UMBC Trivia

Question 1

What is the name of UMBC's campus comfort dog? She started work in 2019

Accepted Answer

Chip

Question 2

Past UMBC president Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

In 1988 Phi Kappa Psi fraternity held what type of event on campus to benefit the American Trauma Society?

Accepted Answer

A Jell-O wrestling competition

Question 4

What year was UMBC founded?

Accepted Answer

1966

Question 5

In 1973 what was UMBC's most popular major?

Accepted Answer

Psychology

Question 6

Which animal was suggested by students in a contest to pick UMBC's mascot in 1967?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 7

Kizzmekia Corbett ’08 was the scientific lead for the team that developed the NIH-Moderna vaccine. What were her majors?

Accepted Answer

Biological Sciences & Sociology

Question 8

Adrienne Jones ’76, Psychology, made history when she did what?

Accepted Answer

Became the 1st African-American & 1st female Maryland Speaker of the House

Question 9

What year did the Commons Building open on campus?

Accepted Answer

2002

Question 10

In 1986, author and activist James Baldwin gives a guest lecture at UMBC. However, he arrived late - why?

Accepted Answer

He mistakenly drove to UMD College Park

Question 11

What was the date of the very first day of classes at UMBC?

Accepted Answer

September 19th

Question 12

What year was the first UMBC Homecoming held?

Accepted Answer

1976

Question 13

In 1996 Jay Witasick, the first Retriever to play major league baseball, debuted with which MLB team?

Accepted Answer

Oakland Athletics

Question 14

How many buildings were part of the original campus?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 15

What is UMBC's mascot?

Accepted Answer

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

Question 16

UMBC's very first computer arrived on campus in 1972

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Where did Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby work before becoming UMBC's 6th president in 2022?

Accepted Answer

Duke University

Question 18

How many students attended UMBC on its very first day?

Accepted Answer

750

Question 19

What year did the UMBC Men's Basketball team first win the America East Conference Tournament?

Accepted Answer

2008

Question 20

OCA Mocha, UMBC's coffee shop in Arbutus first began as a class project focused on local community engagement

Accepted Answer

True

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