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Elon Trivia

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the Elon mascot before it became the Phoenix?

a)

Sammy Squirrel

b)

Fightin' Christian

c)

Carolina Cardinal

d)

Demon Deacon

2.

What disaster occurred on Elon’s campus in 1923?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Tornado

c)

Fire

d)

Blizzard

3.

Elon was founded in what year?

a)

1789

b)

1889

c)

1923

d)

1931

4.

What was the first intercollegiate sport at Elon?

a)

Football

b)

Basketball

c)

Soccer

d)

Baseball

5.

Elon was founded by what denomination?

a)

Christian Church

b)

Methodist Church

c)

Baptist Church

d)

Catholic Church

6.

In 1971, what was the first women’s intercollegiate sport?

a)

Soccer

b)

Softball

c)

Basketball

d)

Volleyball

7.

What was the name of the first student newspaper at Elon?

a)

Maroon and Gold

b)

The Pendulum

c)

The Carolinian

d)

Colonnades

8.

What was the first graduate program at Elon?

a)

Education

b)

Physical Therapy

c)

Business

d)

Law

9.

What is the name of Elon’s yearbook?

a)

Yackety Yack

b)

Colonnades

c)

The Fighting Christian

d)

PhiPsiCli

10.

From what type of organization does Elon’s yearbook get its name?

a)

Fraternity/sorority

b)

Literary society

c)

Secret society

d)

Honor society

11.

What was the first student musical group at Elon?

a)

Camerata

b)

Orchestra

c)

Glee Club

d)

Jazz Ensemble

12.

What was the proposed original name for Elon College?

a)

Dyson College

b)

Bon Air College

c)

Graham College

d)

Numen College

13.

Prior to the construction of Rhodes Stadium, where did Elon Football play their home games?

a)

Comer Field

b)

Elon Elementary School

c)

Williams High School

d)

South Campus

14.

What year did the first female-identifying student graduate?

a)

1892

b)

1900

c)

1950

d)

1963

15.

What year did Elon win back to back football championships?

a)

1965 / 1966

b)

2018 / 2019

c)

1980 / 1981

d)

1999 / 2000

16.

What year did the Phoenix officially become Elon’s mascot?

a)

1889

b)

1923

c)

1981

d)

2000

17.

Many of Elon’s Presidents have served long tenures, which President holds the record, serving for 26 years?

a)

Danieley

b)

Young

c)

Lambert

d)

Smith

18.

Elon desegregated in 1963; who was Elon’s first Black full-time student to attend in 1963?

a)

Glenda Phillips Hightower

b)

Gail Fonville

c)

Eugene Perry

d)

John Roscoe

19.

What was Elon’s first Winter Term study abroad destination?

a)

Costa Rica

b)

London

c)

Acapulco

d)

Paris

20.

Which Spike Lee movie was filmed partly on the Elon campus?

a)

She's Gotta Have It

b)

Do the Right Thing

c)

He Got Game

d)

Bamboozled

21.

In what building was the library housed before Carol Grotnes Belk Library opened in 2000?

a)

Long

b)

Mooney

c)

McEwen

d)

Alamance

22.

In what year did Elon College become Elon University?

a)

1909

b)

1985

c)

2001

d)

2005

23.

Which professor of English founded Elon’s African and African-American Studies program in 1994?

a)

Prudence Layne

b)

Cherrel Dyce Miller

c)

K. Wilhelmina Boyd

d)

Stephen Braye

24.

The LGBTQ resource room (precursor to the Gender & LGBTQIA Center) was established in what year?

a)

2000

b)

2012

c)

2009

d)

2007

25.

El Centro de Español opened in the fall of 1998 to offer students and faculty courses in conversational Spanish. In which building did it open?

a)

Carlton

b)

Alamance

c)

Moseley

d)

Lindner

26.

The area known today as South Campus was previously the site of:

a)

An orphanage

b)

A veterinary school

c)

An apartment complex

d)

A country club

27.

Who was the first African-American person appointed to the Board of Trustees?

a)

Mary Carroll

b)

John Rascoe

c)

Glenda Phillips

d)

David Morrow

28.

Which former U.S. President delivered the keynote address at Elon’s Centennial Convocation on April 25, 1989?

a)

George H.W. Bush

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Gerald Ford

29.

Which former British Prime Minister was the featured speaker for the April 28, 1995 Convocation for Honors ceremony and also formally dedicated Moseley Center?

a)

Tony Blair

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Teresa May

d)

David Cameron

30.

What short lived day-time tv soap opera was filmed at Elon in 1984-1985?

a)

Scandals

b)

A Flame in the Wind

c)

Generations

d)

Rituals

31.

Elon has had a number of distinguished guests visit campus over the years.Who has not visited campus?

a)

Queen Noor of Jordan

b)

Oprah Winfrey

c)

Elon Musk

d)

President Biden

32.

What year did Elon’s first iteration of student government (the student senate) form?

a)

1889

b)

1919

c)

1923

d)

1960

33.

How much did it cost a male student to attend Elon (including room and board) when we opened our doors in 1890?

a)

$1275

b)

$50

c)

$1890

d)

$145

34.

Elon and Guilford are the only two college/universities in North Carolina that were founded as:

a)

Coeducational

b)

Non-denominational

c)

All male

d)

All female

35.

Which was the first Black Greek-lettered organization to be established at Elon?

a)

Zeta Phi Beta

b)

Sigma Gamma Rho

c)

Delta Sigma Theta

d)

Alpha Kappa Alpha

36.

What campus landmark was removed in 1981?

a)

The Old Well

b)

The Rock

c)

The Bell Tower

d)

The Senior Oak

37.

Currently, there is a plaque commemorating the site of Comer Field, the first space on campus to be named for a Black employee, Pinkney Comer. This student residence complex now sits on the site of the former Comer Field.

a)

Oaks Neighborhood

b)

Station at Mill Point

c)

Global Neighborhood

d)

Danieley Center

38.

Originally the campus had its own Power Plant on campus, the Power House. It was demolished in 1998. Where was it located?

a)

In front of where Belk Library is today

b)

Where Alumni Gym now stands

c)

On the site of East Neighborhood

d)

Where McMichael now stands

39.

How many Presidents has Elon had since its founding in 1889?

a)

18

b)

5

c)

9

d)

26

40.

During World War II, which branch of the military had a training unit on Elon’s campus?

a)

Army Air Corps

b)

Navy

c)

Marine Corps

d)

Coast Guard

41.

Which campus building is dedicated in honor of Elon grads who died in the two World Wars?

a)

Alamance Building

b)

Alumni Gym

c)

Moseley Center

d)

Koury Center

42.

In the summer of 1968, what event took place at Elon that was covered by the local news media?

a)

Hippies took over campus

b)

The library book collection was moved from Carlton to McEwen Library

c)

Protests against the Vietnam War

d)

President Lyndon Johnson delivered the Founders Day Address

43.

Opened in 1906, what is the oldest remaining building on campus to date?

a)

West Dormitory

b)

Alamance Building

c)

Danieley Center

d)

Johnston Hall

44.

What was the first chartered fraternity at Elon?

a)

Alpha Epsilon Pi

b)

Delta Upsilon

c)

Sigma Chi

d)

Tau Kappa Epsilon

45.

In what year was the first Commencement “Under the Oaks” ceremony held?

a)

1945

b)

1987

c)

1923

d)

2000

46.

What athletic conference did Elon become a part of in 2014?

a)

Atlantic Coast Conference

b)

The Big South Conference

c)

Colonial Athletic Association

d)

Southern Conference

47.

What national honor society established a chapter at Elon in 2010?

a)

Alpha Kappa Delta

b)

Beta Beta Beta

c)

Phi Beta Kappa

d)

Phi Kappa Phi

48.

In what year were the first computers installed on campus?

a)

1966

b)

1979

c)

1985

d)

1994

49.

Which of the following projects generated some controversy at the time?

a)

The demolition of the Railroad Depot in 1961

b)

The construction of Scott Plaza and Fonville Fountain in 1982

c)

The opening of Belk Library in 2000

d)

The opening of Schar Center in 2018

50.

Who was named the first Distinguished University Professor?

a)

Thomas Henricks

b)

Russell Gill

c)

John Sullivan

d)

Pamela Kiser