UMiami History
In what year was the University of Miami founded? Who are UM’s traditional athletic rivals?
What is 1925?
What year was Booker T. Washington Senior High School originally opened?
What is 1927?
Who is an American-Canadian actor, producer, and former professional wrestler who graduated from the University of Miami?
Who is Dwayne Johnson?
Who are UM’s traditional athletic rivals?
Who are the Seminoles?
What is your mentor/mentee's name and one fact about them? (Everyone in group must answer)
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What are the University of Miami’s official colors and where do they come from?
What are green, orange, and white? From the colors of orange tree.
What delayed the opening of Booker T. Washington Senior High School in 1927?
What is a bombing?
Who is an American actor, screenwriter and film director well known for his notable characters he has portrayed such as the boxer Rocky Balboa, and soldier John Rambo?
Who is Sylvester Stallone?
What phrase do students and alumni of Booker T. Washington Senior High School often use to express their pride in the school?
What is “Tornadoe for Life”?
What building on-campus made an appearance in Drake's God's Plan music video?
What is the Shalala Student Center?
Since its inception in 1926, getting tapped into this honor society has been regarded as the “highest honor attained at the University of Miami.”
What is the Iron Arrow Honor Society?
Which other two high schools were part of discussions to alleviate overcrowding by reopening Booker T. Washington as a high school in the 1980s?
Who are Miami Senior High and Edison Senior High?
Who is the "First Lady of Song," a legendary jazz singer who stayed in Overtown while performing in segregated Miami?
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
What are the school colors of Booker T. Washington Senior High School?
What are orange and black?
Who is the jazz pianist and bandleader who was a key figure in the swing era and often performed in Overtown during segregation?
Who is Count Basie?
In what year did the University of Miami libraries open?
What is 1962?
Which school is the only older public school for black residents in Miami-Dade County than Booker T. Washington Senior High School?
What is George Washington Carver School?
Who is the baseball legend who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and stayed in Overtown during his visits to Miami?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
What is the motto of Booker T. Washington Senior High School?
What is “Not the Largest but the Best”?
How many campuses does UM have? Name them.
3 campuses:
-Coral Gables campus (main campus)
- Rosentiel School campus (school of marine and atmospheric science)
- Miller School campus (medical campus)
Since 1926, the University of Miami has had 6 presidents. Name at least 3 presidents.
Who are Bowman Foster Ashe, Jay F. W. Pearson, Henry King Stanford, Edward T. Foote II, Donna Shalala, and Julio Frenk?
In what year was Booker T. Washington converted to a middle school?
What is 1967?
Who is the civil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP who often stayed in Overtown during his visits to Miami?
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Legend has it that if you walk on ____ you will not graduate from UM. What is it and what do you have to do to reverse it?
What is the Great Seal? To reverse it, walk around it backwards.
Which UM building used to be the home of the National Hurricane Center?
What is Ungar?