Q 01/05

Which hotel chain took its name from a Boston building that later became a Boston University dormitory?

A) Marriott

B) Sheraton

C) Radisson

D) Hilton

Answer · why

B) Sheraton

Sheraton became the whole chain's name because the lit rooftop lettering on its Boston hotel cost too much to replace. That hotel became BU's Kilachan...

Q 02/05

Which invention was developed in the 1870s by a Boston University professor who taught speech and elocution?

A) Telephone

B) Phonograph

C) Light bulb

D) Typewriter

Answer · why

A) Telephone

Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell taught at BU's School of Oratory, and the university paid him a year in advance so he could chase the idea.

Q 03/05

Which baseball legend liked suite 818 of a Kenmore Square hotel, later a Boston University dorm, enough to request it?

A) Ted Williams

B) Lou Gehrig

C) Joe DiMaggio

D) Babe Ruth

Answer · why

D) Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth stayed often at the Myles Standish Hotel, a favorite of visiting ball clubs because Fenway Park was so close. BU bought the building in 1949...

Q 04/05

Which civil rights leader studied for a Boston University doctorate while assisting at Boston's Twelfth Baptist Church?

A) Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

B) Ralph David Abernathy

C) Martin Luther King Jr.

D) Jesse Jackson

Answer · why

C) Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. received his PhD in systematic theology in June 1955, months before the Montgomery bus boycott began. He met his future wife, a...

Q 05/05

Nickerson Field at Boston University stands on the site of which Major League Baseball team's former home ballpark?

A) Braves

B) Giants

C) Senators

D) Athletics

Answer · why

A) Braves

Boston Braves games filled the park until the franchise left for Milwaukee in 1953, and BU bought it that summer. The old ticket office became the cam...