UNC Trivia

In 1965, UNC students were frustrated with the poor performance of the basketball team and blamed the young coach, Dean Smith. How did they express their dissatisfaction?

• They started a petition calling for Smith’s firing.

• They toilet-papered Smith’s house.

• They wrote letters to former coach Frank McGuire, urging him to come back to UNC.

• They hanged Smith in effigy.

The design of the Old Well was modeled after a similar structure in what country?

• England 

• Italy

• France

• Greece

How many bells are in the bell tower?

• 14

• 3

• 7

• 21

 North Carolina is in a rivalry called the South's Oldest Rivalry. What is the other team in that rivalry?

• Duke

• NC State

• UVA

• Wake Forest

 Who was the first Presiding Professor for the University of North Carolina?

• James Smiley Gillaspie

   

•  Charles Wilson Harris

   

•  Joseph Caldwell

• David Ker

What is the oldest building on UNC’s campus?

• Old East

• Hinton James

• Old West

• Mangum

Which of UNC’s varsity athletic programs has the most NCAA championship wins? 

• Men's basketball

• Men's soccer

• Women's field hockey

• Women's Soccer

How many students were in UNC’s first graduating class?

• 5

• 23

• 7

• 19

In the 1920s, students often complained about the noise coming from the basement of Caldwell Building. What was the source of the noise? 

• Practices by the UNC Mandolin and Guitar Club 

• Mysterious yells and chants from Order of the Gimghoul ceremonies

• Barking and howling from lab animals used in Medical School courses 

• Loud hammering and clanking from the UNC blacksmith shop

Captain Johnston Blakeley is believed to be the first UNC alumnus to be killed in military service. In what war was he killed? 

• War of 1812

• World War 1

• Civil War

• World War 2