Fun
Facts
About
Indiana
Colleges & Universities
100
Main Building has 1,250 thin strips of 8 oz. 23-karat gold, 3 microns thick.
Notre Dame
100
As night sets in, visit the Grotto to say a prayer and light a candle.
Notre Dame
100
Name the college or university and city with the largest enrollment in Indiana?
Indianapolis
179,191 44.65% retention
100
Home to North America’s oldest Carillon, which includes 23 bells and a seven ton great bell named St. Anthony.
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the University of Notre Dame campus
100
Each November, students gather to stay awake and dance for 36 hours straight to raise funds for Indianapolis’s Riley Hospital for Children.
200
U.S. News and World Report’s annual survey of American colleges and universities ranks this #1 in the “Midwest Comprehensive Colleges – Bachelor’s"
Saint Mary's College
200
How many colleges, universities and trade schools call Indiana home?
130
200
Name the college or university and city with the 2nd largest enrollment in Indiana?
Bloomington
50,692 89% retention
200
Sports Illustrated on Campus named this one of the nation’s top 10 college sports towns.
IU Bloomington (DUH!)
200
This is the trophy that IU & Purdue grapple for every year since 1925.
300
Has the oldest continuously existing college band in the nation. When they played football for the first time against Michigan in 1887, this marching band was already celebrating its 41st birthday.
The University of Notre Dame
300
This college has the least number of students enrolled: 121
300
Name the college or university and city with the 3rd largest enrollment in Indiana?
42,781 94.46% retention
300
# of 4 year colleges/universities
A: 112 C: 91
B: 67 D: 73
B or D
300
1936: Rolla N. Harger, chairman of the department of biochemistry and pharmacology, patents this - not used as often now that IU isn't the #1 party school anymore...
The Drunkometer - Indiana State Police Capt. Robert F. Borkenstein, would go on to invent the Breathalyzer and become chair of what is now the Department of Criminal Justice at IU.
400
Its original name was the Eastern Indiana Normal School. Then, THIS family became rich & famous, donated $$$$$ ...and now it's known as...
400
The oldest university in Indiana, founded in 1801.
400
Name the college or university and city with the 4th largest enrollment in Indiana?
37,027 71% retention
400
The number of Ivy Tech campuses
40+
400
What we now know as the Indiana Medical History Museum was a teaching hospital for many years. However, it does have another, less highfalutin' designation.
Jan & Lisa MAY NOT answer.
Central State Asylum for the Insane
500
This University's Mendoza College of Business was ranked #1, for the fourth year in a row, on Bloomberg Businessweek’s annual survey of “The Best Undergraduate Business Schools” in 2013.
500
This is the most expensive college or university in Indiana...and try to guess the IN resident's tuition.
$48,178 in state tuition
500
Name the college or university and city with the 5th largest enrollment in Indiana?
23,275 81.41% retention
500
After recent crackdowns, IU Bloomington is no longer the #1 Party School in the US. What is its current rank?
(https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/top-party-schools/) --> student surveys
#7 We didn't even make the more scientific MSN & USA Today lists
500
A show of hands determines the winner once and for all!!!