North Campus
Famous Alumni
Name that Rival
Michigan History
Hodgepodge
100
This building is one of three University Unions. It is home to Panda Express, Quizno's, and Ugo's.
What is Pierpont Commons?
100
This man was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. and played football at U-M before going on to become the 38th president of the US.
Who is Gerald Ford ('35, B.A. Economics)?
100
This Michigan rival recently re-built their student union
What is The Ohio State University?
100
The Universityof Michigan was founded this year and in this city.
What is 1817 in Detroit, Michigan?
100
This building holds the largest lecture hall on campus.
What is the Chemistry Building?
200
This center is named after a former U-M president and offers collaborative space for faculty and students to use technology tools. It is open 24 hours/day and tables are difficult to find during midterms and finals.
What is the Duderstadt Center (aka "the Dude")?
200
This engineer was a member of the 1993 U-M Solar Car team before going on to co-found Google.
Who is Larry Page ('95, B.S. Computer Engineering)?
200
This Big Ten Rival is the newest school in the Big Ten Conference.
What is Nebraska?
200
This is the name of the North Campus Bell Tower.
What is Lurie Tower?
200
The University of Michigan alum who wrote The Crucible.
Who is Arthur Miller?
300
This name is included in the name of no less than FOUR north campus buildings.
What is Lurie?
300
This actress had roles in "Charlie's Angels," "Ally McBeal," "Payback," and "Kill Bill: Vol. 1."
Who is Lucy Liu ('90, B.A. Asian Languages and Cultures)?
300
President Mary Sue Coleman was president of this Big Ten Rival prior to coming to the University of Michigan.
What is the University of Iowa?
300
This is the reason why the Michigan League was orginally built.
What is a recreational place for women on campus since they were restricted from entering the Michigan Union?
300
In this year's Common Read, author Pietra Rivoli opens with an introduction to this industry: it is one that America has dominated for 200 years.
What is the Cotton Industry?
400
MABEL, the running robot, is located in this north campus building.
What is the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science building (or EECS building)?
400
This all-U-M space flight flew to the moon in 1971 with 3 former U-M students aboard. Bonus: They brought along a few U-M items, including a Department of Aerospace Engineering seal!
What is Apollo 15? Crew: David Scott, '49-'50; Alfred Worden, M.S. '63; James Irwin, M.S. '57.
400
The only private university in the Big Ten Conference.
What is Northwestern University?
400
One of the original four houses constructed to house faculty when the University moved to Ann Arbor, this building is the oldest building on campus (and is also the site of lots of fake ding-dong ditch pranks during the school year).
What is the President's House?
400
Named after a former U-M coach, this building hosts the men's and women's basketball games. It's also a homonym of a building on North Campus...
What is the Crisler Center?
500
This north campus workspace is located in the Gorguze Family Laboratory (GFL) and is home to many Student Organizations, including competition teams and student design projects.
What is the Wilson Center
500
As the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, she was also one of the first athletes named to the Women's Sports Hall of Fame.
Who is Janet Guthrie ('60, B.Sc. Physics)?
500
Name of the traveling trophy that Michigan competes against Minnesota for every year.
What is the Little Brown Jug?
500
This graduating class gave the block M as a gift to the University.
What is class of 1953?
500
This group provides free bagels and coffee to students on Wednesday mornings? It also provides free blue books and hosts networking events.
What is the Alumni Association? Hint: Welcome Wednesdays are amazing!
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