Far(ther) Above: The Campus Stairways Quiz

These 11 sets of interior and exterior steps are located somewhere on the Hill. Can you identify them?

Difficulty Level: Challenging

1)

Willard Straight Hall

Tjaden Hall

Olin Library

Hollister Hall

None

2)

Libe Slope (behind Johnson Museum)

Cascadilla Gorge Trail (behind Rhodes Hall)

Cornell Botanic Gardens (behind Rice Hall)

Baldwin Memorial Stairway (behind Llenroc)

None

3)

Tjaden Hall

Lincoln Hall

Willard Straight Hall

McGraw Tower

None

4)

Goldwin Smith Hall

Bailey Hall

Lynah Rink

Schoellkopf Stadium

None

5)

Tjaden Hall

Lincoln Hall

Barnes Hall

Uris Library

None

6)

R. Uris Garden (near A.D. White House)

Cascadilla Gorge Trail (near Rhodes Hall)

Stairs from / to Suspension Bridge (near Johnson Museum)

Dean’s Garden (near Warren Hall)

None

7)

Statler Hotel (from Terrace Restaurant)

Barnes Hall

Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts

Uris Library (from Cocktail Lounge)

None

8)

Rhodes Hall

Human Ecology Building

Duffield Hall

Physical Sciences Building

None

9)

Bartels Hall

Teagle Hall

Duffield Hall

Day Hall

None

10)

Physical Sciences Building

Upson Hall

Morrison Hall

Gates Hall

None

11)

Willard Straight Hall

Klarman Hall

Myron Taylor Hall

Sage Hall

None

Time’s up

All photos by Sreang Hok / Cornell University.

Published February 27, 2024

Comments

1. 

   Gretchen Townsend Paul Schnabel, Class of 1986

   3 Mar, 2024

   How do you have a quiz on staircases at Cornell and not one of them is McGraw tower?!

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     Bayla Singef, Class of 1960

     3 Mar, 2024

     “gotcha!” — they expected you to expect McGraw tower 🙂

     When I first began wearing makeup, I expected my mother to comment on my eyebrows, so I didn’t put anything on them — and sure enough, Mom’s first comment was that I had put too much on my eyebrows 🙂

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2. 

   Patricia O'Brien, Class of 1977

   3 Mar, 2024

   Very cool photos!

   Reply
3. 

   alejandro, Class of 2021

   8 Mar, 2024

   ouch, this was much more difficult than I expected! maybe it’s time to return to campus 🙂

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4. 

   Peter Skura, Class of 1986

   22 Apr, 2024

   Got 8 of these 11. I guess there are some parts of campus I have yet to spend time at!

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5. 

   Judith (Shulman) Weis, Class of 1962

   16 Feb, 2025

   Most of those buildings didn’t exist back when I was a Cornell student! That excuses my failing grade.

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6. 

   Lucy Guerlac, Class of 1964

   16 Feb, 2025

   I wish when you announced the correct answers you had shown the picture beside the answer.

   And there are many new (or newly named) buildings since I was at Cornell in the 60’s!

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7. 

   Jeff Earickson, Class of 1977

   16 Feb, 2025

   I managed to get 8/11, my last visit to campus was 2 or 3 years ago. I had to guess on some; this was a hard test — typical Cornell. At least no math was involved.

   Reply
8. 

   Samantha S, Class of 2010

   16 Feb, 2025

   Such a fun quiz to bring back memories from my time on the Hill

   Reply
9. 

   Vince C, Class of 2022

   17 Feb, 2025

   7 out of 11. Not too bad for a student from the COVID years

   Reply