Q 01/05

Scottsdale Community College students in Arizona picked which unlikely vegetable as their sports mascot?

A) A turnip

B) A chili pepper

C) An artichoke

D) An onion

Answer · why

C) An artichoke

An artichoke named Artie has led the Fighting Artichokes since the 1970s, when students chose it as a protest against money being spent on sports inst...

Q 02/05

Which Oscar-winning actor spent two years studying theater at Chabot College in Hayward, California?

A) Tom Hanks

B) Kevin Costner

C) Jeff Bridges

D) Denzel Washington

Answer · why

A) Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks moved on to California State University, Sacramento after Chabot, and while studying theater he met the head of Cleveland's Great Lakes Thea...

Q 03/05

On the NBC sitcom Community, which fictional Colorado community college do Jeff Winger and his study group attend?

A) Riverdale

B) Greendale

C) Hillman

D) Faber

Answer · why

B) Greendale

Greendale was drawn from life: creator Dan Harmon based the show on his own time at Glendale Community College in California.

Q 04/05

Which First Lady kept teaching English at Northern Virginia Community College while living in the White House?

A) Laura Bush

B) Michelle Obama

C) Hillary Clinton

D) Jill Biden

Answer · why

D) Jill Biden

Jill Biden was the first First Lady to hold a salaried job for most of her husband's presidency, and she had taught at the school since 2009.

Q 05/05

Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida, trains students at which unusual attraction on its own campus?

A) A marina

B) A circus

C) A zoo

D) A museum

Answer · why

C) A zoo

A zoo on the campus is the only one at any college accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and its zookeeping students lead the guided to...