Miscellaneous
Purdue is home to Indiana’s largest colligate newspaper. This is what it is called.
What is Purdue Exponent?
Why is the nose on the bust of Abe Lincoln’s in the Union a different color than the rest of the statue?
Students rub it for good luck before exams.
Purdue has graduated many entrepreneurs. This alum went on to found one of the most successful popcorn brands.
Who is Orville Redenbacher?
Purdue class of 1928 graduate Orville Redenbacher, best known for revolutionizing the popcorn industry. Redenbacher was a very active student -- part of Alpha Gamma Rho, Agricultural Society, Agricultural Editor Society, Press Club, Band, Union Work, Class Track, Class Cross Country, Debris Yearbook editor and Exponent editor.
a) 1965
b) 1975
c) 1985
d) 1995
What is d) 1995.
This is how many Big Ten championships the Purdue basketball team has won. (The most of all the schools in the Big Ten.)
What is 24?
These are the two industries that Purdue was initially founded to cater to.
What is Agriculture and Engineering?
This is Purdue's mascot.
What is the boilermaker special?
Purdue's first President.
Who is Richard Owen?
Richard Owen, a professor at Indiana University, became Purdue's first president in 1872. At the time, there were no buildings, no faculty and no students on the West Lafayette campus, and Owen never actually occupied an office there. He resigned the day before the first class met.
Purdue's Recreational Sports center is named after this former Purdue president.
France Anne-Dominic Córdova
France A. Córdova became Purdue University’s eleventh president on July 16, 2007, as well as professor of physics and astronomy. She was the first woman to lead the institution. While at Purdue she oversaw a strategic plan that emphasized student success, research deliverables and global engagement.
This 1929 grad and football star later became one of Purdue's most legendary coaches and athletic directors. His 29-year tenure as director is the longest in school history.
Who is Guy "Red" Mackey?
Mackey was named athletics director in 1942 and occupied that position until 1971. His 29-year tenure is the longest in school history. As the result of his leadership, Purdue was regarded as one of the top-rated, most proficiently run athletics departments in the nation. He also was a professor of physical education and intramural director.
Of what is the Purdue Memorial Union in memoriam?
Students who fought in WWI.
The gold and black cross on the floor of the Great Hall honors the 67 Purdue men who gave their lives for their country during World War I. It has since been extended to honor all Purdue University faithful who lost their lives in service to the United States of America.
This is one of Purdue’s unofficial traditions, and it started in the 1980s. It continues before every football game to this day.
What is Breakfast Club?
Most people know that the first person on the moon, Neil Armstrong, was a Purdue graduate, but did you know that the last person on the moon was as well? What was their name?
Gene Cernan
For which class’ 50th anniversary was the Engineering Fountain dedicated? (Fun fact: It happened during Homecoming)
1939
This is the origin of why Purdue Students are called "Boilermakers".
In the 1891 season opener, the team traveled to Wabash College in nearby Crawfordsville. Besides coming away with a 44-0 victory, the Purdue "eleven," as football teams were known back then, headed back to West Lafayette with this nickname.
The nicknames stemmed from the nature of a Purdue education. As a land-grant institution since its founding in 1869, the college had schooled the sons and daughters of the working class for occupations that were considered beneath the high-born who attended liberal arts colleges such as Wabash.
That same fall of 1891, Purdue had acquired a working railroad engine to mount in a newly established locomotive laboratory. It was one more step in the development of Purdue as one of the world's leaders in engineering teaching and research. For athletic adversaries and their boosters, this specialty in engineering education - and the other concentration at the founding of the institution, agriculture - served as fodder for name-calling.
Purdue is one of 3 schools to have a working ___ out of their department. (Hint: This helps keeps boilermakers healthy)
Pharmacy
Purdue Grand Prix is a ___ mile race.
50 miles
This is the year Purdue Opened its doors to Women Students.
a) When is 1869?
b) When is 1874?
c) When is 1875?
d) When is 1919?
c) When is 1875?
Purdue first offered classes in 1874, but eight women who tried to enroll were denied entrance based on their gender. By 1875, this restriction had changed and the first nine women were admitted to Purdue, most taking preparatory classes.
Referring to what Purdue building did the commonly used phrase "one brick higher," originate?
Heavilon Hall
Heavilon's storied history -- including a fire that destroyed it just after completion and the University president's subsequent vow to rebuild it -- gave rise to the phrase "one brick higher," now used across campus to embody Boilermakers' characteristic determination and dedication.
Three of Purdue's most famous alumni, Neil Armstrong, Orville Redenbacher, Russell Games Slayter participated in this All-American Organization.
Purdue Marching Band
Named the “All-American” Marching Band by a TV broadcaster in response to the first halftime show with lighted uniforms and instruments.
The Purdue English department is one of the best in the world. Most K-12 students use one of its online tool. What is this tool called?
Purdue Owl (Online Writing Lab)
Purdue is home to the worlds largest drum. This is how tall it is.
What is 10ft.
This person was Purdue's first African American faculty member in 1968.
Who is Helen Bass Williams?
Helen Bass Williams was an educator, public health worker, and civil rights leader in the South during the Civil Rights movement. She worked and protested alongside well-known activists such as Septima Clark, Rosa Parks, Modjeska Simkins, and Martin Luther King Jr. In 1968, Williams came to Purdue to serve as the first African American faculty member where she worked as an assistant professor in French and a counselor for minority students in the School of Humanities, Social Science, and Education (HSSE).
This was the full name of Harry from Harry's Chocolate Shop.
Who is Harry J Marack?
This is the year Purdue won the Rose Bowl.
What is 1967?