UCLA Landmarks
This iconic outdoor stairway at UCLA, consisting of 87 steps, leads from the Court of Sciences to the main part of the campus, offering a beautiful view of the surrounding area and is commonly used for graduations and events
What is Janss/Tongva Steps?
This is the slope of a horizontal line on a Cartesian plane.
What is 0?
This tradition is typically done prior to an exam and is said to give you good luck for your exam.
What is rubbing the back paw of the Bruin bear?
This dystopian novel, written by Margaret Atwood and recently turned into an award-winning television series, presents a future society in which women are subjugated and used for reproductive purposes.
What is “The Handmaid’s Tale”?
This actor, known for his roles in films like '127 Hours' and 'Pineapple Express,' has also ventured into directing, producing, and academic pursuits, even teaching a creative writing class at UCLA
Who is James Franco?
This building serves as a hub for student activities, dining, and shopping, located centrally on the UCLA campus.
What is Ackerman Union?
This theorem, named after an ancient Greek mathematician, states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
This tradition is done during orientation at the inverted fountain.
What is getting Bruintized?
In “The Great Gatsby,” this character has an affair with Tom Buchanan and is later murdered by his wife, Daisy.
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
In 2006, at the age of 31, this mathematical prodigy received the Fields Medal, one of the highest honors in the field of mathematics. Known for his exceptional contributions to number theory and harmonic analysis, he is also a professor at UCLA
Who is Terence Tao?
At the heart of the campus, this landmark known as the “Main Library” is a go-to study location.
What is Powell Library?
This mathematical constant is defined as the limit of the sequence (1 + 1/n)^n as n approaches infinity.
What is e?
This tradition takes place in Wilson Plaza, where UCLA students get amped up to prepare to defeat the losers at USC.
What is Beat SC?
In this tragic play by Sophocles, the title character unknowingly fulfills a prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother.
What is “Oedipus Rex”?
This former distinguished professor of political science was a famous American diplomat who played a pivotal role in negotiating a ceasefire during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 and was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. There also is a building on campus named after him.
Who is Ralph Bunche?
This is the name of the stadium where the UCLA Bruins football team plays with a backdrop of the Santa Monica Mountains.
What is the Rose Bowl?
Despite being from opposite sides of the world, these two famous mathematicians are credited with independently developing calculus and are often referred to as the “co-founders” of calculus.
Who are Gottfried Leibniz and Isaac Newton?
What is Bruin Bash?
While most well known for his work “Death of a Salesman”, this American playwright was also briefly married to Marilyn Monroe.
Who is Arthur Mills?
This famous American geographer, known for his best-selling book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" also teaches geography courses at UCLA, including Geog 6.
Who is Jared Diamond?
This is the oldest dormitory building at UCLA
What is Rieber Hall?
In the Fibonacci sequence, this is the smallest positive integer that is both a term in the sequence and a prime number.
What is 2?
This tradition takes place during orientation, where students complete a scavenger hunt in the middle of the night to find famous landmarks around campus.
What is carpe noctum?
In Albert Camus’ novel “The Stranger”, this protagonist becomes embroiled in a murder case and embodies a philosophy of “the absurd”
Who is Meursault?
This linguist and cognitive scientist revolutionized the study of language with his theory of transformational grammar and the concept of a 'universal grammar,' challenging traditional notions of language acquisition and understanding. He also happens to be a distinguished visiting professor at UCLA, contributing to linguistics and political science.
Who is Noam Chomsky?