This university in New York City that was founded as King's College in 1754 uses a crown as its logo |
Columbia University |
200 |
March 6, 2015 |
Evanston resident Rebecca Hoag was the first female student to enroll at this Illinois university |
Northwestern |
400 |
March 6, 2015 |
This Houston school that offers "unconventional wisdom" features 3 owls on its shield |
Rice |
600 |
March 6, 2015 |
Sure and 'twas a French religious group led by Father Edward Sorin that founded this school in 1842 |
Notre Dame |
800 |
March 6, 2015 |
Bishop Holland McTyeire, a cousin of the founder's wife, chose the site in Nashville for the campus of this private university |
Vanderbilt |
1000 |
March 6, 2015 |
There's this University in Oxford, Ohio as well as the University of this in Coral Gables, Florida |
Miami |
200 |
May 7, 2013 |
There's this University in Oxford, Ohio as well as the University of this in Coral Gables, Florida |
Miami |
200 |
May 7, 2013 |
The fight song of this New Orleans school begins, "Green wave green wave, hats off to thee" |
Tulane |
400 |
May 7, 2013 |
The fight song of this New Orleans school begins, "Green wave green wave, hats off to thee" |
Tulane |
400 |
May 7, 2013 |
Friendly Hall was the first dorm at this West Coast school, UO for short |
the University of Oregon |
600 |
May 7, 2013 |
Friendly Hall was the first dorm at this West Coast school, UO for short |
the University of Oregon |
600 |
May 7, 2013 |
If you want to plan your individual course of study, head for Bennington College in this state |
Vermont |
800 |
May 7, 2013 |
If you want to plan your individual course of study, head for Bennington College in this state |
Vermont |
800 |
May 7, 2013 |
James Madison breezed through this school in 2 years when it was still called the College of New Jersey |
Princeton |
1000 |
May 7, 2013 |
James Madison breezed through this school in 2 years when it was still called the College of New Jersey |
Princeton |
1000 |
May 7, 2013 |
It's known as W&M for short |
William & Mary |
200 |
July 11, 2011 |
It's alphabetically first of the Seven Sisters colleges |
Barnard |
400 |
July 11, 2011 |
This university that hosts the Georgia Shakespeare festival is named for Georgia's colonial founder |
Oglethorpe |
800 |
July 11, 2011 |
Truman State University is located in this state |
Missouri |
1000 |
July 11, 2011 |
In 2010 Cam Newton became this university's third Heisman Trophy winner |
Auburn |
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July 11, 2011 |
In 1919 this school was established as the southern branch of the University of California |
UCLA |
200 |
January 20, 2011 |
Colleges in this state include Black Hills State University & Oglala Lakota College |
South Dakota |
400 |
January 20, 2011 |
This university in West Virginia is named for the Supreme Court Chief Justice who raised the court to a position of power |
Marshall |
800 |
January 20, 2011 |
The Daily Wildcat is the college newspaper from this Southwestern university |
the University of Arizona |
1000 |
January 20, 2011 |
Opened in 1865, this N.E. college was started by a scientist for an increasingly industrialized America |
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
|
January 20, 2011 |
It has the largest enrollment of any university in Utah |
Brigham Young |
200 |
March 17, 2006 |
In 1865 this school in Poughkeepsie became the first women's college in the U.S. to have facilities equal to the men's schools |
Vassar |
400 |
March 17, 2006 |
In 1937 this Malibu, Calif. university was established by & named for the founder of Western Auto Supply Company |
Pepperdine |
600 |
March 17, 2006 |
This Tulsa, Oklahoma school's athletic teams are called the Golden Eagles, not the Evangelists |
Oral Roberts University |
800 |
March 17, 2006 |
This West Lafayette, Indiana school's Hall of Music has seating for more than 6,000 |
Purdue |
1000 |
March 17, 2006 |
In the 2005 Orange Bowl, this university's Trojans trampled the Sooners, 55-19 |
Southern California |
200 |
October 3, 2005 |
Seton Hill University is in Greensburg, Penn.; Seton Hall University is in South Orange in this state |
New Jersey |
600 |
October 3, 2005 |
Wheaton College in Illinois recently ranked No. 1 in college food, followed by this school in Brunswick, Maine |
Bowdoin College |
800 |
October 3, 2005 |
In 1982 Jimmy Carter established the Carter Center in partnership with this university |
Emory |
1000 |
October 3, 2005 |
Of the Ivy League colleges, this one is alphabetically first |
Brown |
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October 3, 2005 |
Oberlin, home to an underground railroad stop & one of the first U.S. colleges with black students, is in this state |
Ohio |
200 |
November 10, 2004 |
The bestseller "The Rule of Four" was co-written by a graduate of this New Jersey school, also the book's setting |
Princeton |
400 |
November 10, 2004 |
The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy is on the campus of this Houston University |
Rice |
600 |
November 10, 2004 |
This private Christian university overlooks the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, California |
Pepperdine |
800 |
November 10, 2004 |
Founded in 1836 by the Methodist church, this Atlanta university is located along the Clifton Corridor |
Emory |
1000 |
November 10, 2004 |
In 1253 Robert de Sorbon founded a school of theology in this city |
Paris |
200 |
January 2, 2003 |
This university's Christ Church College was opened by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525 |
Oxford |
400 |
January 2, 2003 |
He was pres. of Case Western Eclectic Institute in Hiram, Ohio 1857-61; his term as U.S. pres. lasted 6 months in 1881 |
James A. Garfield |
600 |
January 2, 2003 |
This university in Indiana is administered by the Congregation of Holy Cross |
Notre Dame |
800 |
January 2, 2003 |
The campus of this Ivy League school lies at the head of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay |
Brown University |
1000 |
January 2, 2003 |
Teams at a Tennessee university named for this man are nicknamed the Railsplitters |
Abraham Lincoln |
200 |
December 20, 2002 |
Emerson's "American Scholar" was an oration to the Phi Beta Kappa society of this school, his alma mater |
Harvard |
400 |
December 20, 2002 |
In the book "The Sun Also Rises", Robert Cohn is a novelist who had attended this New Jersey university |
Princeton |
600 |
December 20, 2002 |
The Thomas Jefferson Medals for architecture & for law are given annually at this university |
University of Virginia |
800 |
December 20, 2002 |
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace is part of this Palo Alto university |
Stanford |
1000 |
December 20, 2002 |
The university of this state has branches in Birmingham, Huntsville & Tuscaloosa |
Alabama |
200 |
December 9, 2002 |
Due to a fire in 1764, few books exist from its original library established around 1638 |
Harvard |
400 |
December 9, 2002 |
We can't argue the fact -- the Whig-Cliosophic Society of Princeton, one of these clubs, dates back to 1765 |
debate club |
800 |
December 9, 2002 |
Among occupational school nicknames are the Brandeis Judges & the Whittier these |
Poets |
1000 |
December 9, 2002 |
Oral Roberts University is in Oklahoma; the university named for this man is in Hawaii & Utah |
Brigham Young |
|
December 9, 2002 |
It's the university where you'll find the John F. Kennedy School of Government |
Harvard |
100 |
April 13, 2001 |
Jefferson Davis graduated from the U.S. Military Academy here |
West Point |
200 |
April 13, 2001 |
James Madison & Woodrow Wilson both graduated from this New Jersey university |
Princeton |
300 |
April 13, 2001 |
Sports teams of this university are known as the Crimson Tide |
Alabama |
400 |
April 13, 2001 |
This private, coeducational Washington, D.C. school is the oldest Catholic university in America |
Georgetown |
500 |
April 13, 2001 |
The student newspaper of this D.C. university is the GW Hatchet |
George Washington |
100 |
November 17, 2000 |
Green Mountain College is located in Poultney in this state |
Vermont |
200 |
November 17, 2000 |
An old oaken bucket goes to the winner of an annual football game between Purdue & this cross-state rival |
Indiana |
300 |
November 17, 2000 |
Angie Anderson & Carrie MacDonald are the first women to wear the Hawkeye mascot costume of this university |
Iowa |
400 |
November 17, 2000 |
Scripps & Harvey Mudd are part of this consortium of California colleges |
The Claremont Colleges |
500 |
November 17, 2000 |
In 1971 the Lyndon Johnson Library at this school became the first presidential library on a college campus |
University of Texas |
100 |
September 25, 2000 |
The only university in this state is in the city named for Jacques La Ramee |
Wyoming |
200 |
September 25, 2000 |
The university of this city is split into 13 branches; 3 were formed from the Sorbonne |
Paris |
300 |
September 25, 2000 |
This school's "Gator Growl", which takes place the night before Homecoming, is said to be the largest pep rally |
University of Florida |
400 |
September 25, 2000 |
Father Theodore Hesburgh served as president of this university a record 35 years, retiring in 1987 |
Notre Dame |
500 |
September 25, 2000 |
This university's Twin Cities campus has one of the USA's largest enrollments with roughly 40,000 students |
University of Minnesota |
100 |
January 4, 2000 |
Founded in 1538, the University of Santo Domingo in this country is the oldest in the Western Hemisphere |
Dominican Republic |
200 |
January 4, 2000 |
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College is a liberal arts school affiliated with this New Orleans school |
Tulane |
300 |
January 4, 2000 |
The Gazette of this school in Hanover, N.H. began as a commercial paper in 1799 & moved on campus in 1839 |
Dartmouth |
400 |
January 4, 2000 |
This school's team nickname, the Hoyas, comes from "Hoya saxa", a phrase meaning "What Rocks!" |
Georgetown |
500 |
January 4, 2000 |
In April 1999 Harvard announced plans to formally absorb this women's college |
Radcliffe |
100 |
October 4, 1999 |
The Hullabaloo is the school newspaper for this New Orleans university |
Tulane |
200 |
October 4, 1999 |
This university in Ithaca, New York is the youngest school in the Ivy League |
Cornell |
300 |
October 4, 1999 |
[Hi, I'm Camryn Manheim] This D.C. university is named for the educator who helped develop American Sign Language |
Gallaudet |
400 |
October 4, 1999 |
This bird was the mascot at the University of Delaware before it was the state bird |
Blue hen |
500 |
October 4, 1999 |
1 of 2 current U.S. colleges founded in the 1600s |
Harvard & William & Mary |
100 |
September 21, 1998 |
This University of Texas fight song is based on "I've Been Working on the Railroad" |
"The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You" |
200 |
September 21, 1998 |
It's the nickname of the University of Oregon's athletic teams |
Ducks |
400 |
September 21, 1998 |
The only college in the Yukon Territory is Yukon College in this capital |
Whitehorse |
500 |
September 21, 1998 |
Students in Moscow at the university of this state may cross-register for courses at Washington State |
Idaho |
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September 21, 1998 |
In 1976 this service school in Annapolis admitted its first women |
U.S. Naval Academy |
100 |
July 8, 1998 |
Not surprisingly, more undergrads at the University of Puget Sound are from this state than any other |
Washington |
200 |
July 8, 1998 |
Several of its football songs were written by alumnus Cole Porter |
Yale |
400 |
July 8, 1998 |
A college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is named for Benjamin Franklin & this great chief justice |
John Marshall |
500 |
July 8, 1998 |
In 1756 this school moved from Newark, New Jersey to its present home |
Princeton |
|
July 8, 1998 |
This school's athletic teams are called the Hoosiers |
Indiana |
100 |
December 25, 1997 |
Badger alumni know Michael Jackson acquired rights to this school's fight song from Paul McCartney |
Wisconsin |
200 |
December 25, 1997 |
This school's East Lansing campus has the USA's largest college food service operation |
Michigan State |
300 |
December 25, 1997 |
After the Civil War, Georgetown University chose these school colors to signify the union of the North & South |
blue & gray |
400 |
December 25, 1997 |
In accordance with the founder's will, this Houston university was tuition-free from 1912 to 1965 |
Rice |
500 |
December 25, 1997 |
Yonsei University in Seoul is this country's oldest university |
South Korea |
100 |
December 15, 1997 |
This state's Transylvania University in Lexington was once called the "Harvard of the West" |
Kentucky |
200 |
December 15, 1997 |
This Washington, D.C. Catholic school maintains the Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center |
Georgetown |
300 |
December 15, 1997 |
This New York City university's school of medicine was founded in 1767 |
Columbia |
400 |
December 15, 1997 |
The Lown School of Near Eastern & Judaic Studies is part of this school named for a Supreme Court justice |
Brandeis |
500 |
December 15, 1997 |
Encarta says this Massachusetts school has the largest private endowment of any university in the world |
Harvard |
100 |
December 4, 1997 |
This Baltimore university is noted for its medical school & the Peabody Conservatory of Music |
Johns Hopkins |
200 |
December 4, 1997 |
This university near Palo Alto, California was founded by a railroad magnate & named for his son |
Stanford |
300 |
December 4, 1997 |
This Canadian region's Aurora College, formerly Arctic College, has its main campus in Yellowknife |
Northwest Territories |
400 |
December 4, 1997 |
This country had no university until 1986, when Sultan Qaboos University opened in the Muscat area |
Oman |
500 |
December 4, 1997 |
The school of forestry of this New Haven, Conn. university is the USA's oldest in continuous operation |
Yale |
100 |
June 23, 1997 |
This school in University Park, Pennsylvania was chartered in 1855 as Farmers' High School |
Penn State University |
200 |
June 23, 1997 |
Canada's oldest agricultural school, St. Anne de la Pocatiere, became part of this province's Laval U. in 1962 |
Quebec |
300 |
June 23, 1997 |
Charlotte Amalie is the site of the college of this U.S. possession |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
400 |
June 23, 1997 |
This Houston school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Owls |
Rice University |
500 |
June 23, 1997 |
Founded in 1348, Charles University in this Czech capital is the oldest university in central Europe |
Prague |
100 |
May 6, 1997 |
Opened around 1257, it's now a part of the universities of Paris |
The Sorbonne |
200 |
May 6, 1997 |
From 1902 to 1938, Sigmund Freud served as a professor of neuropathology at this university |
University of Vienna |
300 |
May 6, 1997 |
The Radcliffe Camera, a domed building at this British university, is a reading room for the Bodleian Library |
Oxford |
400 |
May 6, 1997 |
Monrovia is home to the university of this African country |
Liberia |
500 |
May 6, 1997 |
In 1284 the Bishop of Ely founded Peterhouse, the first of this British school's colleges |
Cambridge |
100 |
March 17, 1997 |
This college in Williamsburg, Virginia was founded to train Anglican clergy |
William & Mary |
200 |
March 17, 1997 |
This team nickname is credited to William Lander, editor of Duke Univ.'s newspaper during WWI |
Blue Devils |
300 |
March 17, 1997 |
In 1994 Bennington College in this state eliminated all academic departments & abolished its tenure system |
Vermont |
400 |
March 17, 1997 |
The university of this state at Machias is the easternmost 4-year college in the U.S. |
Maine |
500 |
March 17, 1997 |
The George Washington Carver Museum is on this Alabama school's campus |
the Tuskegee Institute |
100 |
September 4, 1996 |
Louisiana State University & Louisiana A&M were founded in this capital in 1860 |
Baton Rouge |
200 |
September 4, 1996 |
The Hawaii branch of this university was founded in 1955; the one in Provo, Utah dates back to 1875 |
Brigham Young |
300 |
September 4, 1996 |
This Ivy League university has been turning out its "Crimson" newspaper since 1873 |
Harvard |
400 |
September 4, 1996 |
The Ringling School of Art & Design has a 20-acre campus in this Florida city |
Sarasota |
500 |
September 4, 1996 |
JFK outlined his idea for the Peace Corps during a 1960 campaign speech on this school's Ann Arbor campus |
University of Michigan |
100 |
May 4, 1990 |
Nixon & Khrushchev sang this school's song, "The Ramblin' Wreck", during Nixon's '59 visit to Moscow |
Georgia Tech |
200 |
May 4, 1990 |
Tulane & Loyola, both on St. Charles Ave. in this city, are an average of 4 feet below sea level |
New Orleans |
300 |
May 4, 1990 |
McGill University in this Canadian city is known as the "Harvard of the North" |
Montreal |
400 |
May 4, 1990 |
This land grant university operates joint campuses with Indiana U. at Indianapolis & Ft. Wayne |
Purdue |
|
May 4, 1990 |
George Washington received his surveyor's license in 1749 from this school named for a king & queen |
William & Mary |
100 |
February 6, 1990 |
580 sites were visited before Colorado Springs was selected for the campus of this service academy |
Air Force Academy |
200 |
February 6, 1990 |
Since 1868 Wells College seniors have traveled to commencement exercises in these horse-drawn vehicles |
Stagecoaches |
300 |
February 6, 1990 |
Our first honorary degree was bestowed in 1692 when this college awarded a doctorate to Increase Mather |
Harvard |
400 |
February 6, 1990 |
3 of the schools known as the 7 Sisters, a group considered the feminine version of the Ivy League |
Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar & Wellesley |
500 |
February 6, 1990 |
Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee & Jefferson Davis were graduates of this college |
West Point |
100 |
January 10, 1990 |
Scholoastic achievement in this year of college allows one to join Phi Eta Sigma, an honor society |
freshman year |
200 |
January 10, 1990 |
In May 1980 Washington State U. was closed for 4 days due to its proximity to this natural disaster |
eruption of Mt. Saint Helens |
300 |
January 10, 1990 |
James K. Polk went to this "tarheel university" |
University of North Carolina |
400 |
January 10, 1990 |
1 of the twin cities which together share the main campus of the University of Illinois |
(1 of) Champaign or Urbana |
500 |
January 10, 1990 |
This academy's honor code says simply, "A cadet will not lie, cheat or steal, or tolerate those who do" |
West Point |
100 |
January 26, 1989 |
Harvard is the best endowed university in the U.S. & this university at Austin is 2nd |
University of Texas |
200 |
January 26, 1989 |
Pat Buchanan said of Reagan & this university, "In his heart, that's where he thinks he went to school" |
Notre Dame |
300 |
January 26, 1989 |
According to a U.S. News & World Report survey, university presidents rate this western school best |
Stanford |
400 |
January 26, 1989 |
As an undergraduate, Michael Dukakis attended this Pennsylvania college |
Swarthmore |
500 |
January 26, 1989 |