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100

What is our University motto and what does it mean? 

Meliora; Ever Better 

100

What is the newest (in terms of construction) dormitory building on the River Campus? 

Genesee Hall 

100

What is Rochester's signature dish? 

Garbage Plate 
100

What is the name of our alumni weekend? 

Meliora Weekend 

100

What is the name of the cemetery that borders the River  Campus? 

Mount Hope Cemetery 

200

What is our only Division 1 sports team? 

Squash Team 

200

How many quads do we have on campus? 

5 - First-Year Quad, Eastman Quad, Wilson Quad, Frat Quad, Engineering Quad

- or - 

6 - First-Year Quad, Eastman Quad, Wilson Quad, Frat Quad, Engineering Quad, Upperclassmen Quad

200

Rochester hosts an annual festival in Highland Park. What is the name of this festival? 

Lilac Festival 

200

The superstitious consequence of walking through the clock tower

Will not graduate 

200

There is a legend that one of the River Campus buildings is home to a ghost. Which building is this? 

Rush Rhees Library 

300

What is the name of the first student Spirit Weekend during Spring Semesters!

Winterfest Weekend 

300

How many buildings are connected by the main tunnel system through Rush Rhees library? 

11 - Rush Rhees, Meliora, Bausch and Lomb, Hoyt, Dewey, Lattimore, Morey, Wilson Commons, Rettner, Douglass, ---

300

Rochester is known as the _____ City!

Flour 

300

What year did the annual Boar Head's dinner tradition begin? 

1934

300

How many statues originally made up the group of Meliora Madams, located between Meliora Hall and Rush Rhees library? 

Eight

400

What year was Rochester Rotaract founded?

2006

400

What University building has chandeliers that were made from washtubs? 

Kodak Hall, Eastman Theatre 

400

Who was responsible for founding Eastman Kodak in Rochester? 

George Eastman 

400

If one accidentally walked through the clock tower, how would you reverse the effects of the superstition? 

By throwing an acorn and landing it in the brim of George Eastman's hat!

400

Rochester faculty and alumni have won how many Nobel Prize awards? 

Seven

500

What are the Meliora values? 

M - Meliora 

E - Equity

L - Leadership 

I - Integrity 

O - Openness 

R - Respect 

A - Accountability 

500

Which River Campus building was originally designed like a ship, and used as the naval science building? 

Harkness Hall

500

What corporation was founded in Rochester that revolutionized printing technology? 

Xerox

500

Which Rochester tradition debuted in May 1951? 

Dandelion Day

500

Rochester is known as the ____ Valley because of its innovation in photocopying and photography. 

Optics