Quizzes & Puzzles September / October ’25 Trivia Roundup Did you miss any of the recent weekly trivia on our homepage? Here’s your chance to catch up with nine questions! 1) Which Big Red varsity men’s team has won the most NCAA national championships? Football Wrestling Lacrosse Ice hockey None 2) Approximately how many works of art are in the Johnson Museum’s collection? 4,000 14,000 40,000 140,000 None 3) What saying is inscribed on the historic bench outside Goldwin Smith Hall? “Above all nations is humanity” “To do the greatest good” “Love to thee, our fair Cornell” “Any person, any study” None 4) Construction of what campus facility entailed excavating 80,000 cubic yards of dirt and rock, 52 feet below street level? The Cornell Store The Synchrotron Kroch Library Lake Source Cooling None 5) Cornell’s first major academic unit to be established in NYC was affiliated with what school or college? ILR Medicine Architecture Business None 6) What Big Red men’s varsity sport does NOT have an alum as its head coach? Ice hockey Baseball Lacrosse Basketball None 7) What directive did A.D. White include in his parting advice to Cornell’s first graduating class? “Let your course be true.” “Manners maketh the man.” “Live long and prosper.” “Lift the chorus, speed it onward.” None 8) Approximately how many bird sound IDs has the Lab of Ornithology’s Merlin app made? 130,000 1.3 million 130 million 1.3 billion None 9) About how long did the pumpkin remain atop the clocktower? One year Five months One month One week None Time’s up (Top: Homecoming 2025 photo by Alexandra Bayer / Cornell University.) Published November 5, 2025 Comments Dr. Charles L. Stuppard, Class of 1982 16 Nov, 2025 Thank you. I knew more about Cornell than I thought I knew. Well done, Big Red! Reply Dr. Charles L. Stuppard, Class of 1982 16 Nov, 2025 I love Cornell because it is the place where I discovered where and how I belong in this big puzzle we call Life! We are all an intrinsic part of life and together we create and continue to make it a better place! Cornell gives us the space to explore and learn what our contribution will be. Reply Candace Renee Young, Class of 1998 20 Jan, 2026 I was a student when we all woke up around Halloween 1997 to find the pumpkin mysteriously placed on the clock tower. It made us smile in awe and place friendly guesses as to how long it would stay situated. Now my daughter is a student at Cornell and that story was one of the most epic that I passed along to her. Glad it lives on in Cornell community lore! Reply 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 Test Your Knowledge of Big Red Presidential Trivia Campus & Beyond Studying How Tech Can Be Used to Track Our Daily Lives Quizzes & Puzzles Cornellian Crossword: ‘Water World’