alma mater, Luther College in Iowa, about who has the "best" music program of the Midwest. You can probably guess my opinion.

Rose Nylund was Betty White's character on the American sitcom "The Golden Girls". She was from the fictional town of St. Olaf, Minnesota, and not Northfield. (Spaudrey)

Answer: Illinois

Blackburn College was named for the Rev. Gideon Blackburn and is located in Carlinville, Illinois. While there are seven federally-recognized work colleges in the United States, Blackburn's program is the only student-managed one. Blackburn is also the least expensive private college in Illinois. (DireWolf74)

Answer: Washington University in St. Louis

Founded in 1853, "Wash U" was named for George Washington. It is regarded as one of the finest research teaching facilities in the country. They offer bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in seven schools including Medicine, Law, Business and Social Work. Both the men's and women's basketball teams (Bears and Lady Bears) have won Division III championships in recent years.

The Presidential debate in 1996 was canceled due to a conflict in the candidates schedules. (Duchess716).

Answer: ...Grinnell?"

Grinnell College is located just off Interstate 80 in Grinnell, Iowa and is recognized as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the United States. It was founded in 1846 by Congregational ministers from Massachusetts. (Carmeller)

Answer: 1995

Rose-Hulman was founded in 1874 as the Terre Haute School of Industrial Science. It was a men's school until the 1990s; in 1991, the decision was made to become coeducational, and this finally happened in 1995. (carmeller)

Answer: Michelson-Morley experiment - determining the speed of light

Case Western Reserve University was established in 1967 when Western Reserve University (established in 1826) and Case Institute of Technology (formerly Case School of Applied Science established in 1880) consolidated into CWRU.

In the 1880s, Albert Michelson and Edward Morley carried out a series of experiments at what would become CWRU to determine the speed of light. Their results provided strong evidence against the theory of a luminiferous aether.

Robert Millikan did his experimenting at the University of Chicago in 1909 to determine the fundamental charge of the electron.

James Chadwick discovered the neutron in Cambridge, England in 1932.

Enrico Fermi performed his experiments on nuclear fission at the University of Chicago in the 1940s. (JMElston)

Answer: Missouri

There is also a piece of the Berlin Wall there as a commemoration of the speech. Fulton, Missouri, while also home to Westminster, is also home of the only nuclear power plant in Missouri. (bridgewiz)