History of Pitt:
This school got its start in 1787 in a major western PA city.
What is the University of Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh sits at the meeting point of three rivers: the Allegheny, the Ohio, and this one.
What is the Monongahela River?
The abbreviation RA stands for this.
This is the smallest planet in our solar system.
What is Mercury?
This big cat is the mascot of Pitt's sports teams.
What is a panther?
This towering, Gothic-style building on Pitt's campus is one of the tallest educational buildings in the world.
What is the Cathedral of Learning/Cathy?
Thanks to its steel mills of the past, Pittsburgh earned this nickname.
Your resident is locked out of their room, who should they call?
Who is Panther Central (PC)?
This Italian artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
This is the name of the head coach of Pitt's football team.
Pitt was founded all the way back in this year, making it one of the oldest universities in the U.S.
What is 1787?
With 446 of them crisscrossing the city, Pittsburgh is nicknamed "The City of" these structures.
What are bridges?
Quiet hours start at this time Sun-Thu?
When is 10 pm?
This river is the longest in the world.
What is the Nile?
In 2013, Pitt left the Big East to join this athletic conference, home to teams like Duke and North Carolina.
What is the ACC?
This famous vaccine, protecting against a crippling childhood disease, was developed by Jonas Salk while he was at Pitt.
What is the polio vaccine?
Pittsburgh's professional football, baseball, and hockey teams — the Steelers, Pirates, and Penguins — all share these two team colors.
What are black and gold?
These are the time(s) you must do your duty rounds ON WEEKEND DUTY.
When are 8:30-9:30 pm, 10:30-11:30 pm, 12:30-1:30 pm, and 2:30-3:30 pm?
This Prussian-born composer went completely deaf later in life, yet continued composing symphonies, including his famous Ninth.
Who is Beethoven?
This Pitt opposite hitter became the first player in program history to be named AVCA National Player of the Year, then won the award again the following season.
Who is Olivia Babcock?
Before it became the University of Pittsburgh in 1908, the school spent nearly 90 years operating under this "western" name.
What is the Western University of Pennsylvania?
Pittsburgh is named after this British statesman, who served as Prime Minister and Secretary of State during the French and Indian War.
Who is William Pitt?
What is 412-624-2121?
This 1917 event saw the Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, seize power in Russia and establish the world's first communist state.
What is the Russian Revolution (October Revolution)?
This Pitt tight end went on to a Hall of Fame NFL career and later coached the Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl title.
Who is Mike Ditka?