Facts & Figures
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Student Life
Boston & Beyond
100

With over 8,000 undergraduate students yearly, this is the largest college at BU.

What is the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)?

100

What is BU's newest and tallest building?

What is the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences (CDS)?

100

What is the name of BU's current president?

What/who is Melissa Gilliam?

100

BU and this other Boston institution have a long-standing athletic rivalry.

What is Boston College?

100

What river runs along BU's campus?

What is the Charles River?

200

What is the most common major at BU?

What is Business?

200

What is the largest dorm at BU, housing over 1,800 students?

What is Warren Towers?

200

What is the name of BU's Boston Terrier Mascot?

What/who is Rhett?

200

Once a year, dining halls at BU serve this signature New England dish.

What is lobster?

200

Boston is home to the oldest public park in the United States. What is its name?

What is the Boston Common?
300

How many dining halls does BU have?

What is 5? (Warren, West, Marciano, Fenway, Granby)

300

This green space on campus is named for the sound, reminiscent of waves, that cars make as they pass it by

What is the BU Beach?

300

What is the name of BU's most famous alum?

What/who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

300

Representatives from over 400 of BU's clubs and organizations gather on Nickerson Field for this annual club fair.

What is SPLASH?

300

Which branch of the T runs through BU's campus? (hint: color)

What is the Green Line?

400

When was Boston University founded?

When is 1839?

400

What is the most popular study spot on campus? (hint: BU's largest/central library)

What is Mugar Memorial Library?

400

What is the name of the BU Police Department's community resource dog?

What/who is Bean?

400

Alongside BC, Harvard, and Northeastern, BU competes in this famous annual hockey tournament.

What is the Beanpot?

400

In what neighborhoods of Boston is BU located (hint: 2 answers, will accept either)

What is Fenway-Kenmore and Allston?

500

Which now-ubiquitous technology was first built at BU in 1875?

What is the telephone?

500

In what state was BU originally founded? (hint: New England, but not MA)

What is Vermont?

500

What are the names of BU's founders? (hint: there are three answers, will accept any)

What/who is Isaac Rich, Lee Claflin, and Jacob Sleeper?

500

To the nearest 1,000, how many undergraduate students does BU have? 

What is 18,000?

500

What is the name of the giant left-field wall in Fenway Park?

What is The Green Monster?