Q 01/05

Which 1978 comedy set at fictional Faber College was shot on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene?

A) Caddyshack

B) Back to School

C) Animal House

D) Meatballs

Answer · why

C) Animal House

Animal House got its campus because the university's president had once turned away The Graduate at Berkeley and regretted it. He even lent the crew h...

Q 02/05

The University of Oregon's mascot is based on which Disney character, thanks to a handshake deal with Walt Disney?

A) Mickey Mouse

B) Donald Duck

C) Jiminy Cricket

D) Scrooge McDuck

Answer · why

B) Donald Duck

Donald Duck kept his college job when studio lawyers queried the deal in the 1970s, because the university produced a photo of Walt Disney wearing a j...

Q 03/05

Which kitchen appliance did University of Oregon coach Bill Bowerman ruin while inventing a new running-shoe sole?

A) Waffle iron

B) Pressure cooker

C) Toaster oven

D) Sandwich press

Answer · why

A) Waffle iron

The waffle iron was his wife's, and he wrecked it by pouring in rubber around 1971. The tread it made earned an early model the name Moon Shoe, after ...

Q 04/05

Which animated series is set in a town its creator says he named after Eugene's next-door neighbor in Oregon?

A) Family Guy

B) South Park

C) King of the Hill

D) The Simpsons

Answer · why

D) The Simpsons

The Simpsons live in Springfield, and Matt Groening confirmed the Oregon link to Smithsonian magazine in 2012. He had already sent the city a plaque g...

Q 05/05

Which rock band played a 1972 benefit concert near Eugene to save the Springfield Creamery, a struggling local dairy?

A) Grateful Dead

B) Jefferson Airplane

C) Canned Heat

D) The Byrds

Answer · why

A) Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead played in a field at Veneta, and the show was filmed as Sunshine Daydream. The creamery survived and still makes Nancy's Yogurt.