This Trivia Tower was a tough one, really testing your mind grapes on universities from around the globe! From quirky mascots, pranks, and traditions to history, numbers and facts, you all put in your best guesses to see if you could pass the test. Only one gets their diploma for a Prize Wall prize, and it came down to answering that valuable bonus questions for the three extra points! But before I reveal who our winner is, check out the answers to this college-level quiz:
Collegiate Trivia Answers:
1. What is the oldest university still in operation today?
a. University of al-Qarawiyyin
b. University of Bologna
c. University of Oxford
d. Al-Azhar University
2. Which university makes the most annual revenue per year?
a. Yale University
b. University College London
c. Harvard University
d. University of Sydney
3. If you show up to your Oxford or Cambridge's final exams wearing full academic dress, you're allowed to bring what?
a. Alcohol
b. Sword
c. Textbook with answers
d. A friend
4. Which university has a series of underground tunnels students can walk through to avoid brutal winters?
a. St. Petersburg State University
b. University of Alberta
c. MIT
d. University of Lapland
5. Which one of these mascots do not exist?
a. Bucky the Skeleton
b. The Fighting Okra
c. Rosie the Roo
d. Timmy Taco
6. Which prank did the Technical University of Munich pull off for fun?
a. Put a full-size police car on the "Great Dome"
b. Hacked an elevator to move in reverse (down button went up, etc.)
c. Students posed as stone statues for hours on end, scaring professors
d. Agricultural students herded sheep into the library
7. Which university enrolls the most international students by sheer number each year?
a. NYU
b. Eastern Mediterranean University
c. City University of Hong Kong
d. Constructor University
8. Which weird major can you take at Vincennes University in Indiana?
a. Fermentation Sciences
b. Puppetry Arts
c. Bowling Industry Management
d. Tree Climbing and Arboriculture
9. Who's preserved skeleton is occasionally rolled into meetings at University College London?
a. James McGill
b. Jeremy Bentham
c. William Crookes
d. John Stuart Mill
10. Which campus has a clock that runs backwards as a meditation on time?
a. University of Tokyo
b. University of Delhi
c. Peking University
d. University of Oslo
11. Which university makes the most money off its athletic programs?
a. Sorbonne University
b. Rutgers University
c. University of Barcelona
d. Ohio State University
12. Which university has a library mascot named "Shhhhh!"
a. University of Michigan
b. University of St. Andrews
c. National Autonomous University of Mexico
d. University College Utrecht
13. At which university is it tradition to throw toast onto the field during football games?
a. Penn State University
b. University of British Columbia
c. Monterrey Tech
d. Heidelberg University
14. Which university is credited with introducing "degrees" to the collegiate system?
a. Stanford University
b. Nanjing University
c. The University of Bologna
d. University of Cambridge
15. Which university launched the first functional humanoid robot to deliver a graduation speech?
a. Caltech
b. MIT
c. Tsinghua University
d. Tokyo University of Science
16. Which Indian university was founded in the 5th century, destroyed in the 12th century, and re-established in the 21st century?
a. Nalanda University
b. St. Stephen's College
c. University of Madras
d. University of Calcutta
Now for the winner...throw your cap in the air @Marty Hand!!! You're the winner of Collegiate Trivia! I will be sending you a Google Form to fill out for your prize choice.
Thanks to all who played and keep your eyes peeled in this community for more upcoming contests and more ways to win!
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Nicole Milliken
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