Round 1
Which Boston landmark, originally built in 1960 and affectionately known by BU students as the “North Star”, is known more widely by Bostonians as “See It Go" - a nod to its visibility during home runs hit at Fenway Park?
The Citgo Sign
Acquired by BU in 1976, this dormitory was named for the couple who funded its construction and for which a BU institute offering psychotherapy, psychiatry, psychological testing is also named?
Danielsen Hall
Which woman, who shares a name with a well-known Simon & Garfunkel song, is best known as “the omelet lady” at the Warren Dining Hall?
Cecilia
Which famous BU alumnus met his wife, Coretta Scott, while pursuing his doctoral studies in systematic theology at BU’s School of Theology?
Martin Luther King Jr.
In which year was Charles Darwin elected Fellow of the Royal Society, the daguerreotype invented, and Boston University founded?
1839
Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, and Kristen Wiig starred in a remake of which classic 1984 film who’s opening scene was filmed outside the Dahod Family Alumni Center at the BU Castle?
Ghostbusters
Reflecting Boston University’s Methodist roots, what three words (in the correct order) make up the University's official motto?
Learning, Virtue, Piety
Named after the team that played there from 1871 to 1952 before moving to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and then on to Atlanta, Georgia, Nickerson Field is located on the spot of which former major league baseball stadium?
Braves Field
While the BU Hockey teams belong to the Hockey East conference, BU basketball, softball, lacrosse (and most other sports teams at BU) participate in which New England-themed athletics conference?
The Patriot League
Andy Cohen, American radio and television talk show host, wrote for which student publication while working towards his bachelor's degree?
The Daily Free Press
Inspired by Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book and installed in the Boston Public Garden in 1987 to commemorate its 150th anniversary, BU alumna Nancy Schӧn (DGE ’48), is best known for creating which bronze sculpture?
Make Way for Ducklings
Which famous American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature, known for his poetically titled plays which introduced the U.S. to the drama techniques of realism, died in suite 401 of Hotel Shelton, now known at BU as Kilichand Hall?
Eugine O’Neill
This American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker taught at BU from 1964 to 1988 and is best known for his seminal work, A People’s History of the United States, originally published in 1980 and selling more than two million copies world-wide?
Howard Zinn
Known as "The Golden Greek" and immortalized in bronze by sculptor Armand LaMontagne, which BU alumnus was a standout athlete during his time as an undergraduate student and went on to play for the Boston Red Sox for two seasons?
Aristotle George (Harry) Agganis
While “Go BU!” has become the BU Fight Song played at sporting events, the school’s official anthem, played at commencement, was composed in 1911 and is known by what name?
Clarissima
With a nod to the town in which it was originally located, Boston University was first established by delegates to a Methodist Episcopal conference under what name?
Newbury Biblical Institute
Established as the first fully coed liberal arts college in New England, BU’s College or Arts and Sciences was originally known by what name?
College of Liberal Arts
The BU School of Law tower and The George Sherman Union are examples of which style of modern architecture, aptly named after the French phrase for “raw concrete"?
Brutalism
Oxford English Dictionary credits this BU professor of biochemistry, widely considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime, as the inventor of the words “robotics”, “positronic”, and “psychohistory”.
Isaac Asimov
Dr. Robert Brown, BU’s current president, earned his BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering at this university which was founded in 1883 as the flagship institution for its state higher education system?
University of Texas at Austin