‘Door’ Prize: A Big Red Visual Quiz

You may be intimately familiar with the Ithaca campus—but can you identify these 10 buildings just from their entrances?

Difficulty Level: Medium

1)

Duffield Hall

Weill Hall

Mann Library

Uris Library

None

2)

Milstein Hall

Weill Hall

Biotechnology Building

Gates Hall

None

3)

Sage Chapel

Anabel Taylor Hall

Teagle Hall

Barnes Hall

None

4)

Sage Chapel

Risley Hall

Lincoln Hall

Tjaden Hall

None

5)

Bailey Hall

Ives Hall

Goldwin Smith Hall

Biotechnology Building

None

6)

Myron Taylor Hall

Barton Hall

Rockefeller Hall

Teagle Hall

None

7)

Uris Library

Bailey Hall

Warren Hall

Baker Lab

None

8)

Goldwin Smith Hall

Bailey Hall

Day Hall

Willard Straight Hall

None

9)

Comstock Hall

Warren Hall

Kennedy Hall

Barton Hall

None

10)

Uris Library

Barnes Hall

Sage Chapel

A.D. White House

None

Time’s up

All photos by Noël Heaney / Cornell University.

Published October 12, 2023

Comments

1. 

   Deb doncov, Class of 1979

   15 Oct, 2023

   What a great quiz

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2. 

   Maurice Campbell

   15 Oct, 2023

   That was a lovely walk down memory lane!

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3. 

   Hugh David Pinkus, Class of 1975

   15 Oct, 2023

   Now, 48 years after graduation, I get a 7/10 on Doors. It’s an improvement on my 1/10 on a Physics 112 quiz!

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     Teresa Fung, Class of 1991

     21 Oct, 2023

     You still remember your physics quiz score? Amazing.

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4. 

   Steve Ingham, Class of 1983

   15 Oct, 2023

   The Baker Lab doors appear to be designed for giants, not those of us who were struggling through Intro Chem.

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5. 

   eric mund, Class of 1984

   15 Oct, 2023

   I guess I should’ve gotten outta Statler more. Still fun.
   See how many of these doors you can spot from the webcam on Statler roof… Enjoy the chimes 🙂

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6. 

   Julie Bestry, Class of 1989

   16 Oct, 2023

   I did well enough on the doors to buildings that existed back in the 1980s; obviously, I need to go back and visit all the “new” buildings! (But I’d know “Annie” Hall and Myron Taylor Hall and the old Ag Quad doors anywhere!)

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7. 

   Zhihan Ye

   17 Oct, 2023

   Excellent quiz – especially for a former architecture dept student!

   The Baker Lab inscription is truly timeless – my favorite building on planet earth.

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8. 

   L J Piccinino, Class of 1978

   17 Oct, 2023

   Fun game. Demonstrated that I need a tour of campus, it’s been too long! Never heard of some of those buildings.

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9. 

   Gin Peck, Class of 1989

   26 Oct, 2023

   10/10! Some doors I remembered, some were educated guess, some just blind luck. Similar to how I got through a few courses! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

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10. 

    Yale Kim, Class of 2010

    28 Oct, 2023

    Great game! Enjoyed playing and seemingly enough, I recognized all these doors somewhere deep in my thoughts but I only got 6/10 probably because I just don’t remember matching doorframes to hall names ever, until having to just now 😝 glad to know my memory still kicks into high gear during fun quizzes like this, super interesting.

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11. 

    Doug Veit, Class of 1967

    19 Dec, 2023

    As others have commented, a great walk down memory lane. The older doors wonderfully radiate great age, tradition, and wisdom. I got 3/10. But I’m delighted that some Cornellian brain cells are preserved. 🙂

    Reply