Q 01/05

Under what name was Rutgers originally chartered in 1766?

A) Raritan College

B) King's College

C) New Jersey College

D) Queen's College

Answer · why

D) Queen's College

It honoured Queen Charlotte, wife of George III. King's College was the original name of Columbia.

Q 02/05

New Jersey's last royal governor, who signed the 1766 charter, was the son of which Founding Father?

A) Alexander Hamilton

B) John Adams

C) Thomas Jefferson

D) Benjamin Franklin

Answer · why

D) Benjamin Franklin

William Franklin stayed loyal to the Crown during the Revolution, unlike his famous father.

Q 03/05

The college was founded by ministers of which denomination to train future clergy?

A) Dutch Reformed

B) Presbyterian

C) Anglican

D) Lutheran

Answer · why

A) Dutch Reformed

That connection survives in the university motto, which is adapted from Utrecht University's in the Netherlands.

Q 04/05

Rutgers is one of how many 'colonial colleges' chartered before the Revolution?

A) Six

B) Nine

C) Twelve

D) Fifteen

Answer · why

B) Nine

The others include Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Dartmouth and William & Mary. Rutgers and William & Mary are the only two that are...

Q 05/05

Where were the college's first classes held in 1771?

A) In a tavern

B) In a church

C) In a courthouse

D) In a barn

Answer · why

A) In a tavern

The Sign of the Red Lion tavern was abandoned when the British began suspecting taverns of harbouring rebels, and classes moved into private homes.