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What year did Duke receive its name? 

1924 

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Which Duke entity approved the most recent tuition increase? 

The Board of Trustees

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What building houses Vincent Price's office? 

the Allen Building 

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Where is the career center located? 

second floor bc 

200

What is the name of the architect responsible for Duke's Georgian & Neogothic architecture, along with iconic buildings like the chapel, baldwin auditorium & cameron indoor? 

Julian Abele 

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Marketplace was renamed ________ last year to honor this Black worker and their legacy at Duke 
The Wall Center 
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This is the number one major at Duke 

Computer Science 

200

What is the name of our provost? 

Alec Gallimore 

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Durham NC is formerly home to __________. A hub of black business and productivity during the mid 20th century 

Black Wall Street 

300

Duke will play what teams this weekend in the Sweet 16 (both men & women's basketball) 

LSU & St Johns 

300

Who is pictured in the statue presiding at the front of East Campus? 

Washington Duke 

300

Duke University has a marine campus located in what city in North Carolina? 

Beaufort 

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What statue formerly sat in the empty pillar bracketing the chapel's main doors? 

Robert E. Lee 

400

15,000 visitors flocked to the Duke gardens last weekend to see what natural wonder? 

Cherry Blossoms 

400

This pratt department was the nation's first of its kind 

BME 

400

Which Duke sports team has the most national championships? 

Women's golf 

500

Name one of the first 5 black students to matriculate at Duke 

Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, Mary Mitchell Harris, Gene Kendall, Cassandra Smith Rush, and Nathaniel "Nat" White Jr

500

Which country's former president recently visited campus to talk about capitalism & "endurance, dignity and empathy"? 

Costa Rica 

500

This Duke basketball great was the class of 2025's commencement speaker 

Grant Hill 

500

When is fall class registration? 

April 7th @7am