So You Think You Know YorkU?

Monday, March 26th was York University's 53rd birthday!  In honour of the occasion I agreed to write a blog about the history of YorkU and what better way to tell you about York than with a pop quiz! Email your answers to redzone@yorku.ca by Friday and I'll give away a York T-Shirt to the best score!
Now let's see just how much you know about York...

1. York University's first location was:
a) Glendon Campus
b) University of Toronto
c) Keele Campus
b) The Schulich building

2. York's Motto "Tentanda Via" translates to:
a) May we succeed
b) To teach the masses
c) The way must be tried
d) Dude, where's my car?

3. York's motto was suggested by John Court, who is he?
a) York's first president
b) A high school student
c) A York student
d) Your mom.
Bonus: How was he honoured for coming up with the motto?

4. York has 9 colleges, but we were meant to have more! How many colleges were we supposed to have?
a) 12
b) 30
c) 10
d) 9
Bonus: What symbol tells us the answer to this question?

5. Glendon campus was York's first campus! Located at Bayview & Lawrence, Glendon was named for:
a) The architect who designed the campus
b) Don river and the valley the campus sits on
c) The first president: Glenn Donovan
d) "That kid." You know, the one that's always there. ...all the time.

6. York University is now home to approx. 55,000 students! How many students were in York's first class
a) 113
b) 79
c) 6700
d) 2

7. York University has had some amazing graduates like Jack Layton & Rachel McAdams, what other celebrities graduated from York University?
a) Drake, Avril Lavigne, & Alanis Morissette
b) Michael Buble, Mike Myers, Sarah McLaughlan
c) Trish Stratus, Malin Ackerman, Jay Manuel
c) Donald Sutherland, Celine Dion, Christopher Plummer

Good luck with the quiz!  E-mail your answers to redzone@yorku.ca with the Subject Line 'Think Pink' by Friday March 30th at 9am and the first person with the best score will win a York T-Shirt!! I'll announce the winner and the answers in a special Friday blog!

1 comment

Claire 24 May 2012 at 07:48

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Did you know all the answers? ;)

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