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1. An early name of the institution's athletic teams was:
A. The Tutors
B. The Vindicators
C. The Saber-Toothed Tigers
D.
The Teacher's Pets
Answer: A. The Tutors

2. What year was construction of the Campanile completed?
A. 1906
B. The same year the Cubs last won the pennant?
C. 1
926
D. What? It's done already?
Answer: C. 1926

3. What were the four names of UNI over the years, and for what time periods?
Answer: Iowa State Normal School 1876-1909, Iowa State Teachers College 1909-1961, State College of Iowa 1961-1967, University of Northern Iowa 1967-Present

4. How many students were enrolled the first fall semester Iowa State Normal School opened its doors?
A. 6
B.
Enough to field a football team if one guy plays both directions.
C.
27
D.
76
Answer: C. 27

5. The University of Northern Iowa was founded as the Iowa State Normal School the same year as:
A. General George Armstrong Custer lost the Battle of Little Bighorn
B.
Former Monkee Mike Nesmith's mother invented typewriter correction fluid
C. The Grateful Dead played its first concert
D. Napoleon finally found his right glove
Answer: A. General George Armstrong Custer lost the Battle of Little Bighorn

6. Name the eight University of Northern Iowa Presidents.


7. The student-to-faculty ratio at UNI is:
A. 16-to-1
B. 24-to-1
C. Probably some variable of Pi that we'll study later in the semester
D.
Not calculable with a spoon and a fork
Answer: A. 16-to-1

8. Students at UNI come from how many different states and countries?
A. 25 states and 32 countries
B.
46 states and 57 countries
C.
43 states, 52 countries and Texas (it's like a whole 'nother country)
D.
Was this question covered in the review?
Answer: B. 46 states and 57 countries

9. The single largest major at the University of Northern Iowa is:
A. Elementary education
B.
Accounting
C.
Communications
D.
A guy on the Panther offensive line
Answer: A. Elementary Education

10. What percentage of UNI classes have 50 or fewer students in them?
A. Nearly 50%
B.
Nearly 64%
C.
Nearly 90%
D.
Enough with the math questions, ok?
Answer: C. Nearly 90%

11. Name all 10 University of Northern Iowa residence halls.

Answer: Bender, Dancer, Campbell, Bartlett, Shull, Rider, Noehren, Hagemann, Lawther, ROTH

12. What is the average age of an undergraduate student?
A. 24
B.
21.5
C.
What's an undergraduate?
D.
18
Answer: B. 21.5

13. What is the total number of UNI faculty?
A. Too many to count!
B.
10
C.
850
D.
1000
Answer: C. 850

14. What percent of the student body is from Iowa?
A. 86.3%
B. 100%
C. 50%
D. 94.9%
Answer: D. 94.9%

15. What is the total number of student organizations?
A. You have to be a math major to answer this question.
B.
180
C.
76
D.
Students are organized?
Answer: B. 180

16. What percent of UNI graduates find their first job in Iowa?
A. 62%
B.
100%
C.
Iowa Rules!!
D.
75%
Answer: D. 75%
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