Q 01/05

Under what name was Auburn chartered in 1856?

A) Alabama Polytechnic Institute

B) Auburn Agricultural College

C) East Alabama Male College

D) Southern Methodist Academy

Answer · why

C) East Alabama Male College

It was a private Methodist liberal arts college before becoming the state's first land-grant school in 1872.

Q 02/05

In which year was the school renamed Auburn University and granted university status?

A) 1960

B) 1936

C) 1899

D) 1972

Answer · why

A) 1960

It had been unofficially called 'Auburn' since at least the 1930s, when Jordan-Hare Stadium opened.

Q 03/05

What was the school called from 1899 until 1960?

A) Alabama Agricultural College

B) Alabama A&M

C) Auburn Institute of Technology

D) Alabama Polytechnic Institute

Answer · why

D) Alabama Polytechnic Institute

The name change reflected that it had outgrown its agricultural and mechanical roots.

Q 04/05

Which federal act made Auburn Alabama's first land-grant university in 1872?

A) The Homestead Act

B) The Morrill Act

C) The Hatch Act

D) The Smith-Lever Act

Answer · why

B) The Morrill Act

It was the first land-grant school in the South established separately from a state university.

Q 05/05

Whose alma mater inspired Auburn's orange and blue colours?

A) University of Virginia

B) Yale University

C) Princeton University

D) Clemson University

Answer · why

A) University of Virginia

George Petrie, Auburn's first football coach, borrowed them from his old school.