History
The year USC was founded?
What is 1801
This song begins “We hail thee, Carolina and sing thy high praise
What is the university’s alma mater?
Originally built in 1959, this building added FIVE underground levels in 1976
What is the Thomas Cooper Library?
This is the year that the first classes were held at USC.
What is 1805?
This 1969 and 1973 graduate is now the Governor of South Carolina.
Who is Henry McMaster?
This was the original name of USC?
What is South Carolina College?
Adopted in 1803, this is one of the oldest symbols of the university
What is the USC official seal?
This building was the first one on campus.
What is Rutledge?
This is the year the Carolina Creed was adopted
What is 1990?
This band formed at USC and had one of the best-selling albums in US history.
Who is Hootie and the Blowfish?
This is why USC was closed from 1861 to 1865
What is the Civil War?
This fun loving, fighting bird was introduced in 1980
Who is Cocky?
At the top of this building there is a revolving restaurant, Top of Carolina, with a rotating platform acquired from the New York World’s fair of 1964.
What is Capstone?
This is the year The Gamecock student newspaper began publication.
What is 1908?
This 2018 alum led USC to their first women’s bball national championship and has a statue in her honor?
Who is A’ja Wilson?
This radio station was founded in 1946
What is WUSC-FM
Each year, engineering students design and construct a nearly 30-foot tiger each year for this event.
What is Tiger Burn?
This building is 18 stories high and has a glowing beacon on top that glows garnet in celebration of outstanding university accomplishments.
What is Capstone?
This is the year the USC Baseball team won the National Championship for the first time
What is 2010?
This 1991 and 1994 graduate was the first black mayor of Columbia
Who is Steve Benjamin?
He was the first black faculty member at USC
Who is Richard T. Greener
This tradition, born in 2009, was the result of beating #4 Ole Miss.
What is Sandstorm?
This building served as the primary library until the construction of Thomas Cooper
What is the McKissick Museum?
This is the year of the “Great Biscuit Rebellion” where students dropped out to protest campus dining policies.
What is 1852?
This 2009 alum and WUSC DJ, Chaz Burdock, found success under what name?
Who is Toro y Moi?