W. P. Carey
Tempe Campus
ASU
Colleges in the Movies
100

This was the year the W. P. Carey School of Business received a $50 million gift that led to its renaming.

What is 2003?

100

Home to W. P. Carey’s graduate programs, McCord Hall is named after this prominent Arizona family of philanthropists.

Who are Sharon and Bob McCord?

100

Arizona State University was founded in this year under its original name, the Territorial Normal School.

What is 1885?

100

In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods leaves her sorority life behind to study law at this Ivy League school.

What is Harvard University?

200

In fall 2025, approximately this many students were enrolled at the W. P. Carey School.

What is about 23,616 students (or 23,000)?

200

Each fall, this ASU tradition invites students’ families to attend classes, explore campus, and enjoy a football game.

What is Family Weekend?

200

The “Duel in the Desert” rivalry pits ASU against this in-state university.

What is the University of Arizona (Arizona Wildcats)?

200

In A Beautiful Mind, Russell Crowe portrays mathematician John Nash, who studies at this Ivy League institution.

What is Princeton University?

300

The W. P. Carey School of Business is home to more than this number of research centers and laboratories.

What is more than 20 (exact: 24)?

300

The iconic Palm Walk on the Tempe campus is lined by approximately this many trees.

What is about 110 trees?

300

This is the number of ASU alumni currently in the room with you.

What is 4 (Veronica, Nancy, Amy, Michele)?

300

In The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), the protagonist attends this university for his business degree before launching his finance career.

What is American University?

400

This comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” cast member earned his business degree at W. P. Carey.

Who is David Spade?

400

Between 2016 and 2018, ASU replaced its original Palm Walk trees with this specific type of palm.

What are Medjool date palms?

400

In 2009, this future NBA MVP and Olympic gold medalist left ASU after his sophomore year to enter the NBA Draft.

Who is James Harden?

400

In the 1993 classic Rudy, Sean Astin’s character fulfills his dream of playing football for this storied university.

What is the University of Notre Dame?

500

This W. P. Carey alumnus went on to become the governor of Arizona.

Who is Doug Ducey (BS Finance 1986)?

500

ASU’s raucous student section, famous for its giant cutouts at basketball games, goes by this numerical name.

What is the 942 Crew?

500

ASU sponsors approximately this number of intercollegiate varsity sports teams.

What is 26?

500

In Good Will Hunting, Will Hunting solves graduate-level math problems on a hallway chalkboard at this famous university.

What is MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)?

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