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Indiana University traditions and trivia quiz--just for the fun of it!

What IU alumnus began his career as a writer for the television series Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In and went on to be the head writer of the TV series M*A*S*H?
a. John Rappaport
b. Hoagy Carmichael
c. Kevin Kline
d. Dick Enberg
After an unsuccessful presidential run, what IU graduate and Hoosier U. S. presidential hopeful wrote the book, One World, and worked toward a new spirit of understanding and equality across lines of race, ethnicity and culture?
a. Dan Quayle
b. Wendell Willkie
With what IU scholar did Albert Einstein correspond concerning mathematical proofs for Einstein’s theories?
a. James D. Watson
b. David Starr Jordan
c. Joseph Swain
d. Cyrus Nutt
e. Vaclav Hlavaty
What is the number of Olympic gold, silver and bronze medals (to the year 2000) won by IU participants?
a. 10
b. 75
c. 84
d. 12
What IU alumnus was a panelist for NBC's Quiz Kids in the 1940s and shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of the double-helical structure of the DNA molecule?
a. James D. Watson
b. Renato Dulbecco
c. Salvador Luria
Who was the head coach of the most successful Olympic U.S. swimming team in history, with 12 golds and 10 silvers in 13 events?
a. E.C. "Billy" Hayes
b. Robert Montgomery Knight
c. Branch McCracken
d. James "Doc" Counsilman
e. Jerry Yeagley
Who is the IU president who persuaded the university trustees to purchase what was then new technology--a typewriter--to relieve some of the discomfort encountered by the constant use of the pen?
a. Herman B Wells
b. Lemuel Moss
c. Myles Brand
d. Andrew Wylie
What IU head coach was five times named NSCAA/adidas National Coach of the Year?
a. Jerry Yeagley
b. Robert Montgomery Knight
c. Branch McCracken
d. James “Doc” Counsilman
e. Lou Watson
What United States president bequeathed his collection of stuffed birds to IU?
a. William Jefferson Clinton
b. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
c. Richard Nixon
d. Teddy Roosevelt
What is the source of the English ivy that wraps itself around the walls of the Kirkwood Observatory on the IUB campus?
a. Glastonbury Tell
b. Westminster Abbey
c. Washington National Cathedral
d. Beck Chapel
What former president of the former Soviet Union visited the IU Bloomington campus in 1997? While here, he viewed the Lilly Library’s collection of rare documents including a real estate document signed by the tsar and emperor of Russia, Peter the Great.
a. Mikhail Gorbachev
b. Joseph Stalin
c. Boris Yeltsin
What two United States vice presidents had IU connections? One was a graduate, and one was on the faculty.
a. J. Danforth Quayle and Charles Fairbanks
b. Adlai E. Stevenson and Albert A. Gore
c. Charles Fairbanks and Richard B. Cheney
d. Albert A. Gore and Richard B. Cheney
e. Richard B. Cheney and J. Danforth Quayle
What two IU alumni were famous professional basketball players and later became coaches of the Indiana Pacers?
a. Isiah Thomas & Bobby "Slick" Leonard
b. Larry Bird & Isiah Thomas
c. Bobby "Slick" Leonard & Larry Bird
What IU graduate and former IUB music professor was the first of 50 drummers to audition for John Mellencamp’s band in 1980?
a. Kenny Aronoff
b. David Woods
c. Charles Webb
d. Glenn Gass
Who, in 1938, responding to a petition presented to university by the Association of Women Students, coordinated the first IU course on human sexual behavior?
a. John Bancroft
b. William Masters
c. Karl A. Menninger
d. Alfred C. Kinsey
Who was an IU student, professor, dean, president, chancellor and university envoy? His career and influence spanned two centuries.
a. Thomas Ehrlich
b. Joseph L. Sutton
c. Herman B Wells
d. William Lowe Bryan
What IU campus first offered a course in women’s studies?
a. IU Bloomington
b. IU South Bend
c. IUPUI
d. IPFW
What Sherman received an LL.B. from IU in 1915 and served as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949-1956?
a. Sherman Minton
b. William Tecumseh Sherman
c. Steven Sherman
What two IU Bloomington campus buildings exhibit murals created by Thomas Hart Benton for the 1933 Chicago World Fair?
a. The IU Art Museum and Bryan Hall
b. Woodburn Hall and IU Auditorium
c. IU Auditorium and Bryan Hall
d. Bryan Hall and Woodburn Hall
Which of the these Indiana state governors hold degrees from Indiana University?
a. Frank O'Bannon
b. Evan Bayh
c. Otis Bowen
d. Paul Vories McNutt
e. Emmett Forrest Branch
f. George N. Craig
g. Harold W. Handley
h. Oliver Perry Morton
i. All of the above
Where, on the IU Bloomington campus, can you find a copy of the Gutenberg Bible, four Shakespeare folios, the illustration proof of the major characters from the 1900 Wonderful World of Oz, and every script from every incarnation of Star Trek?
a. University Archives
b. Lilly Library
c. The Kinsey Institute
d. Department of Theatre and Drama
In 1996, what composer of such songs as Stardust, In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, and Georgia on My Mind was honored with his own U.S. postage stamp?
a. John Mellencamp
b. Hoagy Carmichael
The research for what toothpaste was carried out at IU? The product featuring a stannous flouride compound, was patented by three Indiana University researchers.
a. Crest
b. Colgate
c. Arm and Hammer
d. Aquafresh
Which of these well-known television journalists studied at IU?
a. Jane Pauley
b. Dick Enberg
c. Tavis Smiley
d. All of the above
At the top of what IU Bloomington campus building can be found a stone carving resembling Donald Duck?
a. Goodbody Hall
b. Maxwell Hall
c. Bryan Hall

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Publication date: March 30, 2001
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