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Famous at Tsai!
100

This building once housed a prohibitionist university president, ironic considering what is located in the basement.

What is The Castle (Marsh, 4th president of BU)

100

This university motto can be seen on the seal outside Marsh Chapel

What is Learning, Virtue and Piety

100

This is the phrase we use to refer to our full service nature, and is a certification we hold as an office.

One Stop Shop

100

This BU Alumni and youngest woman elected to congress spoke at Tsai in 2018

Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

200

This building stands at 305 feet tall, and has taken on the nickname of a popular game

What is the Center for Computing and Data Sciences

200

 BU students chose this animal over a moose as the university mascot

What is a Boston Terrier (first bred in 1869)

200

Our team helped on the set of this film, about college students who put their math skills to the test, hoping to win big in Vegas.

What is 21

200

Tsai was the filming location for this show’s coverage of the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

What is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

300

This non-BU owned installation is familiarly called BU’s north star.

What is the CITGO sign

300

This author met his demise in Kilachand Hall, when it was a Sheraton Hotel

Who is Eugene O’Neill

300

This year commemorates the creation of the Events & Conferences Department

What is 2009

300

His signed poster lives in the Tsai booth.

Who is Gene Wilder

400

This school was housed in the Charles Hayden Memorial building before CAS.

What is the School of Management

400

The year commemorates the year BU was officially chartered.

What is 1869 

400

The year Agganis Arena (now housing E&C offices) opened.

What is 2005

400

This actor and filmmaker visited Tsai in Fall 2023 to discuss their sci-fi Apple TV series

Who is Ben Stiller

500

The year BU purchased 15 acres between Comm Ave and the Charles River to create a unified campus

What is 1920

500

Helen Magill White, the first woman to earn a doctorate in the US, wrote her dissertation on this topic.

What is Greek Drama

500

This number represents the total count of events that our Reservations Team serviced last academic year on 25Live

What is 23,832

500

This renowned essayist and novelist spoke at Tsai as part of the Core Lecture Series in 2018.

Who is Zadie Smith

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