Conference History
What two schools are responsible for the + in the Ivy+ conference this year?
What is MIT & Stanford?
Rivalries are a large part of college sports. Tail-gate parties, rallies, fight songs, and camaraderie. Riveting stuff. Which two Ivy League schools contest the oldest college football rivalry each year, known simply as "The Game"?
What is Harvard & Yale
All colleges and universities have a nickname, which primarily refers to the school's athletic programs and teams. What is Harvard's nickname?
What is Crimson?
Which school is the youngest founded in the Ivy League?
Which Ivy league school did John Krasinski (AKA Jim from The Office) graduate from in 2001 with a degree in English?
What is Brown University?
How many institutions are attending the conference this year?
What is 10?
The term "Ivy League" became official in 1954, with the formation of the NCAA Division I athletic conference. What other terms have been used to describe these schools?
What is Ancient Eight or Ivies
Which Ivy League school, established in 1754, was originally named King's College, after receiving a Royal Charter by King George II of Great Britain?
Yale, Columbia, Brown, or Princeton
What is Columbia
Which Ivy+ school sits 4th on the list of largest endowment.
What is Stanford?
This Upenn Graduate made the hit single "Ordinary People"
What is John Legend?
What is the most recent year Yale hosted the Ivy+ conference
What is 2014
Which of these schools have multiple players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Harvard
Yale
UPenn
Princeton
What is UPenn
Chuck Bednarik & Bert Bell are the two football hall of famers.
The Ivy League consists of eight prestigious learning institutions in the northeastern United States: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia and Brown Universities, the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College. Seven of these were established before the American Revolution. Which one was founded last?
What is Cornell?
Some universities have "secret societies". They are not the same as fraternities and are not affiliated with them. They are always shrouded in mystery. Name a secret society at Yale University?
What Is
Scroll and Key
Skull and Bones
Wolf's Head
This Princeton Graduate starred in their own TV sitcom called "Suddenly Susan"
What is Brooke Shields?
This university hosted the Ivy+ conference in 2010 with the focus being on sustainability.
What is UPenn
In 1980, the United States led a group of countries in boycotting the Summer Olympic Games held in Moscow. As a result, the Olympic Boycott Games were born, beginning on July 16, three days before the official Olympics began. Which Ivy League school played host to these games?
What is UPenn
Computers are an integral part of a university student's life. Which Ivy League school made it mandatory for every student to own a personal computer in 1991?
Choices
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
What is Dartmouth
Every university has special traditions that students hold close to their hearts and look forward to every year. Which of these is a tradition at Brown University?
Winter Carnival
Newman's Day
Midnight Organ Recital
The Varsity Show
What is Midnight Organ Recital
What two Ivy+ universities were featured in the 1997 Film "Good Will Hunting"?
What is Harvard & MIT.
The scenes in which they allude to being at Harvard & MIT were actually filmed in the University of Toronto.
At the 2014 Ivy+ conference, what Midwest College was included on the guest list?
Saint Louis University
University of Chicago
University of Minnesota
Truman State University
What is the University of Chicago?
Which school currently has the only Ivy league player actively on a NBA team
What is Yale?
Miye Oni of the Utah Jazz is the current player in the NBA.
Alma Maters and fight songs give students a sense of identity and unity. They are played at sporting events and other special occasions. Which song has been the anthem of Princeton University since 1859?
Old Nassau
Bright College Years
Roar, Lion, Roar
Evening Song
What is Old Nassau?
What is the legend behind the Ivy in "Ivy League" Why are we called the Ivy League.
A)The name derives from the ivy growing on the historic building walls.
B)All eight schools had ivy plants as unofficial botanical mascots.
C)The founder of the Ivy League had the name Ivy.
D)The term was first coined as a slang name by students but stuck.
What is A?
Most historians agree that Caswell Adams coined the term in a 1937 article. He was writing about the Columbia/UPenn football game, and, supposedly upset at not being allowed to cover his alma mater, complained about the old “Ivy-covered” universities,
Everyone knows "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" but can you guess which Ivy league school Angela Bassett received her Bachelor's & Master's degree from?
What is Yale?