So here it is, early 2008 and, if you're like most people, you're probably still suffering from a case of the post-holiday lethargy triggered by too much egg nog and turkey. With that in mind, we at the McGill Reporter have devised a little quiz designed to rouse your slumbering grey matter without over-taxing it. Think you know a lot about McGill? Let's see how good you are.
In addition to 15,000 pounds and land, merchant James McGill left his summer cottage to establish a college in Montreal. The first classes were held in his former home. What was its name?
While McGill was inaugurated in 1829 when it took over the Montreal Medical School, it did not admit its own students until 1843. Excluding the medical faculty, how many students and professors were at McGill in its first year?
Head of the McGill Medical Faculty until 1842, William Robertson offered future Lower Canada Rebellion leader Louis-Jospeh Papineau what in 1832?
Galt Macdermot has composed such numbers as "Let the Sun Shine In" and "Aquarius," winning two Grammys and a Tony in the process. But his first hit, written with fellow McGill students Timothy Porteous, Donald MacSween and Erik Wang, was a McGill musical that premiered in 1957 in Moise Hall. What was it called?
Who was the first McGill grad to become Prime Minister of Canada?
McGill physics professor Ernest Rutherford demonstrated the nature of radioctivty with his famous "gold foil" experiment. In what category did he win the Nobel Prize?
What is McGill's motto? What does it mean?
When the Quebec Chronicle Telegraph wrote, in 1946, "You send your boy to McGill a Canadian democrat and he graduates as an international communist." To what 1945-46 scandal was it referring?
Which major Canadian university was founded in 1906 as a college of McGill?
McGill has granted only one person two honorary degrees. Who was it?
In 1944, Principal Cyril James made a last-minute trip to Quebec City to bestow two honorary degrees. Who were the recipients?
Hugh's Hugh? Who is McGill's Humanities Library named for?
Gerald Bull, a McGill grad and researcher, attempted to design a giant gun that would propel a vehicle into space. He managed to send an unmanned vehicle 100 km into the atmosphere. What was that vehicle called?
In addition to membership in the Front de Liberation du Québec cell that kidnapped James Cross in 1970, Nigel Hamer was also a member of what organization?
Match the book to the McGill prof:
In addition to the highest academic standards and international reputations, what did Princeton and McGill have in common from 1994-2001?
What, aside from their McGill connection, do football's Yates Cup, former professor Alice Vibert-Douglas, graduate and doctor Edith Levy, and graduate and astronaut Dave Williams have in common?
Medical graduate Thomas Neill Cream (1876) was executed in 1892 in London for the murder of four prostitutes. What were his final words before being hanged?
In 1958, Dr. Lyman Francis was appointed the Faculty of Dentistry's first full-time researcher. What had he been in his previous career?
What product bearing McGill's crest was sold to raise funds for the Currie Gym in the 1930s?