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