Question 2 of 21

How many universities comprise the venerable Ivy League?

... The name Ivy League generally applies to eight universities: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale.

Question 3 of 21

Essentially, the Ivy League was originally formed in the interests of maintaining the values of what?

... In 1945, the presidents of the eight schools entered into an agreement "for the purpose of reaffirming their intention of continuing intercollegiate football in such a way as to maintain the values of the game..."

Question 4 of 21

All but one of the Ivy League schools was founded before the American Revolution. Which one?

... Cornell was founded in 1865, just after the American Civil War.

Question 5 of 21

What fraction of U.S. presidents has attended Ivy League schools?

... Fourteen out of 43 U.S. presidents, nearly one-third, have attended one or more of the eight universities comprising the Ivy League.

Question 6 of 21

Which Ivy League school can claim the most U.S. presidents as alumnae?

... Eight U.S. presidents have graduated from Harvard: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, John Quincy Adams and John Adams.

Question 7 of 21

Which Ivy League school is both a private institution and a land-grant institution?

... Cornell is a private school and the land-grant institution of New York.

Question 8 of 21

Which Ivy League school is the oldest?

... Harvard, which celebrated its 350th anniversary in 1986, was founded in 1636.

Question 9 of 21

Which university once had a live bear as its mascot?

... In 1916, Cornell's varsity football team bought a black bear cub, named Touchdown, to serve as its mascot.

Question 10 of 21

How many signers of the Declaration of Independence have been affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania?

... Nine signers of the our nation's freedom document are associated with Penn and 11 signers of the Constitution are associated with the university.

Question 11 of 21

The movie "Animal House" was based on the fraternity exploits of a student from which school?

... The 1978 movie was based on a series of stories written by Dartmouth graduate Chris Miller, who modeled the premise after his exploits in the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.

Question 12 of 21

Which Ivy League school lacks a mascot?

... Dartmouth's mascot void is a sore spot for many students.

Question 13 of 21

Albert Einstein's brain is in the possession of which university?

... Following a mysterious road trip after Einstein's death, the brain is now safe in the hands of Princeton's pathology department.

Question 14 of 21

Which school has the largest academic library in the U.S.?

... Harvard's library contains 13.6 million volumes dating back to the 1700s.

Question 15 of 21

What are the Whiffenpoofs?

... The oldest collegiate a capella group in the nation, the Yale Whiffenpoofs got their start in 1909.

Question 16 of 21

Which Ivy League school is known for its eating clubs?

... Princeton University's 10 historic eating clubs (the first was formed in 1879) offer students an outlet for dining and social life.

Question 17 of 21

What do Penn fans throw onto the football field after the third quarter of every home game?

... The toast-throwing tradition is in response to the line "Here's a toast to dear old Penn" in the school song. It began after alcohol was banned from the stadium in the 1970s.

Question 18 of 21

Which school doesn't have a color named after it?

... Yale has Yale blue, Dartmouth has Dartmouth green and Columbia has Columbia blue. Pennsylvania's colors are just plain old red and blue.

Question 19 of 21

Which two schools frequently play the Ivy League in sports?

... Army and Navy regularly compete with the Ivy League in a number of sports including baseball, swimming and tennis.

Question 20 of 21

Which Ivy League university made it into the top 10 of Sierra magazine's "Coolest Schools" list in 2010?

... Recognized for its efficient use of resources, Harvard came in at number eight on the magazine's list of the country's greenest schools.

Question 21 of 21

Which Ivy League university has the largest endowment?

... Harvard's endowment isn't just tops in the Ivy League; at upwards of $27 billion as of June 2010, it's the highest of any school in the world.

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