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Which University in the U.S.?

Can you identify these American colleges and universities based on a clue and starting letter?
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First submittedSeptember 17, 2013
Times taken28,677
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University
Oldest university in the US
H
Harvard
George W. Bush was a member of this school's "Skull and Bones" society
Y
Yale
Where you'll find "Touchdown Jesus"
N
Notre Dame
Known for its economics program and for the world's first nuclear reactor
C
Chicago
Founded by Benjamin Franklin
P
Penn
Founded by Thomas Jefferson
V
Virginia
Has won more college football championships than any other school
A
Alabama
Has the world's third largest stadium
M
Michigan
Baltimore university known for its medical school
J
Johns Hopkins
Located in Ohio, it was the first college in the US to admit women
O
Oberlin
"The Big Bang Theory" was about physicists working here
C
Caltech
Namesake of the 97th element of the Periodic Table
B
Berkeley
Named for the founder of the American Tobacco Company
D
Duke
Where Google got its start
S
Stanford
Named for the two English monarchs who gave it its charter in 1693
W
William & Mary
Parts of "Animal House" were based on this New Hampshire college
D
Dartmouth
Founded by Booker T. Washington, it trained black pilots during WWII
T
Tuskegee
Founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey
P
Princeton
Claims to have educated more diplomats than any other U.S. university
G
Georgetown
All students must sign a pledge to abstain from premarital sex,
alcohol, tobacco, and coffee
B
BYU
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23 Comments
beekash
+3
Level 56
Dec 17, 2013
Good quiz! More!
greghf
+1
Level 79
Apr 1, 2024
They should except CIT for Cal Tech. Just like MIT.
afmarsha
+16
Level 70
Dec 3, 2024
That's a very uncommon way of referring to it though. Locals, students, and visiting academics all refer to it as Cal Tech
InterAlia
+1
Level 83
Jul 5, 2025
Just a bit more time?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 31, 2025
Added an extra minute
kitsims
+2
Level 86
Aug 31, 2025
A bit harsh not to accept “Brigham Young”.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Aug 31, 2025
Fixed
French2010
+2
Level 96
Aug 31, 2025
You might modify the clue for most college football championships to clarify that only major FBS schools are counted. In fact, the answer to the second question is the correct answer to this one also (18 versus 17) if all championships since 1869 are counted.
French2010
+2
Level 96
Sep 24, 2025
Yup, just ignore it and keep the incorrect answer.
Nananananananana
+8
Level 81
Aug 31, 2025
Maybe accept 'Cal' for the Berkeley answer since the name of the college in short is actually Cal and not Berkeley.
punkybrewster
+7
Level 85
Sep 1, 2025
Agreed. I would never think of Cal Berkeley as having B as its first initial
tshalla
+4
Level 78
Sep 23, 2025
Agreed on both these points. California-Berkeley, or Cal-Berkeley, or California, or just Cal. "Berkeley" is also used colloquially, but giving it a B makes it an outlier on this list.
Badeghut
+1
Level 74
Sep 25, 2025
At that point the first initial should just be U
al314
+2
Level 92
Aug 31, 2025
'Animal House' is set at Faber College, an amalgam of three different places.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 31, 2025
Fixed it. Thank you.
ooftownroad
+4
Level 70
Sep 15, 2025
Accept Cal for UC Berkeley?
idontkn1
+2
Level 94
Sep 23, 2025
Really shocked that Oberlin, a tiny liberal arts school not known for really for anything other than being the first college to admit women that is still in existence is not that far behind Duke and University of Chicago. I get that the Duke question is fairly obscure but there aren't a whole lot of well known schools beginning with a D. They don't pop into the national consciousness from major college sports nor ground breaking research. Never had a major piece of popular culture associated with it or historic event. Sorry if if think I am dogging the college but it's remarkable that so many people got it in comparison to other better known schools.
partdavid
+1
Level 74
Sep 23, 2025
I don't know how influential this is but it's a convenient crossword answer and shows up probably disproportionately; and usually clued with that fact about it.
Elan
+3
Level 66
Sep 23, 2025
It's because it starts with O. That helps narrow it down a lot, i mean how many colleges can you name that start with O?
Bemused
+4
Level 55
Sep 23, 2025
It also has a highly regarded music conservatory (oldest in the country), so there's more than one string to its bow.
eccentrichat
+2
Level 55
Sep 23, 2025
Yes, this--the liberal arts college is well regarded but the conservatory is one of the best in the country.
Ampersandwich
+2
Level 61
Sep 24, 2025
I seriously hate when Jetpunkers do this moaning about not knowing an answer. Didn't know it? That's alright, you've learned something and move on.
potatopierogi
+3
Level 71
Sep 23, 2025
Read "Animal House" as "Animal Farm" and was very confused...
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