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100

In this year the first woman received an undergraduate degree from Providence College.

What is 1972?

100

This organization is known to "hold doors and give tours" and can be seen wandering around campus with a herd of highschoolers in their white jackets.

What is friars club?

100

This fictional element came from space and was used in the making of Captain Americas Shield. It is noted for its unique ability to absorb, store and release large amounts of kinetic energy.

What is vibranium?

100

In 1969, the President of Providence College announced the abolition of the school-wide dress code. This was the same year this academic building was built.

What is Phillips Memorial Library?

100

Until recently this was the newest building on campus, with construction being completed in 2004.

What is Suites?

200

In 1971, the first women moved into this dorm on campus.

What is Aquinas Hall?

200

This popular spot on campus that is allegedly closing next year, has been a great place to hangout (and do Orgo problem sets) since 2002.

What is McPhail's?

200

Midi-chlorians are super intelligent life forms that live in the internal microbiome of these individuals that have the capacity to manipulate the Force.

Who are Jedi?

200

This athletic team that called Hendricken Field home ended its 20-year was discontinued promptly when the US entered World War II. It has not since returned to campus, and likely never will.

What is football?

200

This building is the oldest dorm on campus, opening to student in 1939 and remains housing students to this day.

What is Aquinas Hall?

300

This actress, famous for her role as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, visited campus in 1938 with a donation for the building fund.

Who is Judy Garland?

300

Don't walk through the circle outside this campus landmark, or else you won't graduate. At least that's what everyone says.

What is St. Dominic's Chapel?

300

This real metal element was used by Sauron to forge the One Ring as well as the Seven Rings given to the dwarves.

What is gold?

300

After 78 seasons this team, along with golf and men's tennis were cut from the school's division one athletics to accommodate Title IX requirements.

What is baseball?

300

This building once contained offices but was converted to a singles dorm during 2020 in order to accommodate housing strain due to COVID. 

What is Koffler?

400

This on campus organization admitted its first female student and became co-ed 50 years ago.

What is ROTC?

400

At the end of sophomore year this event marks the completion of a certain four semester core requirement.

What is Civ Scream?

400

The Delorean time machine in Back to the Future was originally powered by this radioactive element until some upgrades in later films made it able to run on any matter.

What is plutonium?

400

In 2012 Providence College acquired a section of this street in order to 'unify campus' (and because too many drunk students were stumbling into traffic on the way home from the bar).

What is Huxley Ave?

400

This dorm that once contained offices is the only dorm on campus with access to the lower campus tunnels.

What is Koffler?

500

The first female faculty member reached this appointment in 1973.

What is tenure?

500

At the mass at the end of freshmen orientation. This item is blessed and then distributed to all students in attendance. (Don't worry if you don't have it they give you a new one)

What is a graduation tassel?

500

Lilli Hornig is a Czech-born chemist who was a predominant leader in women's education in the twentieth century and paved the way for women in chemistry to this day. She was the only female scientist named in this movie.

What is Oppenheimer?


500

The sky was the limit for this PC club, that was until it was dissolved in 1955.

What is the Flying Friars?

500

This building was once a PC dorm, but before that it was the psyche ward in the Charles V. Chapin Hospital, The building still stands as a part of the Ryan Building, housing the faculty offices.

What is Dore Hall?

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