New York University - Quiz
New York University
  • 1. How long was the seven-year fundraising campaign that NYU completed?
A) $2.5 billion
B) $506.4 million
C) $698 million
D) $3 billion
  • 2. How much did the Tisch family donate to NYU?
A) $506.4 million
B) $60 million
C) $1 million
D) $50 million
  • 3. Which school received a $50 million donation from the Silver family in 2007?
A) School of Law
B) School of Professional Studies
C) School of Social Work
D) Tisch School of the Arts
  • 4. What is the goal of the 'NYU 200' plans?
A) Renovating the Yankee Stadium
B) Buying wind power for Manhattan
C) Raising money for the Silver family
D) Strategic development for the 2031 bicentennial
  • 5. Which organization ranked NYU as one of the greenest colleges in the country?
A) Tisch Foundation
B) EPA
C) The Partners Fund
D) New York City Council
  • 6. How many buildings are in the NYU New York City campus?
A) More than 171
B) Exactly 171
C) 230
D) 49
  • 7. What serves as an unofficial symbol of NYU?
A) Washington Square Arch
B) Kimmel Center
C) Vanderbilt Hall
D) The Silver Center
  • 8. Where are the current commencement ceremonies for NYU held?
A) Washington Square Park
B) Yankee Stadium
C) Kimmel Center
D) Skirball Center
  • 9. What is the primary hub for student life at NYU?
A) Kimmel Center for University Life
B) Vanderbilt Hall
C) Goddard Hall
D) Silver Center
  • 10. Which building was the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
A) Vanderbilt Hall
B) Lipton Hall
C) Silver Center
D) Brown Building
  • 11. What is the largest performing arts facility south of 42nd Street owned by NYU?
A) Tisch School of the Arts
B) Washington Square Arch
C) Skirball Center for Performing Arts
D) Eisner-Lubin Auditorium
  • 12. Where are most of NYU's international houses located?
A) Macdougal Street
B) Washington Mews
C) Sixth Avenue
D) Broadway
  • 13. What is the name of the shuttle service operated by NYU?
A) The Green Shuttle
B) Campus Link
C) NYU Transit
D) University Transportation Services
  • 14. Which building houses the School of Law?
A) Silver Center
B) Brown Building
C) Vanderbilt Hall
D) Kimmel Center
  • 15. In what year did NYU plan to celebrate its bicentennial?
A) 2008
B) 2031
C) 2007
D) 2001
  • 16. How many applicants did NYU have in 2007?
A) 35,000
B) 120,000
C) 8,000
D) 59,000
  • 17. What was the acceptance rate for NYU's Class of 2029?
A) 7.7%
B) 8%
C) 5%
D) 10%
  • 18. What is the symbol depicted in the NYU logo?
A) A globe
B) An eagle
C) An upheld torch
D) A book
  • 19. Who designed the NYU logo in 1965?
A) Augustus Saint-Gaudens
B) Samuel F.B. Morse
C) Tom Geismar
D) Daniel Huntington
  • 20. Who was the first chair of Painting and Sculpture at NYU?
A) Edward Hopper
B) Samuel F.B. Morse
C) Jackson Pollock
D) Daniel Chester French
  • 21. What did Samuel F.B. Morse help pioneer?
A) Photography
B) The telegraph
C) The printing press
D) The telephone
  • 22. Which gallery did NYU open in 1975?
A) The Grey Art Gallery
B) The Morse Art Museum
C) The Village Arts Center
D) The Washington Gallery
  • 23. In the 1960s, which cultural group was associated with Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan in the Washington Square area?
A) Beat and folk generation
B) Hudson River School
C) Renaissance artists
D) Abstract expressionists
  • 24. What was the record-low acceptance rate at NYU in 2023 and 2024?
A) 7.7%
B) 9.2%
C) 8%
D) 12%
  • 25. What kind of spaces did the Old University Building rent out to tenants?
A) Studio space and residential apartments
B) Farm land
C) Industrial warehouses
D) Laboratory space and retail stores
  • 26. Which artist had a studio around Washington Square in the 1930s?
A) Bob Dylan
B) Augustus Saint-Gaudens
C) Eugene O'Neill
D) Jackson Pollock
  • 27. In what year was New York University chartered?
A) 1832
B) 1896
C) 1876
D) 1831
  • 28. Who was the founder of NYU?
A) Albert Gallatin
B) Henry Mitchell MacCracken
C) John Sexton
D) Andrew D. Hamilton
  • 29. Where is the main campus of NYU located?
A) Greenwich Village
B) Brooklyn
C) Queens
D) The Bronx
  • 30. In what year was the university officially renamed New York University?
A) 1832
B) 1896
C) 1831
D) 1914
  • 31. Which professional organization was founded at NYU in 1876?
A) League of World Universities
B) American Medical Association
C) Association of American Universities
D) American Chemical Society
  • 32. Who was NYU's first female president?
A) Naomi B. Levine
B) Albert Gallatin
C) John Sexton
D) Linda G. Mills
  • 33. How many Nobel laureates are associated with NYU as faculty or alumni?
A) 26
B) 39
C) 8
D) 5
  • 34. What was the total enrollment at NYU in 2023?
A) 61,890
B) 9,300
C) 47,000
D) 120,000
  • 35. Who spearheaded the move to the University Heights campus in 1894?
A) Henry Mitchell MacCracken
B) John Brademas
C) Albert Gallatin
D) L. Jay Oliva
  • 36. What is the primary function of Gould Plaza for students?
A) A residence hall location
B) A popular meeting spot
C) A main administrative office
D) A quiet study zone
  • 37. How many stories tall is the Bobst Library structure?
A) 20 stories
B) 8 stories
C) 15 stories
D) 12 stories
  • 38. Which collection at Bobst Library documents the New York literary avant-garde arts scene?
A) Fales Collection
B) Downtown Collection
C) Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
D) Food and Cookery Collection
  • 39. What is the nickname of the student who lived in the Bobst Library?
A) The Library Resident
B) Bobst Boy
C) The Academic Student
D) Bobst Library Ghost
  • 40. How many miles of open-stacks shelving does Bobst Library contain?
A) 10 miles
B) 42 miles
C) 5 miles
D) 28 miles
  • 41. Which subway station is the Brooklyn campus located on top of?
A) Jay Street–MetroTech station
B) Union Square station
C) Fulton Street station
D) Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center
  • 42. How is the Brooklyn campus connected to the Manhattan campus?
A) NYU Shuttle Bus System
B) Private subway line
C) NYU ferry service
D) Underground tunnel
  • 43. What is the primary function of MetroTech Commons for Brooklyn students?
A) A parking garage
B) A quad
C) A dormitory
D) A dining hall
  • 44. Who can access the NYU MakerSpace and Design Lab?
A) Only engineering students
B) Only Manhattan campus students
C) Only faculty members
D) All NYU students who undergo training
  • 45. In what year did NYU announce a $500 million investment for the Brooklyn campus?
A) 2014
B) 2017
C) 2020
D) 2010
  • 46. Which facility opened in December 2017 as part of the campus expansion?
A) The Game Center
B) The MetroTech Library
C) The Engineering Hall
D) 370 Jay Street
  • 47. What is the nature of the MetroTech Center location?
A) Residential housing complex
B) Urban academic-industrial research park
C) Industrial manufacturing zone
D) Historic landmark district
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