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 Published November 5, 2025 Leave a Comment Cancel replyOnce your comment is approved, your email address will not be published.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 Alumni ‘Sheer Awe’: Recalling the Legendary Grateful Dead Concert of May ’77 Campus & Beyond In the Hill’s Natural Dye Garden, A Rainbow of Color Is in Bloom Campus & Beyond Curious About the Origins of that Crispy Apple? Check Out this Video!