marchapril24trivia 1) Counting all the land that it oversees—cultivated gardens, natural areas, and an arboretum—the Cornell Botanic Gardens comprises what fraction of the Ithaca campus? A tenth A fifth A quarter A third None 2) Olin Library has a series of stone faces on interior and exterior walls. What Cornell building was their original home? Old Comstock Hall Boardman Hall The old Armory Goldwin Smith Hall None 3) Claudia Goldin ’67 made history in 2023 as the first woman to be the sole winner of a Nobel Prize in what category? Chemistry Peace Economics Physiology or medicine None 4) A.D. White suggested a different Upstate NY city for the University’s location—but Ezra refused, having been robbed of wages while working there. What was it? Elmira Rochester Binghamton Syracuse None 5) Over Cornell’s 159-year history, how many people have served as president of the University? 12 13 14 15 None 6) In addition to Engineering’s phoenix, what mythical creature has appeared at Dragon Day in recent years, representing an Arts & Sciences department? Griffin (Medieval studies) Mermaid (ecology) Centaur (classics) Unicorn (physics) None 7) What were the first three halls constructed for the University—dubbed “Old Stone Row”? Goldwin Smith, McGraw, and Uris (Library) McGraw, Morrill, and White Franklin (now Tjaden), McGraw, and White Goldwin Smith, Sibley, and Uris (Library) None 8) “Killers of the Flower Moon” garnered a ninth Academy Award nomination for renowned film editor Thelma Schoonmaker ’61. She won the Oscar for each of these movies, except … “Raging Bull” “Goodfellas” “The Aviator” “The Departed” None 9) How many acres of farmland did Ezra Cornell donate to found the University? 100 200 300 400 None Time's up