Q 01/05

The University of Notre Dame's campus is just outside which Indiana city?

A) Fort Wayne

B) Indianapolis

C) South Bend

D) Bloomington

Answer · why

C) South Bend

South Bend is the neighbouring city, but the campus lies just outside its limits and has its own post office, so its mail goes to Notre Dame, Indiana.

Q 02/05

Which Catholic religious order founded the University of Notre Dame in 1842?

A) The Congregation of the Mission

B) The Congregation of Holy Cross

C) The Order of Preachers

D) The Order of Friars Minor

Answer · why

B) The Congregation of Holy Cross

The Congregation of Holy Cross, then only recently established, sent Father Edward Sorin, who was given the land on condition that he build a college ...

Q 03/05

What does the full French name that founder Edward Sorin gave Notre Dame mean in English?

A) Our Lady of the Woods

B) Our Lady of Peace

C) Our Lady of the Valley

D) Our Lady of the Lake

Answer · why

D) Our Lady of the Lake

Our Lady of the Lake is odd for a campus with two lakes: one account is that Sorin first saw them in deep winter, frozen and under snow, and took them...

Q 04/05

What sits atop the Golden Dome of Notre Dame's Main Building?

A) A statue of Mary

B) A gold cross

C) A statue of Father Sorin

D) A statue of Saint Joseph

Answer · why

A) A statue of Mary

A statue of Mary, 19 feet tall, tops a building that went up in 1879, the very year fire destroyed the one before it.

Q 05/05

The Word of Life mural on Notre Dame's main library is better known by what nickname?

A) Touchdown Jesus

B) The Gipper

C) First Down Moses

D) The Golden Dome

Answer · why

A) Touchdown Jesus

Touchdown Jesus faces the football stadium with both arms raised, just like a referee signalling a score, which is how the mural earned its nickname.