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NYU trivia
100
The only borough in NYC that isn't on an island
Bronx
100
True or false: NYC was the first capital of the United States.
True
100
The Empire State Building turns its lights purple to commemorate this NYU occasion.
NYU graduation
100
This residence hall is supposedly haunted.
Rubin
200
This is the avenue number of the Avenue of the Americas.
6
200
This American architect is famous for designing the Guggenheim Museum.
Frank Lloyd Wright
200
This building, now home to the University's biology and chemistry labs, was the site of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire.
Brown/Silver
200
Andrew Hamilton's office is on this floor of Bobst.
12 (a pair of hawks lives there as well.)
300
The amount of floors in the empire state building
102
300
NYC is home to the largest museum in the Western hemisphere. This is its name:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
300
NYU traditionally holds graduation in Yankee Stadium. This is the borough it is located in.
Bronx
300
Identify this NYU building:
Courant
400
This borough is home to the most languages spoken in NYC and is among one of the most ethnically diverse regions in the world.
Queens
400
The MTA began operation in this year.
1904 (+/- 10 years)
400
The Stonewall Riots marked the birth of the gay rights movement and happened right here in Greenwich Village. This is the year they took place.
1969
400
The bobcat is NYU's mascot. But what does BobCat stand for?
Bobst Catalog
500
The meaning of the abbreviation DUMBO
Down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass
500
This American president was born in NYC.
Theodore Roosevelt
500
Until the 1970s, NYU's campus was located in this area of the Bronx.
University Heights
500
NYU has 11 schools, both undergraduate and graduate, on its NYC campus. List them!
CAS, College of Dentistry, Gallatin, Stern, LS, Rory Meyers, Steinhardt, Silver, SPS, Tandon, Tisch