Q 01/05

In which town is the University of North Carolina's flagship campus?

A) Durham

B) Greensboro

C) Chapel Hill

D) Raleigh

Answer · why

C) Chapel Hill

It is one corner of the Research Triangle, with NC State in Raleigh and Duke in Durham.

Q 02/05

In what year was the university chartered?

A) 1795

B) 1789

C) 1815

D) 1801

Answer · why

B) 1789

It began enrolling students in 1795 and is one of three schools claiming to be the oldest public university in the US.

Q 03/05

What are UNC's athletic teams called?

A) Tar Heels

B) Blue Devils

C) Demon Deacons

D) Wolfpack

Answer · why

A) Tar Heels

The name refers to North Carolina's 18th-century prominence as a producer of tar and pitch.

Q 04/05

What kind of animal is Rameses, the live mascot?

A) A Blue Heeler dog

B) A billy goat

C) A Dorset ram

D) A bulldog

Answer · why

C) A Dorset ram

The tradition began in 1924, inspired by football player Jack 'The Battering Ram' Merritt.

Q 05/05

Why does the costumed Rameses mascot wear a sailor's hat?

A) The first mascot handler was a sailor

B) It honours the state's shipbuilding

C) Rams were shipped in from Norfolk

D) A WWII Navy flight program was based at UNC

Answer · why

D) A WWII Navy flight program was based at UNC

UNC was one of 131 schools in the wartime V-12 Navy College Training Program.