Quizzes & Puzzles ‘Straight’ Shots: A Visual Quiz for the Student Union’s 100th Can you identify the locations of these 16 architectural details, found in and around the beloved campus landmark? Throughout the 2025–26 academic year, the University is celebrating the Straight’s centennial—and Cornellians is joining in the festivities with a series of stories (plus a few articles from our backlist), trivia quizzes, photo features, and more! Please enjoy our coverage of: Building history • Willard Straight 1901 biography • The Stump • Straight Cookies • Willard & Dorothy’s love letters Difficulty level: Challenging Where can you find … ? 1) Over the main entrance Outside the men’s room Outside the rear (Cornell Cinema) entrance Up high in the Memorial Room None 2) Memorial Room Okenshields Fifth-floor lounge / dance studio Art gallery None 3) Ceramics studio Cornell Cinema box office International Lounge A sixth-floor study / meeting room None 4) Okenshields Over the Memorial Room fireplace Dean of Students office entryway Music Lounge None 5) Main lobby Stairway leading to Okenshields Fifth-floor dance studio Trick question! This is at the Lab of Ornithology None 6) Rear (Cornell Cinema) entrance Another trick question! This is at Barton Hall Over the loading dock Over the main entrance None 7) Art gallery Cornell Cinema theater Main lobby Memorial Room None 8) Memorial Room Dean of Students office Browsing Library Okenshields None 9) Rock Garden Cornell Cinema theater entrance The terrace Main entrance None 10) International Lounge Cornell Cinema theater Music Lounge Art gallery None 11) Main lobby Memorial Room Fifth-floor lounge / dance studio Browsing Library None 12) “Secret exit” behind the Browsing Library At the rear of the theater Between the fifth and sixth floors Roof access route None 13) Main entrance Browsing Library Cornell Cinema theater entrance Memorial Room None 14) Above the theater entrance, overlooking West Campus Near the Memorial Room, looking south over the terrace Near the Memorial Room, looking north over the Slope Fifth-floor lounge, overlooking Ho Plaza None 15) Art gallery, above the doorway Memorial Room Browsing Library Okenshields None 16) Hallway near Cornell Cinema theater Outside women’s lavatory on main entrance floor Main lobby Fifth-floor seminar room None Time’s up Top: A vintage shot of the Memorial Room (Rare and Manuscript Collections). All quiz images by Jason Koski / Cornell University. Published October 3, 2025 Leave a Comment Cancel replyOnce your comment is approved, your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Class Year Email * Save my name, email, and class year in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ Other stories You may like Quizzes & Puzzles Cornellian Crossword: ‘Study Spots’ Storytime with Corey What’s the Most Iconic Cornell Tradition? Vote in the Final! Chime In We Met as Freshmen—and Climbed Kilimanjaro Together at Age 70