Music
“I Shot the Sheriff” was written by Bob Marley and covered in 1974 by this singer.
Who is Eric Clapton?
Mel Brooks directed this 1974 movie and also appeared in it as a Yiddish speaking Indian chief.
What is Blazing Saddles?
In the 1920s, a New York Times article called this building the Skyscraper Dorm in an article titled "Stair-climbing Stirs Columbia Students". Graffiti on one elevator noted "a fellow dropped dead from old age waiting for this elevator".
What is John Jay Hall?
This former President wished to be buried at West Point, in Galena Illinois where he once lived, or New York City. Ultimately he was interred at 122nd street and Riverside Drive at the largest mausoleum in North America.
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
Former pharmaceutical executive P. Roy Vagelos, VP&S ’54, and Diana Vagelos, BC ’55, made a $400 million donation to the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons on Aug. 22, the single largest donation in the medical school’s history. Vagelos worked at this pharmaceutical company.
What is Merck?
Before I Will Always Love You was covered in 1992 by Whitney Houston for movie The Bodyguard, it was written and released in 1974 by this artist.
Who is Dolly Parton?
This 1974 Mel Brooks film was shot entirely in black and white.
What is Young Frankenstein?
This is the first building on campus that was NOT designed by McKim, Mead & White. It has hosted Simon & Garfunkel who have recorded music there as well as many weddings.
What is St Paul’s Chapel?
This is what New York City was formerly called when ruled by the Dutch.
What is New Amsterdam?
When then college president President Minouche Shafik allowed the NYPD to make over 100 arrests it marked the first time that mass arrests had been made on Columbia's campus since more than five decades ago when students were protesting this war.
What is the Vietnam War?
This Swedish band catapulted to fame in 1974 when they won the Eurovision Song Contest.
What is ABBA?
Robert Opel is famous for doing this at the Academy Awards in 1974, while flashing the peace sign.
What is streaking?
This building was named for a Serbian scientist and Columbia grad who later returned as faculty. In 1965, this building was named a National Historic Landmark for its association with experiments relating to the splitting of the atom, achieved in connection with the later Manhattan Project.
What is Pupin Hall?
This company sold the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate in 1973.
What is CBS?
Columbia University has apologized to thousands of people for allowing this type of doctor to continue practicing medicine unchecjed at the university medical center after he sexually assaulted patients for over two decades. The university has also created a $100 million settlement fund. The doctor was finally convicted in 2022.
What is an OB GYN?
This hit song sung by Carl Douglas in 1974 was originally only meant to be the B-side to his album.
What is Kung Fu Fighting?
This 1974 movie starred Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton.
What is the Godfather Part 2?
Daniel Chester French designed this bronze statue in 1903.
What is the Alma Mater?
Senator John McCain ate here when his daughter was a student at Columbia, as did Barack Obama when he was a student at Columbia. The restaurant’s exterior made frequent cameos on the hit show Seinfeld.
What is Tom’s Restaurant? Or What is Tom’s Diner?
From 2014–2015, student Emma Sulkowicz carried this item on her back at all times she was on campus and said she would do so until the male student she alleged raped her Paul Nungesser was expelled or left campus.
What is a mattress?
This song won the Academy Award in 1974 for Best Original Song and includes the lyrics “Can it be that it was all so simple then? Or has time rewritten every line?”
What is “The Way We Were”?
This 1974 movie’s title is in one of its most famous lines, “Forget it Jake. It’s….”
What is Chinatown?
This building on the Barnard campus is named for a family who made their fortune in powdered milk.
What is Milbank Hall?
These are all the subway stations on the local 1 line between 42nd street Times Square and 116th street Columbia University.
42nd, 50th, 59th, 66th, 72nd, 79th, 86th, 96th, 103rd, 110th, 116th
A song title by Macklemore “Hinds Hall” is a reference to when student protestors took over this building in 2024 and renamed it Hind’s Hall after a slain 6 year old Palestinian girl.
What is Hamilton Hall?