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The Gold and Blue-UC Berkeley Trivia Quiz

How well do you know one of America's best public research universities?

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

Author
cornflower*

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
269,884

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
415

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which major California city is located near Berkeley? Hint

San Francisco

San Diego

Los Angeles

Sacramento

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Question 2 of 10

2. No great school would be complete without a great rivalry. Which university does Berkeley have a long-running rivalry with? Hint

University of California, Davis

San Jose State University

University of San Francisco

Stanford University

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Question 3 of 10

3. Berkeley is famous for the Free Speech Movement which took place during the 1960s. Which park did students and school authorities clash over? Hint

People's Park

Strawberry Creek Park

Ohlone Park

Chavez Park

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Question 4 of 10

4. Berkeley has sent more volunteers to this organization than any other U.S. university. Which organization is it? Hint

Teach for America

National Organization for Women

Greenpeace

Peace Corps

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Question 5 of 10

5. Many distinguished people have graduated from Berkeley. However, one of the celebrities listed below did not. Which one was never a Cal Golden Bear? Hint

Beverly Cleary, children's author

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball player

Gregory Peck, Hollywood actor

Julia Morgan, architect

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Question 6 of 10

6. UC Berkeley is divided into fourteen colleges. Which is not one of them? Hint

Haas School of Business

College of Architecture

College of Environmental Design

College of Natural Resources

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 2006, Berkeley boasted that twenty of its professors have won Nobel prizes. Who can claim to be the first to have done so? Hint

Glenn Seaborg

Ernest Lawrence

Melvin Calvin

John Northrop

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Question 8 of 10

8. Berkeley's landmark bell and clock tower frequently appears in postcards and promotions of the school. What is its name? Hint

Coit Tower

Tribune Tower

Hoover Tower

Sather Tower

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Question 9 of 10

9. Berkeley claims to offer more than one hundred and thirty majors. Which of the following is NOT? Hint

Celtic Studies

Engineering Mathematics and Statistics

Political Economy of Industrial Societies

Nursing

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Question 10 of 10

10. Unlike students at many other universities, Berkeley students are given the chance to take DeCal classes for credit. What are DeCal classes? Hint

Classes taught by other students

Classes that promote school spirit

Classes that teach students how to make decals

Classes that help prepare students for studying abroad

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which major California city is located near Berkeley?

Answer: San Francisco

Berkeley is located across the bay from San Francisco, in neighboring Alameda County, and borders Oakland.

2. No great school would be complete without a great rivalry. Which university does Berkeley have a long-running rivalry with?

Answer: Stanford University

Every football season features a big game between the Cal Bears and the Stanford Cardinal. The winner of the game gains possession of the Stanford Axe. During football season, it is considered traitorous to wear red, Stanford's school color.

3. Berkeley is famous for the Free Speech Movement which took place during the 1960s. Which park did students and school authorities clash over?

Answer: People's Park

University officials wanted to turn the park into an athletic field but students wanted it to remain a community park. Violence erupted when the school tried to bulldoze the park. Eventually, then-governor Ronald Reagan sent in the National Guard. One student was killed and numerous others were injured.

In the end, People's Park was not developed but remained under university control. Today, it is a popular gathering spot for the city's homeless population.

4. Berkeley has sent more volunteers to this organization than any other U.S. university. Which organization is it?

Answer: Peace Corps

The Peace Corps was founded by President Kennedy in 1961 to help people in need worldwide and promote understanding between Americans and non-Americans.

5. Many distinguished people have graduated from Berkeley. However, one of the celebrities listed below did not. Which one was never a Cal Golden Bear?

Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball player

Abdul-Jabbar graduated from UCLA. Jason Kidd, another NBA player, attended Cal but did not graduate. Other famous alumni include Earl Warren, the Supreme Court chief justice; Alice Waters, the chef and founder of Chez Panisse; and Natalie Coughlin, the Olympic gold medalist swimmer.

6. UC Berkeley is divided into fourteen colleges. Which is not one of them?

Answer: College of Architecture

Architecture is a major within the College of Environmental Design. Other colleges within Berkeley include the College of Chemistry and the College of Letters and Sciences, the largest college on campus.

7. In 2006, Berkeley boasted that twenty of its professors have won Nobel prizes. Who can claim to be the first to have done so?

Answer: Ernest Lawrence

In 1939, Lawrence won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the cyclotron. Chemical element #103, lawrencium, is named in his honor. Northrop won in 1946 for becoming the first person to isolate an enzyme. Seaborg won the Nobel Prize in 1951 for discovering plutonium. Calvin won in 1961 for explaining the role of carbon in photosynthesis.

The most recent Nobel Laureate is Andrew Fire, who won in 2006.

8. Berkeley's landmark bell and clock tower frequently appears in postcards and promotions of the school. What is its name?

Answer: Sather Tower

Sather Tower is known commonly as the Campanile because it resembles Venice's Campanile de San Marco. It has thirteen floors and houses fossils from the La Brea Tar Pits. Hoover Tower is the Stanford counterpart to the Campanile. Other Berkeley landmarks include Sather Gate and Sproul Plaza.

9. Berkeley claims to offer more than one hundred and thirty majors. Which of the following is NOT?

Answer: Nursing

Nursing is not offered at many of the UC campuses. However, The competing California State University (CSU) system does. Interestingly enough, Berkeley offers students the option of creating their own majors, but they must write a senior thesis explaining why they chose to do so. One student created a major in magic, which the university later banned.

10. Unlike students at many other universities, Berkeley students are given the chance to take DeCal classes for credit. What are DeCal classes?

Answer: Classes taught by other students

DeCal courses are part of the Program for Democratic Education at Cal. Some of the classes offered are pretty off-beat, including "'The Simpsons' and Philosophy", "James Bond: Politics, Pop Culture, Hero", and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Analysis". All classes require a faculty sponsor and all curriculum must be approved by the university. Usually, the courses are only one or two units. Students take them to meet the minimum units that they are required to enroll in each semester.

Source: Author cornflower*

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