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100

This Penn State Engineering maker space supports hands-on learning through design and capstone projects.

What is the Learning Factory?

100

This iconic limestone building with a bell tower sits at the center of University Park.

What is Old Main?


100

This two-word chant, first cheered in Beaver Stadium in 1976, is now used as a greeting among Penn Staters.

What is "We Are"?


100

This county became the home of Penn State after a 200-acre land gift.


What is Centre County?


100

 This system is used by Penn State students to enroll in classes.

What is LionPATH?

200

Penn State's College of Engineering was founded in this year.


What is 1890?


200

This memorial near Old Main honors Penn State students who died in World War I.

What is the Penn State War Memorial?


200

This mascot represents Penn State athletics.

Who is the Nittany Lion?

200

Penn State was founded in 1855 as a college focused on this scientific field related to farming.


What is agricultural science?

200

This is Penn State's main library.

What is Pattee and Paterno Library?

300

This engineering major was introduced as a new undergraduate program in Fall 2025.

 What is AI Engineering?


300

This large botanical garden and green space is located near the northwest corner of Penn State's University Park campus.

What is the Arboretum at Penn State?

300

This is Penn State's official school colors.

What are Blue and White?

300

This founding president of Penn State designed a curriculum combining scientific theory with practical application after studying in Europe.


Who is Evan Pugh?


300

This student leader lives in residence halls, enforces policies, and helps build community among residents.

What is a Resident Assistant (RA)?

400

The College of Engineering enrolls more than 11,000 students. These two majors have the highest undergraduate enrollment.

What are Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science?

400

Located about 15 miles from University Park, this Penn State recreation area contains Lake Perez and over 29 miles of hiking trails.

What is the Stone Valley Recreation Area?

400

Before blue and white, Penn State's original school colors were these two colors adopted in 1887.


What are pink and black?


400

Penn State began systematic graduate education in this year when its Graduate School was established.


What is 1922?


400

 This building is the main student union.

What is the HUB-Robeson Center?


500

Known as the Engineering Library, this library is located in this building on campus

Where is ECoRE.


500

At 290,000 square feet and opened in 2024, this building serves as a central hub uniting multiple engineering disciplines on West Campus.

What is the Engineering Collaborative Research and Education Building (ECoRE)?


500

This Penn State monument was carved from a single block of limestone weighing approximately this many tons.

What is 13 tons?


500

This 1862 federal act allowed states to sell federal land to fund colleges teaching agriculture, engineering, and practical skills, and led Pennsylvania to designate Penn
State as its land-grant institution.


What is the Morrill Land-Grant Act?

500

This online platform hosts course materials and assignments.

What is Canvas?