UW History
This year, UW was founded.
What is 1861?
This cherry blossom-lined plaza is one of the most photographed spots on campus.
What is the Quad?
UW’s mascot’s name.
What is Dubs?
The official UW school colors.
What are purple and gold?
The School of Medicine is consistently ranked as #1 in this area of training.
What is primary care?
UW’s original location before moving to Seattle’s current campus.
What is downtown Seattle?
This 16-story library is the centerpiece of the liberal arts quad.
What is Suzzallo Library?
This NFL quarterback graduated from UW before joining the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023.
Who is Michael Penix Jr.?
The Pac-12 Conference is now changing. As of 2024, UW is joining this conference.
What is the Big Ten?
The UW Bothell and UW Tacoma campuses opened in this decade.
What is the 1990s?
This U.S. president visited UW’s campus and gave a speech in 1961.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
You’ll find this iconic statue near the entrance to Husky Stadium.
What is the Husky Statue / “Dubs” the Husky?
This Amazon founder briefly attended UW’s computer science program. (Trick question!)
Who is not Jeff Bezos? (He went to Princeton!)
UW’s fight song.
What is “Bow Down to Washington”?
The Applied Physics Lab helped develop this technology still used in ocean exploration.
What is sonar?
The name of the first UW building on the current Seattle campus.
What is Denny Hall?
This now-defunct campus structure was once used for Navy training during WWII.
What is the Old Armory / Navy ROTC Building?
She was the first woman of color to serve as UW president.
Who is Ana Mari Cauce?
The UW Daily is one of the oldest student newspapers west of the Mississippi. It started in this year.This animal has served as the live mascot of UW football games.
What is 1891?
The UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) became widely known for this.
What are COVID-19 projections?
UW temporarily shut down for this reason during World War I. A similar reason would occur in 2020.
What is the Spanish Flu pandemic?
This location is technically the “center” of the Seattle campus.
What is Drumheller Fountain?
This Nobel laureate and UW physicist won the 1981 prize for work in atomic beam laser spectroscopy.
Who is Hans Dehmelt?
UW’s coat of arms includes these two symbols.
What are a lamp of knowledge and an open book?
This former UW professor co-invented the color TV picture tube.
Who is Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence?