U of R
What year was the University of Rochester founded?
1850
What is the name of Rochester's iconic messy local dish made of home fries, mac salad, meat, and hot sauce?
Garbage Plate
What annual fall event combines reunion, family weekend, and homecoming?
Meliora Weekend
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
The bat
What is the name of UR's yellowjacket mascot today?
Rocky
What company did George Eastman found in 1888?
Kodak
What is the name of the fall tradition where first-years do community service honoring Wilson and Eastman?
Wilson Day
What mountain range is often considered the geographic boundary between Europe and Asia within Russia?
The Ural Mountains
What is the only mammal that cannot jump?
The elephant
What is UR's Latin motto, meaning "ever better"?
Meliora
What restaurant, opened in 1918, is credited with inventing the Garbage Plate?
Nick Tahou Hots
According to campus legend, what act reverses the clock tower curse?
Throwing an acorn into the brim of George Eastman's statue's hat
What element has the chemical symbol "W," derived from its former name "wolfram"?
Tungsten
What planet has the most confirmed moons in our solar system as of 2026 (285+)?
Saturn
What was UR's mascot called from 1983–2008, before Rocky?
URBee
What photocopier company was founded by Joseph C. Wilson, a UR class of 1931 graduate?
Xerox
What do first-years do immediately after Convocation to symbolically join the University community?
Sign the class roll
What African country is the only one never colonized by a European power (aside from a brief Italian occupation in the 1930s)?
Ethiopia
What country has the most time zones of any country in the world?
France (12)