NYU Alumni/Fun Facts
NYU’s official mascot is this “animal,” even though nobody has ever actually seen one on campus
Bobcats
Which short and sweet artist won her first Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2025?
Sabrina Carpenter
What is the tallest building in NYC?
One World Trade Center
This is the name of NYU's main library.
What is Bobst Library?
Beyoncé's Renaissance is the first part of a three-act project. What is the second act called?
Cowboy Carter
This pop star got an honorary doctorate from NYU in 2022 and gave a viral commencement speech
Taylor Swift
Which WNBA player set the record for most points scored by a rookie in a season during her first season with the Indiana Fever in 2024?
Caitlin Clark
True or False?: NYC was the first capital of the United States
True
This building houses the CSD department, including professors' offices and clinic rooms.
What is 665 Broadway?
Billie Eilish is the youngest person to win two Oscars. What songs did she win each award for?
"No Time to Die" from No Time to Die and "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie
When NYU students want to feel ‘cultured’ but still broke, they visit this museum that offers free admission with a student ID
MoMA
Timothee Chalamet debuted his singing in which 2 musical movies from 2023 and 2024?
Wonka and A Complete Unknown
What was NYC's original name?
New Amsterdam
This building typically has a line down the street for entry.
What is Cantor?
Who won Best New Artist at the 66th Grammy Awards in 2024?
Victoria Monet
NYU was founded in this year, making it one of the oldest private universities in the U.S.
1831
In what Canadian city did Taylor Swift's Eras tour finally end in December of 2024?
Vancouver
The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge span over which river?
The East River
This is the name of NYU's graduate school for Mathematics, located on the corner of West 4th and Mercer.
What is the Courant Institute of Mathematics?
What is the best-selling album of all time?
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Before she was "Born This Way," this pop superstar studied at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she was known for her piano skills and songwriting, but dropped out to follow her dreams of becoming a musical icon
Lady Gaga
Chappell Roan topped charts with her album Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, but what midwestern state is the singer actually from?
Missouri
The now abandoned Old City Hall subway station was once a part of which subway line?
6
These 6 NYU (Manhattan campus) buildings are home to both a residence hall and a dining hall.
What are Weinstein, Lipton, Third North, Palladium, Paulson, and UHall?
How many languages can Shakira speak fluently? (name each)
Five (Portuguese, Italian, English, Spanish, and Arabic)