UW–Madison Milestones

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  In 1869, the UW first ...

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  • A.
    Opened North Hall
  • B.
    Fielded a football team
  • C.
    Offered a course in psychology
  • D.
    Granted degrees to women
• 2.
  In 1878, the UW first ...

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  • A.
    Played a game at Camp Randall Stadium
  • B.
    Rented Hoofers sailboats
  • C.
    Played the tune to "Varsity"
  • D.
    Looked out through the telescope at Washburn Observatory
• 3.
  In 1889, the UW first ...

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  • A.
    Created the College of Letters & Science
  • B.
    Had a football player win the Heisman trophy
  • C.
    Welcomed a president of the United States to campus
  • D.
    Offered a course in automotive engineering
• 4.
  In 1909, the UW first ...

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    Played basketball in the Field House
  • B.
    Sang along to "On, Wisconsin"
  • C.
    Served fudge-bottom pie
  • D.
    Offered a course in ping-pong
• 5.
  In 1922, the UW first ...

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  • A.
    Defied Prohibition with a 3.2 "near" beer
  • B.
    Held a student protest march
  • C.
    Heard a WHA radio broadcast
  • D.
    Received its first Noel prize
• 6.
  In 1933, the UW first ...

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    Saw a play in the Union Theater
  • B.
    Allowed women in the Rathskeller
  • C.
    Served beer in Memorial Union
  • D.
    Sang "Varsity" at Fifth Quarter
• 7.
  In 1941, the UW first ...

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  • A.
    Fielded a volleyball team
  • B.
    Played baseball at Camp Randall
  • C.
    Changed the name of "physical education" to "kinesiology"
  • D.
    Won the NCAA men's basketball tournament
• 8.
  In 1968, the UW first ...

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  • A.
    Made bone-marrow transplants possible
  • B.
    Made fudge-bottom pie at the Union
  • C.
    Made freshman take part in"bag rush"
  • D.
    Made State Street a no-driving zone
• 9.
  In 1979, the UW first ...

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  • A.
    Held a class in Grainger Hall
  • B.
    Blew the whistle on the Terrace to signal curfew
  • C.
    Saw 1,008 flamingos flock to Bascom Hill
  • D.
    Installed phones in dorms
• 10.
  In 1998, the UW first ...

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  • A.
    Isolated human embryonic stem cells
  • B.
    Instituted touch-tone registration
  • C.
    Initiated its experimental nuclear reactor
  • D.
    Cancelled "Jump Around" due to fears that the Camp Randall skyboxes would collapse

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Good effort!

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• 2.
  Well done!

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• 3.
  Bravo!

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