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UChicago Buildings
100

Milton Friedman won a Nobel Prize in this field.

What is economics?

100

The first self-sustaining nuclear was built under this.

What is Stagg Field?

100

The study of mind and behavior.

What is psychology?

100

The Regenstein Library has this many floors.

What is seven?

200

Moungi Bawendi, a UChicago alum currently working at MIT, was one of three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in this field earlier today for his research on quantum dots.

What is chemistry?

200

The annual UChicago tradition of Scav lasts this long.

What is 72 hours?

200

The study of humanity.

What is anthropology?

200

Stepping on this object is said to be a bad Omen.

What is the Reynold's Club Seal?

300

This former UChicago Law School Professor won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.

Who is Barack Obama?

300

This famous movie character studied at UChicago under the Egyptologist and archaeologist Abner Ravenwood at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (formerly known as the Oriental Institute).

Who is Indiana Jones?

300

The study of bacteria

What is bacteriology?

300

The movie Divergent features this UChicago Library.

What is the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library?

400

Awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics, his infamous oil drop experiment is taught in almost every general chemistry course around the world. The experiment was conducted in our very own Ryerson Physics Laboratory. 

Who is Robert A. Millikan?

400

The Divinity School Coffee Shop is also know by this name.

What is Grounds of Being?

400

The study of the nature of duty.

What is Deontology?

400

This building can be seen from most places on campus as it is the tallest building at UChicago.

What is the Rockefeller Chapel?
500

UChicago's first-ever Nobel Laureate and the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any of the sciences, this physicist was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Physics for his measurements of the speed of light.

Who is Albert A. Michelson?

500

This group of Chicago alum was hired to run Chile's economy under Augusto Pino Chet.

Who are the Chicago Boys?

500

The study of bees.

What is melittology?
500

Students can get from Cobb to this location without walking outside using secret pathways.

What is Walker Museum?