Athletics
NU’s lacrosse team has, as of this date, won this many NCAA championships:
A) Six
B) Seven
C) Eight
D) Nine
What is seven?
Northwestern’s Alma Mater song contains a pledge. What is pledged?
A) Whatsoever things are true
B) Grace and truth
C) A donation to the alumni fund
D) Victory and honor
What is victory and honor?
The picture shows:
A) The former Memorial Hall
B) The former Fayerweather Hall
C) Lunt Hall
D) Fisk Hall
What is Fisk Hall?
Well known for her comedic roles on television, this Northwestern alumna has been recognized by her peers with a remarkable eight primetime Emmy Awards.
A) Ann-Margret
B) Julia Louis-Dreyfus
C) Cloris Leachman
D) Charlotte Rae
Who is Cloris Leachman?
The person credited with coining the name Wildcats for NU's athletic teams:
A) Wally Backman of The Daily Northwestern
B) Wallace Abbey of The Chicago Tribune
C) Wallis Simpson of The Sporting News
D) Henry Wallace of The Washington Post
Who is Wallace Abbey?
March Through the Arch is a venerable tradition at Northwestern, dating back to:
A) 1951
B) 1971
C) 2009
D) 1983
What is 2009?
The picture shows:
A) Dearborn Observatory
B) Lunt Hall
C) Chapin Hall
D) Wieboldt House
What is Lunt Hall?
This alumna of what is now NU’s Pritzker School of Law was a three-time candidate for the presidency of the United States.
A) Adlai Stevenson
B) Richard Gephardt
C) Harold Stassen
D) William Jennings Bryan
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
He briefly coached football at Northwestern but is best known for a career associated with major league baseball.
A) George Steinbrenner
B) Joe Girardi
C) Bob Voigts
D) Jerry Reinsdorf
Who is George Steinbrenner?
The year 1851, memorialized on Northwestern’s official seal signifies this event:
A) Northwestern’s founding.
B) Northwestern’s chartering by the State of Illinois.
C) The year Northwestern began classes.
D) The year of NU’s first graduation.
What is Northwestern's chartering by the State of Illinois?
The picture shows:
A) Ryan Hall / Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self Assembly
B) Wieboldt Hall
C) Technological Institute
D) McGaw Hall
What is the Technological Institute?
This playwright and screenwriter, with credits including Any Given Sunday, Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo, Skyfall, Red, and Penny Dreadful, wrote a first major play, Never the Sinner, while a Northwestern student. Based on the notorious Leopold and Loeb crime of 1924, with which the author became acquainted while working in NU’s McCormick Library of Special Collections.
A) John Logan
B) Bruce Norris
C) Lydia Diamond
D) Walter Kerr
Who is John Logan?
Northwestern’s men’s team has once participated in the NCAA basketball tournament. Northwestern has hosted the NCAA basketball championship this many times:
A) Never
B) Once
C) Twice
D) Three times
What is twice?
Northwestern’s best known fight song, Go, Northwestern, Go!, more commonly known as Go U Northwestern, was written in 1912 by student Theodore Van Etten. What is shouted in the “yell” component of that song?
A) Go Northwestern go!
Go Northwestern go!
Hit ‘em high, hit ‘em low, Go Northwestern go.
B) Go Northwestern go!
Go Northwestern go!
Hit ‘em hard, hit ‘em low, Go Northwestern go.
C) Go Northwestern go!
Go Northwestern go!
Play ‘em hard, hit ‘em low, Go Northwestern go.
D) Go Northwestern go!
Go Northwestern go!
Run it high, run it low, Go Northwestern go.
What is Go Northwestern go!
Go Northwestern go!
Hit ‘em hard, hit ‘em low, Go Northwestern go?
The picture shows:
A) University Library
B) Frances Searle Building
C) O.T. Hogan Building
D) Leverone Hall
What is University Library?
With numerous recordings and a Grammy Award to her credit, she also won a Tony Award for best actress in a musical in the Broadway adaptation of Aida. She also garnered acclaim in the role of Nala in the Broadway production of The Lion King.
A) Nancy Dussault
B) Heather Headley
C) Grace Bumbry
D) Isola Jones
Who is Heather Headley?
Northwestern’s all-time career leader in points scored in the sport of basketball.
A) John Shurna
B) Anucha Browne
C) Billy McKinney
D) Amy Jaeschke
A committee of Northwestern students first selected the school’s colors in 1879. What were those colors?
A) Purple and white
B) Purple and gold
C) Purple and black
D) Black and gold
What is Black and Gold?
The picture shows:
A) The Rock
B) The Class of 1902 Bench
C) The foundation of University Hall
D) Frances Willard’s grave marker
What is the Rock?
She became a global celebrity after marrying into the English royal family. Her visit to Northwestern became a sensational media event and, appearing at a fundraising event for cancer research, she even wore a purple gown.
A) Diana Spencer (Princess Diana)
B) Wallis Simpson
C) Meghan Markle
D) Sarah Ferguson
Who is Princess Diana?