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American Universities Quiz

A test by Oren Lahav.

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    Find out more about the most famous universities of the United States!
    The US has some great universities. See if you can figure out which statement belongs to which university!


    Since 2001, this university's president has been Ruth J. Simmons, the first African American president and second female president of an Ivy League institution. Alumi include Scott Aversano - President of MTV Films and Nick Movies, Marco Beltrami - Academy Award nominated film score composer, and Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark .
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    This university provided backdrop for many TV shows and movies including I Am Legend, Will & Grace, A Beautiful Mind and Mona Lisa Smile. Alumni include Ben Cohen Founder, of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Woody Allen, Academy Award winner, and Rick Rubin and Russel Simmons, founders of Def Jam.
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    In Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne (AKA Batman) attended this university as an undergrad. Real alumni include Eric E. Schmidt - CEO of Google, Brooke Shields, model/actress, and F. Scott Fitzgerald - author of The Great Gatsby.
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    This university's first building was finished in 1899 and is called Old Main, and its sports teams are the cougars. Alumni include Brad Childress, head coach of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, Paul N. Hopkins, CEO of Farmers Insurance Group, and # Joan Allen, actress.
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    This university tops the Ivy League in annual spending, with a projected 2007 budget of $5.18 billion! Alumni include # Alfred Butts: Inventor of Scrabble, John Baxter Taylor, Jr.: First African-American to win an Olympic Gold Medal, and # Mike Eskew: Chairman and CEO of UPS.
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    This New Hampshire institute doesn't have an official mascot- students have proposed Kenny the (Beer) Keg, but faculty were probably unhappy with the idea. Alumni include John Donahoe, President and CEO of eBay Inc., Brad Ausmus, All-Star and Gold Glove baseball player, and Owen Chamberlain, Noble Prize winner in Physics.
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    This university opened a new football stadium named Big Cat Stadium in 2006, replacing Cougar Field. Alumni include PZ Myers - Biologist, blogger, and Mark David Fohl - Former Arm Wrestling Champ.
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    This university is home to the Pulitzer Prize, which has rewarded outstanding achievement in journalism, literature and music for over a century. Notable alumni include Franklin Delano Roosevelt — US President, J.D. Salinger — Author, The Catcher in the Rye, and # Maggie Gyllenhaal — Golden Globe-nominated Actress (seen recently in Dark Knight)
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    This university is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is also the first and oldest corporation in North America. Alumni include T. S. Eliot, Nobel Prize in Literature winner, James McNerney, Chairman and CEO of Boeing, and Yo-Yo Ma , renowned cellist.
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    Students of this university claim to have invented Frisbee, by tossing around empty pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company. Alumni include U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and both George Bushes, as well as Academy Award-winning actor Paul Newman.
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