Colby College Trivia

General Knowledge

100

This is the name of our school's newspaper

What is the Colby Echo?

200

This is Colby College's zip code

What is 04901?

300

This is the motto of Colby College, meaning "knowledge is the light of the mind"

What is "lux mentis scientia"

400

Colby's campus is made up of this many acres of land (answers within 50 acres will be counted)

What is 714?

500

This stream surrounds Colby College and connects to the Kennebec River

What is the Messalonskee Stream?

History

100

What is the mascot of Colby College

What is a Mule?

200

Colby was founded in this year

When was 1813?

300

Colby College became carbon neutral in this year

When was 2013?

400

In 1885, this type of semihard orange cheese was created in a small town in Wisconsin

What is Colby cheese?

500

This was the name of the school when it was founded (and lasting from 1813-1821)

What was the Maine Literary and Theological Institute?

People

100

This person is the 20th and current President of Colby College

Who is David A. Greene?

200

The CEO of this American business magazine based in Jersey City graduated from Colby in 1981

What is Forbes?

300

This person is the current governor of Maine (no real association to Colby just some Maine trivia)

Who is Janet Mills?

400

This man was Colby College's 19th President, preceding the one we have today

Who is William D. Adams?

500

Colby College was named after this prominent Baptist philanthropist in 1867

Who was Gardner Colby?

Athletics

100

This is the name of Colby College's football field

What is Seaverns Field?

200

This complex opened in 2020, and is said to be the best DIII athletic centers in the nation

What is the Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center?

300

Colby has this many Division I athletics teams on campus

What is 3?

400

The New England Small College Athletic Conference has this many schools in it

What is 11?

500

This was Colby College's football team's record this season (no judgement)

What was 3-6?

Buildings

100

This is Colby's biggest library

What is Miller Library?

200

This dorm is named after Colby's first female graduate

What is Mary Low?

300

The names of these three people make up the acronym of the dorm "AMS"

Who are Anthony, Mitchell, and Schupf?

400

This dorm is part of the Hillside complex, and is commonly referred to as Sturty (spelling matters)

What is Sturtevant?

500

These initials complete the official name for the Olin Science Center (location of the Halloran Lab for Entrepreneurship ) - The _._. Olin Science Center

What is F.W.?