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100

Students gather at this FAMU campus spot for the university’s famous “Fridays,” but it was also the original site of the 1960 Tallahassee sit-ins demanding desegregation at local lunch counters.

The "Set"

100

Name the Goat.

Larry Robinson

100

This Tallahassee laboratory, the largest magnet laboratory in the world, works closely with researchers from the engineering college.

What is the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory?

100

This building, constructed in 1917, is the oldest dormitory still standing on Florida State’s campus.

Bryan Hall

100

This legendary football coach led Florida State from 1976 to 2009 and won national championships in 1993 and 1999.

Bobby Bowden

200

Many say I am the symbol of love, and prosperity, that lies within every FAMU Student. Maybe that is why I stay lit 24 hours a day.

Eternal Flame

200

This FAMU Graduate is a Tony Award–winning actress who voiced Disney’s first Black princess in The Princess and the Frog.

Anika Noni Rose

200

This year marked the creation of the nation’s only engineering college jointly operated by two universities: Florida A&M and Florida State.

1982

200

From 1907 to 1947, this was the official name of the institution that later became Florida State University.

Florida State College for Women

200

Before starring in films like Smokey and the Bandit and Deliverance, this actor attended Florida State on a football scholarship.

Burt Reynolds

300

Founded by historian Dr. James Eaton, this FAMU institution preserves rare materials on African American history and the African diaspora.

Black Archives

300

This Florida A&M University graduate produced over 25 films that together have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.

Will Packer

300

Theta Tau’s Greek letters correspond to this engineering-related motto about strengthening character and profession.

“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might”?

300

This Florida State tradition, a favorite of Marching Chief Cameron, happens the Friday before the first home football game when the Marching Chiefs run across campus performing school songs.

Campus Crawl

300

This entrepreneur and Florida State alum founded the billion-dollar apparel company Spanx.

Sara Blakely

400

Before Tallahassee hospitals were integrated, Black residents were treated at this hospital founded by Florida A&M University is now named name this.

Foote-Hillyer Admistration Building

400

I hold one of the best win-loss records among any football coach, but you can find me kneeling outside the gymnasium.

Jake Gaither

400

This event celebrated the release of the new goose mascot to engineering students and helped welcome them into the “gaggle.”

Goose Gaggle

400

Florida State traces its roots back to this institution founded in 1851, the earliest predecessor in the university’s lineage.

What is West Florida Seminary

400

This Puerto Rican singer attended Florida State and later collaborated with Daddy Yankee on one of the most streamed songs in history.

Luis Fonsi

500

This was the original name of Florida A&M University when it was founded in 1887.


State Normal College for Colored Students

500

This brand founded by a FAMU alumnus is an essential part to Marcklen's closet.

Jerry Lerenzo

500

18 Brothers were initated into the FAMU-FSU Colony in Spring 2014 and on May 30,2015, this Colony Became a the Phi Delta Chapter. Name two of these 18 Brothers.

2 of 18 Brothers

Cory Gainus

Nicole Walsh

Samuel Botero

Grace Chrzanowski

Sarah Carey

Danica Thomas

Clifton Rice

Timothy Blum

Jonathan Jennings

Lauren Griffith

Michael Bruno

Tyler Routley

Nathaniel Wood

Kegan Dellinger

Manuel Aguero

Ryne Wickery

Michelle Hopkins

Alex Atchison


500

Before Osceola and Renegade became the university’s iconic gameday tradition in 1978, this earlier live mascot represented FSU athletics in the 1940s and 50s.

Chief Fullabull

500

This former Florida State wide receiver went on to become an NFL star, Super Bowl champion, and Walter Payton Man of the Year.

Anquan Boldin