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Quiz about Waking Up the Echoes of Notre Dame University

Waking Up the Echoes of Notre Dame University Quiz

For anyone who has attended or visited Notre Dame university, this quiz should be of average difficulty. If you just follow the sports teams you may find it more tricky!

A multiple-choice quiz by coaster1. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
coaster1

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
377,172

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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247

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the formal name for the University of Notre Dame? Hint

University of Notre Dame South Bend

University of Holy Cross

University of Our Lady

University of Our Lady of the Lake

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which religious denomination runs the University of Notre Dame? Hint

Mormon

Roman Catholic

Baptist

Methodist

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of the Father that founded the university of Notre Dame in 1844? Hint

Father Edmund Joyce

Father Edward Malloy

Father Edward Sorin

Father Theodore Hesburgh

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the title of the Alma Mater song of Notre Dame? Hint

Victory March

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Ava Maria

Notre Dame Our Mother

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Question 5 of 10

5. All Notre Dame's halls of residence are split into male and female. Which is the female dorm hiding amongst the male counterparts? Hint

Sorin

Dillon

Morrissey

Lewis

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Question 6 of 10

6. The campus of Notre Dame has a very spiritual spot called "The Grotto", where people go to pray. Of which place of pilgrimage is it a scaled down replica? Hint

Fatima

Lourdes

Knock

Walshingham

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the U.S. Armed Forces helped Notre Dame stay afloat in the 1940s by sending its men to the university? Hint

Navy

Air Force

Army

Marines

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which film about Notre Dame starred Ronald Reagan? Hint

Rudy

Knute Rockne, All American

Hunchback Of Notre Dame

Horse Feathers

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Question 9 of 10

9. Notre Dame have hosted the Bengal Bouts since 1931. They are a boxing competition to help raise money for a Mission in which country? Hint

Ireland

Bangladesh

India

Ethiopia

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Question 10 of 10

10. Notre Dame's Athletic teams have been known as "The Fighting Irish" since 1929. How were they referred to immediately before this? Hint

Golden Domers

Shamrocks

Ramblers

Mad Monks

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the formal name for the University of Notre Dame?

Answer: University of Our Lady of the Lake

In French it is called "l'universite de Notre Dame du lac" and was chartered on January 15, 1944. Although South Bend is often associated with Notre Dame, the University is a town by itself with its own fire department and police.

2. Which religious denomination runs the University of Notre Dame?

Answer: Roman Catholic

Notre Dame is the pre-eminent Catholic university in the USA.
Brigham Young is associated with Mormonisn, Baylor with the Baptist faith, and
Southern Methodist University in Dallas is a Methodist based institution.

3. What was the name of the Father that founded the university of Notre Dame in 1844?

Answer: Father Edward Sorin

Father Sorin established Notre Dame on 524 acres gifted to him by Bishop Vincennes, as long as he built a school within 2 years. In 1879, a fire devastated Notre Dame but Father Sorin responded by rebuilding the university on a larger scale, designing the Golden Dome that we know today.

4. What is the title of the Alma Mater song of Notre Dame?

Answer: Notre Dame Our Mother

"Notre Dame Our Mother" was first performed at Knute Rockne's funeral in 1931. It is performed at the end of football games when the crowd links arms and sway as they sing the song.

The Victory March has been voted the "Best Fight Song" in college football and Beano Cook has labelled it the fourth most well known song - after the Star Spangled Banner, Happy Birthday and White Christmas.

5. All Notre Dame's halls of residence are split into male and female. Which is the female dorm hiding amongst the male counterparts?

Answer: Lewis

Over 80% of undergraduates live on campus at Notre Dame.
Lewis is the largest of the female dorms, having space for 273 students, and is known as "the chicks".
Sorin Hall is the oldest dorm and they are known as "the otters".
Dillon Hall is the largest male dorm holding 328 people and is called "the red".
Morrissey Hall is the tallest of the campus dorms and is known as "the manor".
Each one of the 29 halls has its own chapel.

6. The campus of Notre Dame has a very spiritual spot called "The Grotto", where people go to pray. Of which place of pilgrimage is it a scaled down replica?

Answer: Lourdes

The Grotto is one-seventh of the size of the shrine in Lourdes, France.
Many people light a candle there before their finals or football games.
An original piece of the Lourdes shrine is in the university's grotto.

7. Which of the U.S. Armed Forces helped Notre Dame stay afloat in the 1940s by sending its men to the university?

Answer: Navy

During the Second World War, when most men were enlisting into the Armed Forces, there was a severe shortage of students enrolling into Notre Dame. Without the Navy having made Notre Dame a training centre, the university would have gone bankrupt.
Notre Dame play Navy every year at football as a mark of respect and a way of paying off the debt of honour. Indeed, the game is the longest uninterrupted interdivisional rivalry in college football (since 1927).

8. Which film about Notre Dame starred Ronald Reagan?

Answer: Knute Rockne, All American

Ronald Reagan played George Gipp who was a halfback (not a hunchback) of the Football team. Indeed, Reagan was often referred to as "The Gipper" in later life. The "do it for the Gipper" speech is regarded as one of the best motivational speeches in sports history.

9. Notre Dame have hosted the Bengal Bouts since 1931. They are a boxing competition to help raise money for a Mission in which country?

Answer: Bangladesh

The Bengal Bouts are fought between regular students in 12 weight divisions . They have helped raise over a million dollars for the Holy Cross missions in Bangladesh.

10. Notre Dame's Athletic teams have been known as "The Fighting Irish" since 1929. How were they referred to immediately before this?

Answer: Ramblers

Initially, Notre Dame's teams were known as the "Catholics". However, this became the "Ramblers" as they played across the country from coast to coast.

Source: Author coaster1

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