2008 Princeton Trivia Quiz – Answer Key
1. 275
2. Francis
3. By the steps of Blair Arch
4. Palmer Physical Laboratory
5. 1983
6 – 11. (in any order) – Rockefeller, Mathey, Wilson, Forbes, Butler, Whitman
12. Maclean House
13, 14. 9 presidents total; 10 were alumni
15. “Under God’s Power, She Flourishes”
16, 17. John Nash *50
18. Two fires: 1802 and 1855
19, 20, 21. $101 million, from Peter B. Lewis ’55
22. Carl Fields
23, 24. John Witherspoon and James McCosh
25. USS Princeton
26. Three
27‐32. (One point each for a correct name and/or class year)
James Madison – 1771; Woodrow Wilson – 1879; John F. Kennedy – 1939
33, 34. Syngman Rhee *1910
35. 1906
36. 1968
37. 1900
38, 39. Last stolen in 1992; first stolen in 1864
40, 41. Booth Tarkington 1893
42. 42
43. Evelyn College for Women
44. 2007
45, 46. Jonathan Edwards; (A) – 2 months
i) B – Daniel Barry *80
ii) C – Gerald Carr *62
iii) D – Gregory Linteris ’79 *80
50. iv) A – Charles “Pete” Conrad ’53
51. (B) – Elena Kagan ’81 (she is the Harvard Law School Dean, not president)
52. (E) – Alfred Lord Tennyson
Thanks to Princetoniana Committee members Don Farren ’58, Matthew Halgren ’09, Gregg Lange ’70, Don Marsden ’64, Nora Odendahl *85, Sev Onyshkevych ’83, Bob Rodgers ’56, and Jamie Spencer ’66 for their assistance in creating this quiz.
Thanks to Princetoniana Committee members Don Farren ’58, Matthew Halgren ’09, Gregg Lange ’70, Don Marsden ’64, Nora Odendahl *85, Sev Onyshkevych ’83, Bob Rodgers ’56, and Jamie Spencer ’66 for their assistance in creating this quiz.