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  • 1. How long was the seven-year fundraising campaign that NYU completed?
A) $698 million
B) $2.5 billion
C) $506.4 million
D) $3 billion
  • 2. How much did the Tisch family donate to NYU?
A) $1 million
B) $506.4 million
C) $60 million
D) $50 million
  • 3. Which school received a $50 million donation from the Silver family in 2007?
A) School of Professional Studies
B) Tisch School of the Arts
C) School of Law
D) School of Social Work
  • 4. What is the goal of the 'NYU 200' plans?
A) Raising money for the Silver family
B) Strategic development for the 2031 bicentennial
C) Buying wind power for Manhattan
D) Renovating the Yankee Stadium
  • 5. Which organization ranked NYU as one of the greenest colleges in the country?
A) New York City Council
B) Tisch Foundation
C) EPA
D) The Partners Fund
  • 6. How many buildings are in the NYU New York City campus?
A) 230
B) 49
C) Exactly 171
D) More than 171
  • 7. What serves as an unofficial symbol of NYU?
A) Kimmel Center
B) Washington Square Arch
C) Vanderbilt Hall
D) The Silver Center
  • 8. Where are the current commencement ceremonies for NYU held?
A) Kimmel Center
B) Yankee Stadium
C) Washington Square Park
D) Skirball Center
  • 9. What is the primary hub for student life at NYU?
A) Kimmel Center for University Life
B) Silver Center
C) Goddard Hall
D) Vanderbilt Hall
  • 10. Which building was the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
A) Silver Center
B) Vanderbilt Hall
C) Brown Building
D) Lipton Hall
  • 11. What is the largest performing arts facility south of 42nd Street owned by NYU?
A) Eisner-Lubin Auditorium
B) Skirball Center for Performing Arts
C) Washington Square Arch
D) Tisch School of the Arts
  • 12. Where are most of NYU's international houses located?
A) Broadway
B) Washington Mews
C) Macdougal Street
D) Sixth Avenue
  • 13. What is the name of the shuttle service operated by NYU?
A) University Transportation Services
B) Campus Link
C) The Green Shuttle
D) NYU Transit
  • 14. Which building houses the School of Law?
A) Silver Center
B) Kimmel Center
C) Brown Building
D) Vanderbilt Hall
  • 15. In what year did NYU plan to celebrate its bicentennial?
A) 2001
B) 2007
C) 2031
D) 2008
  • 16. How many applicants did NYU have in 2007?
A) 35,000
B) 8,000
C) 59,000
D) 120,000
  • 17. What was the acceptance rate for NYU's Class of 2029?
A) 10%
B) 8%
C) 5%
D) 7.7%
  • 18. What is the symbol depicted in the NYU logo?
A) An upheld torch
B) An eagle
C) A book
D) A globe
  • 19. Who designed the NYU logo in 1965?
A) Tom Geismar
B) Daniel Huntington
C) Samuel F.B. Morse
D) Augustus Saint-Gaudens
  • 20. Who was the first chair of Painting and Sculpture at NYU?
A) Samuel F.B. Morse
B) Jackson Pollock
C) Daniel Chester French
D) Edward Hopper
  • 21. What did Samuel F.B. Morse help pioneer?
A) Photography
B) The telegraph
C) The telephone
D) The printing press
  • 22. Which gallery did NYU open in 1975?
A) The Village Arts Center
B) The Morse Art Museum
C) The Grey Art Gallery
D) The Washington Gallery
  • 23. In the 1960s, which cultural group was associated with Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan in the Washington Square area?
A) Renaissance artists
B) Abstract expressionists
C) Hudson River School
D) Beat and folk generation
  • 24. What was the record-low acceptance rate at NYU in 2023 and 2024?
A) 12%
B) 9.2%
C) 7.7%
D) 8%
  • 25. What kind of spaces did the Old University Building rent out to tenants?
A) Industrial warehouses
B) Laboratory space and retail stores
C) Studio space and residential apartments
D) Farm land
  • 26. Which artist had a studio around Washington Square in the 1930s?
A) Augustus Saint-Gaudens
B) Bob Dylan
C) Jackson Pollock
D) Eugene O'Neill
  • 27. In what year was New York University chartered?
A) 1831
B) 1832
C) 1876
D) 1896
  • 28. Who was the founder of NYU?
A) Henry Mitchell MacCracken
B) John Sexton
C) Albert Gallatin
D) Andrew D. Hamilton
  • 29. Where is the main campus of NYU located?
A) The Bronx
B) Queens
C) Brooklyn
D) Greenwich Village
  • 30. In what year was the university officially renamed New York University?
A) 1914
B) 1831
C) 1896
D) 1832
  • 31. Which professional organization was founded at NYU in 1876?
A) Association of American Universities
B) League of World Universities
C) American Medical Association
D) American Chemical Society
  • 32. Who was NYU's first female president?
A) John Sexton
B) Naomi B. Levine
C) Linda G. Mills
D) Albert Gallatin
  • 33. How many Nobel laureates are associated with NYU as faculty or alumni?
A) 8
B) 26
C) 5
D) 39
  • 34. What was the total enrollment at NYU in 2023?
A) 61,890
B) 120,000
C) 9,300
D) 47,000
  • 35. Who spearheaded the move to the University Heights campus in 1894?
A) John Brademas
B) Albert Gallatin
C) Henry Mitchell MacCracken
D) L. Jay Oliva
  • 36. What is the primary function of Gould Plaza for students?
A) A popular meeting spot
B) A residence hall location
C) A quiet study zone
D) A main administrative office
  • 37. How many stories tall is the Bobst Library structure?
A) 12 stories
B) 15 stories
C) 20 stories
D) 8 stories
  • 38. Which collection at Bobst Library documents the New York literary avant-garde arts scene?
A) Fales Collection
B) Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
C) Downtown Collection
D) Food and Cookery Collection
  • 39. What is the nickname of the student who lived in the Bobst Library?
A) The Library Resident
B) Bobst Library Ghost
C) Bobst Boy
D) The Academic Student
  • 40. How many miles of open-stacks shelving does Bobst Library contain?
A) 10 miles
B) 42 miles
C) 5 miles
D) 28 miles
  • 41. Which subway station is the Brooklyn campus located on top of?
A) Union Square station
B) Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center
C) Jay Street–MetroTech station
D) Fulton Street station
  • 42. How is the Brooklyn campus connected to the Manhattan campus?
A) NYU Shuttle Bus System
B) Private subway line
C) Underground tunnel
D) NYU ferry service
  • 43. What is the primary function of MetroTech Commons for Brooklyn students?
A) A parking garage
B) A dormitory
C) A quad
D) A dining hall
  • 44. Who can access the NYU MakerSpace and Design Lab?
A) Only Manhattan campus students
B) Only engineering students
C) Only faculty members
D) All NYU students who undergo training
  • 45. In what year did NYU announce a $500 million investment for the Brooklyn campus?
A) 2020
B) 2010
C) 2014
D) 2017
  • 46. Which facility opened in December 2017 as part of the campus expansion?
A) The MetroTech Library
B) 370 Jay Street
C) The Game Center
D) The Engineering Hall
  • 47. What is the nature of the MetroTech Center location?
A) Residential housing complex
B) Industrial manufacturing zone
C) Urban academic-industrial research park
D) Historic landmark district
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