Cornell Beginnings
Present Day Cornell
Cornell Miscellaneous
Cornell VLP
100
Who founded Cornell University?
Who are Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White?
100
How many dining halls/eateries are there on campus?
What is 30+?
100
How many undergraduate colleges are there at Cornell?
What is 8?
100
What does VLP stand for?
What is Veterans Law Project?
200
When was Cornell founded?
What is 1865?
200
What area is used for slope day each year at Cornell?
What is Libe Slope?
200
What Cornell invention became the official snack of New York State?
What is yogurt?
200
Which federal cabinet department administers most veterans’ benefits?
What is The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)?
300
What is Cornell's founding motto?
What is "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study"?
300
How many acres does Cornell University occupy across Ithaca?
What is 2,300 acres?
300
Where was Cornell almost located instead of Ithaca?
What is Syracuse?
300
Name two matters the VLP frequently handles.
What is discharge upgrades and disability benefits appeals?
400
We already know that Cornell was founded in 1865, but when did the first class of students officially start their education at Cornell University?
What is 1868?
400
Who is the hockey team's biggest rival and what do the fans usualy do when they are playing them?
What is Harvard and throwing fish?
400
Name one Cornell alumnus who became a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
What is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
400
What are the five principal characterizations of military discharge?
What is Honorable, General (Under Honorable Conditions), Other Than Honorable, Bad Conduct, and Dishonorable?
500
What was the first building constructed on the main Ithaca campus which now includes 608 buildings on more than 2000 acres?
What is Morrill Hall?
500
What bridge is 120 feet long, weighs 127 tons, and connects central campus and north campus at Cornell University? HINT: it has an electric de-icing "mat" embedded in the concrete surface to reduce ice build-up and to make snow removal unnecessary
What is the Triphammer Falls Footbridge?
500
What is Cornell’s unofficial mascot?
What is Touchdown the Bear?
500
What document summarizes a servicemember’s military service and type of discharge?
What is DD Form 214?