NC State University Trivia Quiz

Answer: Raleigh

North Carolina's capital and second largest city, Raleigh is home to a number of colleges and universities, with NC State being the largest and most visible. Other schools in the city include the all-female Meredith, Peace and St. Mary's Colleges, and the historically-black St. Augustine's College and Shaw University.

Answer: 1887

On March 7, 1887, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill that provided for a college to teach agricultural and mechanical arts, under the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862. The school's original name was the North Carolina College of Agricultural & Mechanic Arts, which it retained until 1917, when it became the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering.

Answer: Mia Hamm

Before becoming a World Cup soccer champion, Mia Hamm got her kicks up the road at NC State's biggest rival, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Bill Cowher, who succeeded Chuck Noll as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, played football at State; his wife, Kay, played on the women's basketball team as well. Andrea Stinson was a top-notch player on the women's team in the late 1980's and early 1990's and was an original member of the WNBA's Charlotte Sting. Jim Hunt, who served as student body president, served four terms as North Carolina's governor (1977-85, 1993-2001).

Answer: False

Although alumnus David Clark is alleged to have asked for the doors of Reynolds Coliseum to be large enough to admit circus elephants, that wasn't his primary goal of lobbying university official and the state General Assembly to build the arena. Clark, instead, was prompted by spending a week in Raleigh getting rained on during a farmers' convention.

He finally got enough support to build the facility, named after William Neal Reynolds, one of the founders of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. It opened in 1949, and serves as the home to the school's ROTC programs and women's basketball team.

Answer: John Harrelson

Legend has it that Harrelson Hall-named after the first NC State alumnus to become chancellor and the man who suggested the school's nickname of "Wolfpack"-was supposed to be eight stories tall. But, because the engineers had started building on an earthquake fault, the building began sinking while still under construction. The 204-foot-diameter building is only five stories tall.

Answer: Hillsborough Street

Hillsborough Street runs from the old State Capitol past NC State to the State Fairgrounds. The road becomes NC 54 once it crosses underneath Interstate 440. Many local restaurants and businesses are located on Hillsbourgh, which has seen many victory celebrations after State beat its major rivals.

The other three streets listed also run near the main campus. Western Boulevard forms the southern boundary, running from downtown to nearby Cary. When Morrill Drive crosses Western, it becomes Avent Ferry Road, which runs past the Centennial Campus. And Cameron Street, a couple blocks north of Hillsborough, runs past the state's first shopping center, Cameron Village.

Answer: 1981

One of the top veterinary schools in the United States, NC State's College of Veterinary Medicine is located along Blue Ridge Road, opposite the State Fairgrounds.

Answer: Riddick Stadium

Hosting its first football game in 1907, Riddick Stadium was given its name in 1912 by its students, who voted to honor former football coach and future university president Wallace Riddick. At its peak, the stadium could hold 20,000 fans. In October, 2003, the university began tearing down the west bleachers to make way for a new physical plant facility.

The field house is used by the Public Safety department, and the playing field long since paved over and used as a parking lot.

Answer: True

The University of North Carolina system doubled in size in 1963, from three schools to six. The University of North Carolina, located at Chapel Hill and previously the only such named institution, began sharing its name with new campuses at Asheville, Charlotte and Wilmington. Women's College in Greensboro, as a result, was renamed UNC-Greensboro. And NC State, known as NC State College since 1917, was renamed North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh. Thanks to the determined efforts of alumnus and legislator George Wood, the university now bears its current official name, North Carolina State University at Raleigh.

Answer: Albuquerque

An enduring image for NC State fans is Lorenzo Charles picking off an errant jump shot in midair and slamming it home to give the Wolfpack a stunning win over heavily-favored Houston. It would be the only national title the late Jim Valvano would lead "The Cardiac Pack" to during his storied tenure with the school.