Round 1
Which BU staple, formerly located under the famous Citgo sign since first opening in 1983, moved to West Campus in 2019?
The BU Bookstore
Becoming a part of Boston University in 1929, which BU school was founded on the belief that physical education and training for all students, not just athletes, was an important principle?
College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
Located at 33 Harry Agganis Way, which BU residential building was completed in 2009 and boasts impressive views of the Charles River?
Student Village II (StuVi 2)
A famous professor at BU’s School of Oratory created what revolutionary invention in 1876?
The telephone
Launched in 1950, which licensed BU news platform has won three Associated Press (AP) Awards for news coverage and multiple Peabody Awards and is now an NPR station?
90.9 WBUR
Many say BU’s new Center for Computing & Data Sciences building, currently under construction and set to open in 2022, closely resembles a stack of what objects?
Books
In 2015 BU sold the 890-seat BU Theater, ironically located on Huntington Avenue, the main thoroughfare through which other Boston-area university?
Northeastern University
Who famously hit a home run for the Red Sox in June of 1954 before racing up Comm Ave to receive his degree at the BU graduation ceremony on the same day?
Harry Agganis
The BU Center for Antiracist Research was launched in 2020 and is led by which renowned scholar and historian of racism?
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Which BU dorm building has an infamous floor called the “Writer’s Corridor” that’s supposedly haunted by playwright and Nobel Prize winner Eugene O'Neill?
Kilachand Hall (formerly known as Shelton Hall)
BU was the first university in the U.S. to offer which degree program, providing the original name for the College of Communication?
Public Relations
Which BU student-operated media production and distribution service has won multiple “College Emmy Awards” in addition to being recognized by the Associated Press, NATAS, Telly, and Webby?
BUTV10
In 1922, Boston University students were asked to vote for the animal they’d like to become the school’s official mascot, choosing between the Boston Terrier and which other large animal known for its giant antlers?
The Bull Moose
Opened in 2012, BU’s newest dining hall facility has what name?
The Fresh Food Co. at Marciano Commons
Dr. Peter Archer, a BU doctoral alumnus, was the inspiration for which Disney movie, based on the true story of his life as a middle-school band teacher with a passion for jazz who goes on to discover the meaning of life?
Soul
Which famous All-Stars Comic character, who uses the power of love instead of fists or firepower, was inspired by BU Law alumna Elizabeth Holloway Marston?
Wonder Woman