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Find out whether you bleed orange and blue by trying your skill in campus trivia.

1. Baton, badminton, and this still-popular children's activity were just a few of the sports women engaged in during the University's early years.
   What is the activity?
2. Cattle and other livestock were once judged in a dirt-floor arena in the center of this building a century ago.
   What is the building's name?
3. This is the University's motto, eloquently honored by the twin figures standing behind the majestic Alma Mater.
   What is the motto?
4. The only gravesite on campus belongs to this pivotal University figure, who was responsible for the addition of a literature and arts curriculum in 1873.
   Whose grave is it?
5. This formerly popular Homecoming tradition involved senior men marching down the street dressed as public figures, clowns, vagabonds, and women.
   What was the tradition called?
6. The popular campus myth that "a lover's kiss will bring eternal bliss" surrounds this campus landmark, a gift from the class of 1912.
   Which campus landmark is it?
7. Students gave the University's first building this nickname, perhaps because of its huge proportions on an uncompromisingly flat landscape.
   What was the nickname?
8. From 1918 until 1937, this building was a women's dormitory, complete with a gymnasium and swimming pool.
   What building was it?
9. Tumbling and complex mounts were just a few of the feats attempted by this traveling performance troupe, formed from the University's Interscholastic Circus in 1934.
   What was the group named?
10. LAS English professor Thatcher Howland Guild wrote the oldest school song in the United States.
    What song was it?
11. In 1986, the same year Halley’s comet last appeared in our inner solar system, this campus building celebrated its 90th anniversary and was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
    What building is it?
12. If you visited a University of Illinois sporting event in 1893, you would have seen fans and athletes adorned in these colors.
    What colors were they?
13. LAS alumna Penny Patterson has worked with this famous gorilla for more than 30 years in one of the longest interspecies communication studies ever conducted.
    Who is this famous gorilla?
14. The largest bell in the Altgeld Hall bell tower was dedicated to this former president of the University of Illinois.
    Who was this man?
15. Dance performances and the crowning of a May Queen were highlights of this now-forgotten celebration that took place around Mother’s Day during the early 20th century.
    What was the name of this event?
16. Although it was never adopted as the University’s logo, this U of I graduate’s distinctive “UI” emblem can be found in various places on campus, including on the mosaic tile floor in the lobby of Altgeld Hall.
    Who was the student?
17. Students ran around a wet, muddy field attempting to keep a giant ball from touching the ground in this popular interclass competition, held on the morning of Homecoming throughout the 1910s.
    What game was it?
18. The second story of this building is composed of 1984 Roman Doric columns honoring University of Illinois students who perished in World War I.
    Which building is it?
19. A bison and the entire bird collection from the Columbian Exposition of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair could previously be found on the second, third, and fourth floors of this building.
    Which building is it?