Statistics for Harvard University

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
And what metro area is that city a part of?	Boston	96%
What school is considered to be Harvard's greatest rival?	Yale	91%
What language were classes originally taught in?	Latin	89%
Who became one of the richest people of all-time after he dropped out of Harvard in the 1970s?	Bill Gates	86%
What well-known company was started in a Harvard dorm room in 2004?	Facebook	85%
What type of people were not admitted as Harvard undergraduates until the 1970s?	Women	83%
What other elite university can be found in that same city?	MIT	75%
What sports league is Harvard a part of?	Ivy League	74%
In what city is Harvard located?	Cambridge	73%
Harvard's motto is "Veritas". What does that mean in English?	Truth	65%
Who became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review in 1990?	Barack Obama	61%
Who was the first U.S. President to have a Harvard degree?	John Adams	48%
What is the name of Harvard's sports teams?	Harvard Crimson	41%
What polymath was the first person to receive an honorary degree from Harvard - in 1753?	Benjamin Franklin	36%
Along what river's banks would you find Harvard's campus?	Charles River	34%
What type of people composed over 25% of Harvard freshman in 1925 before a de-facto quota was imposed to reduce their numbers?	Jews	32%
What was the family name of early Harvard theologians Increase and Cotton?	Mather	26%
What is the name of Harvard's humor magazine that has produced many famous comedy writers such as Conan O'Brien?	Harvard Lampoon	23%