Q 01/05

Lord Dooley, the unofficial mascot who roams Emory in a black cape and top hat, is what kind of figure?

A) A scarecrow

B) A magician

C) A skeleton

D) A ghost

Answer · why

C) A skeleton

A skeleton, Dooley first appeared in an 1899 campus article written as if by the bones in a science lab. He borrows his first name and middle initial ...

Q 02/05

Emory is nicknamed after which Atlanta company, thanks to gifts from the Candler and Woodruff families?

A) Coca-Cola

B) Delta Air Lines

C) Home Depot

D) Chick-fil-A

Answer · why

A) Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola money built modern Emory: company founder Asa Candler gave $1 million and 75 acres in 1914, and the Woodruff brothers added $105 million in ...

Q 03/05

What did Emory's Carlos Museum buy in 1999 and return to Egypt in 2003?

A) A gold death mask

B) A stone obelisk

C) A papyrus scroll

D) A royal mummy

Answer · why

D) A royal mummy

A royal mummy, identified as Pharaoh Ramesses I with help from Emory medical experts, went home as a goodwill gift. He now lies in the Luxor Museum.

Q 04/05

Which TV series kept in its opening credits a car jump filmed outside Seney Hall on Emory's original campus?

A) The Rockford Files

B) The Dukes of Hazzard

C) Starsky and Hutch

D) The Streets of San Francisco

Answer · why

B) The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard sent the General Lee flying over a police car outside Seney Hall for its first episode in 1979. MTV restaged the stunt in 2005.

Q 05/05

Which animal did Emory pranksters lead to the third floor of Seney Hall in 2008, then barricade inside?

A) A zebra

B) A llama

C) A camel

D) A donkey

Answer · why

A) A zebra

A zebra capped a prank tradition that began with roosters smuggled into classrooms. By the 1930s students were coaxing goats and cows to the upper flo...