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WorksheetsElon Trivia
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What was the name of the Elon mascot before it became the Phoenix?
Sammy Squirrel
Fightin' Christian
Carolina Cardinal
Demon Deacon
What disaster occurred on Elon’s campus in 1923?
Hurricane
Tornado
Fire
Blizzard
Elon was founded in what year?
1789
1889
1923
1931
What was the first intercollegiate sport at Elon?
Football
Basketball
Soccer
Baseball
Elon was founded by what denomination?
Christian Church
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Catholic Church
In 1971, what was the first women’s intercollegiate sport?
Soccer
Softball
Basketball
Volleyball
What was the name of the first student newspaper at Elon?
Maroon and Gold
The Pendulum
The Carolinian
Colonnades
What was the first graduate program at Elon?
Education
Physical Therapy
Business
Law
What is the name of Elon’s yearbook?
Yackety Yack
Colonnades
The Fighting Christian
PhiPsiCli
From what type of organization does Elon’s yearbook get its name?
Fraternity/sorority
Literary society
Secret society
Honor society
What was the first student musical group at Elon?
Camerata
Orchestra
Glee Club
Jazz Ensemble
What was the proposed original name for Elon College?
Dyson College
Bon Air College
Graham College
Numen College
Prior to the construction of Rhodes Stadium, where did Elon Football play their home games?
Comer Field
Elon Elementary School
Williams High School
South Campus
What year did the first female-identifying student graduate?
1892
1900
1950
1963
What year did Elon win back to back football championships?
1965 / 1966
2018 / 2019
1980 / 1981
1999 / 2000
What year did the Phoenix officially become Elon’s mascot?
1889
1923
1981
2000
Many of Elon’s Presidents have served long tenures, which President holds the record, serving for 26 years?
Danieley
Young
Lambert
Smith
Elon desegregated in 1963; who was Elon’s first Black full-time student to attend in 1963?
Glenda Phillips Hightower
Gail Fonville
Eugene Perry
John Roscoe
What was Elon’s first Winter Term study abroad destination?
Costa Rica
London
Acapulco
Paris
Which Spike Lee movie was filmed partly on the Elon campus?
She's Gotta Have It
Do the Right Thing
He Got Game
Bamboozled
In what building was the library housed before Carol Grotnes Belk Library opened in 2000?
Long
Mooney
McEwen
Alamance
In what year did Elon College become Elon University?
1909
1985
2001
2005
Which professor of English founded Elon’s African and African-American Studies program in 1994?
Prudence Layne
Cherrel Dyce Miller
K. Wilhelmina Boyd
Stephen Braye
The LGBTQ resource room (precursor to the Gender & LGBTQIA Center) was established in what year?
2000
2012
2009
2007
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?
Carlton
Alamance
Moseley
Lindner
The area known today as South Campus was previously the site of:
An orphanage
A veterinary school
An apartment complex
A country club
Who was the first African-American person appointed to the Board of Trustees?
Mary Carroll
John Rascoe
Glenda Phillips
David Morrow
Which former U.S. President delivered the keynote address at Elon’s Centennial Convocation on April 25, 1989?
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Which former British Prime Minister was the featured speaker for the April 28, 1995 Convocation for Honors ceremony and also formally dedicated Moseley Center?
Tony Blair
Margaret Thatcher
Teresa May
David Cameron
What short lived day-time tv soap opera was filmed at Elon in 1984-1985?
Scandals
A Flame in the Wind
Generations
Rituals
Elon has had a number of distinguished guests visit campus over the years.Who has not visited campus?
Queen Noor of Jordan
Oprah Winfrey
Elon Musk
President Biden
What year did Elon’s first iteration of student government (the student senate) form?
1889
1919
1923
1960
How much did it cost a male student to attend Elon (including room and board) when we opened our doors in 1890?
$1275
$50
$1890
$145
Elon and Guilford are the only two college/universities in North Carolina that were founded as:
Coeducational
Non-denominational
All male
All female
Which was the first Black Greek-lettered organization to be established at Elon?
Zeta Phi Beta
Sigma Gamma Rho
Delta Sigma Theta
Alpha Kappa Alpha
What campus landmark was removed in 1981?
The Old Well
The Rock
The Bell Tower
The Senior Oak
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.
Oaks Neighborhood
Station at Mill Point
Global Neighborhood
Danieley Center
Originally the campus had its own Power Plant on campus, the Power House. It was demolished in 1998. Where was it located?
In front of where Belk Library is today
Where Alumni Gym now stands
On the site of East Neighborhood
Where McMichael now stands
How many Presidents has Elon had since its founding in 1889?
18
5
9
26
During World War II, which branch of the military had a training unit on Elon’s campus?
Army Air Corps
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Which campus building is dedicated in honor of Elon grads who died in the two World Wars?
Alamance Building
Alumni Gym
Moseley Center
Koury Center
In the summer of 1968, what event took place at Elon that was covered by the local news media?
Hippies took over campus
The library book collection was moved from Carlton to McEwen Library
Protests against the Vietnam War
President Lyndon Johnson delivered the Founders Day Address
Opened in 1906, what is the oldest remaining building on campus to date?
West Dormitory
Alamance Building
Danieley Center
Johnston Hall
What was the first chartered fraternity at Elon?
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Delta Upsilon
Sigma Chi
Tau Kappa Epsilon
In what year was the first Commencement “Under the Oaks” ceremony held?
1945
1987
1923
2000
What athletic conference did Elon become a part of in 2014?
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Big South Conference
Colonial Athletic Association
Southern Conference
What national honor society established a chapter at Elon in 2010?
Alpha Kappa Delta
Beta Beta Beta
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
In what year were the first computers installed on campus?
1966
1979
1985
1994
Which of the following projects generated some controversy at the time?
The demolition of the Railroad Depot in 1961
The construction of Scott Plaza and Fonville Fountain in 1982
The opening of Belk Library in 2000
The opening of Schar Center in 2018
Who was named the first Distinguished University Professor?
Thomas Henricks
Russell Gill
John Sullivan
Pamela Kiser
