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

Chapel Hill. The name comes from New Hope Chapel, an abandoned Anglican chapel on the hilltop the trustees chose in 1792, and the town grew up around ...

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

Which future TV star graduated from UNC in 1949 with a music degree, having arrived planning to become a preacher?

A) Don Knotts

B) Andy Griffith

C) Jim Nabors

D) Dick Van Dyke

Answer · why

B) Andy Griffith

Andy Griffith. The Mount Airy native swapped the pulpit for music, then taught high school until his comic monologue 'What It Was, Was Football' becam...

Q 04/05

What kind of animal is Rameses, UNC's live mascot?

A) A Blue Heeler dog

B) A billy goat

C) A Dorset ram

D) A bulldog

Answer · why

C) A Dorset ram

A Dorset ram. Head cheerleader Vic Huggins bought the first one for $25 in 1924 in honour of fullback Jack 'The Battering Ram' Merritt, and the horns ...

Q 05/05

Which future president taught fitness at the Navy pre-flight school on UNC's campus during World War II?

A) John F. Kennedy

B) Richard Nixon

C) Gerald Ford

D) Jimmy Carter

Answer · why

C) Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford. After a year as an instructor at the school he went to sea on the carrier USS Monterey, which a 1944 typhoon damaged so badly it was take...