Q 01/05

In which Indiana city is Purdue University's flagship campus?

A) Lafayette

B) Bloomington

C) West Lafayette

D) Fort Wayne

Answer · why

C) West Lafayette

West Lafayette. When Purdue opened, the town across the Wabash River from Lafayette was called Chauncey; its voters took the name West Lafayette only ...

Q 02/05

Who was John Purdue?

A) A Lafayette businessman who donated land and money

B) Indiana's first elected governor

C) A Civil War general from Tippecanoe County

D) A railroad engineer on the Wabash line

Answer · why

A) A Lafayette businessman who donated land and money

A Lafayette businessman who donated land and money, John Purdue put up $150,000 on condition that the new school carry his name. He is buried on campu...

Q 03/05

Purdue was founded in 1869; what began only in 1874?

A) Construction

B) Fundraising

C) Classes

D) Football

Answer · why

C) Classes

Classes. They began in 1874 with 39 students and six instructors; Purdue's first president, Richard Owen, never saw one, having resigned before the fi...

Q 04/05

Under which 1862 federal law did Indiana establish Purdue?

A) The Homestead Act

B) The Morrill Act

C) The Hatch Act

D) The Northwest Ordinance

Answer · why

B) The Morrill Act

The Morrill Act gave each state federal land to sell, the proceeds to endow a school of practical learning. Indiana signed up in 1865, then spent four...

Q 05/05

What did Purdue become the first American university to own?

A) A radio station

B) An airport

C) A nuclear reactor

D) A football stadium

Answer · why

B) An airport

An airport. Purdue University Airport dates from the early 1930s, and it still serves as what the university calls its largest classroom, where aviati...