Since its founding in 1919 at a temporary site
and its move 10 years later to a permanent home in Westwood,
UCLA has grown immensely during its 84 years. If you think you
know something about Bruin history, here’s your chance
to match memories with a man with a “Jeopardy”-like
grasp of such facts and figures.
Assistant Provost John Sandbrook of the College
of Letters and Science has a long history at UCLA since his
freshman year of 1967-68. He spent five years on the Daily Bruin
during his undergraduate days in the late ’60s and early
’70s and just passed the 30-year mark as a senior administrator,
including many years as assistant to former Chancellor Charles
E. Young. He compiled the following multiple-choice “exam”
for participants in the UCLA Professional Staff Development
program last November. Some of the answers come from the book,
“UCLA on the Move,” and the Office of Academic Planning
and Budget. If you get stumped, see the answer key at the bottom
of the page.
1. What is UCLA’s oldest building?
a. Royce Hall
b. Powell Library
c. Clark Library
d. Moore Hall
2. What is currently on the site of
UCLA’s original campus?
a. Los Angeles Music Center
b. Los Angeles City College
c. Southwest Museum
d. Descanso Gardens
3. Who was Edward Dickson?
a. First chancellor
b. First football coach
c. First librarian
d. First Los Angeles regent/UCLA
founding father
4. Who is DeNeve Plaza named after?
a. Priest who established the San Fernando Mission
b. First Latino faculty member
c. Founder of Pueblo de Los Angeles
d. Original landowner of West Los Angeles area
5. What is the oldest academic unit
of UCLA?
a. Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
b. College of Letters and Science
c. School of the Arts and Architecture
d. College of Agriculture
6. Put this list of major events held
at UCLA in chronological order:
a. Moving day caravan on Memorial Day
b. First chemistry class in Haines Hall
c. First student assembly in Royce Hall
d. Dedication ceremony at Founder’s Rock
7. What was the original use of the
area now known as the UCLA Medical Plaza?
a. Citrus trees for the College of Agriculture
b. UCLA baseball stadium
c. A parking lot
d. The first campus bookstore
8. Who coached UCLA to its first NCAA
team championship in any sport?
a. William Ackerman
b. J.D. Morgan
c. Elvin Drake
d. John Wooden
9. The Men’s Gymnasium 200 Room
was UCLA’s first basketball arena. What was its nickname?
a. Bruins’ Den
b. B.O. Barn
c. The Firehouse
d. The Home of Champions
10. What song did the UCLA Marching Band perform at
the Academy Awards in 1969?
a. “West Side Story”
b. “Lara’s Theme” from “Dr. Zhivago”
c. “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
d. “Around the World in 80 Days”
11. What national historical event occurred
within 30 days after the first student assembly was held in
Royce Hall?
a. Hoover Dam began operation
b. Stock market crash
c. Crash of the Hindenburg
d. St. Francis Dam disaster
12. Approximately how many volumes are
in the UCLA Library?
a. 5 million
b. 7 million
c. 10 million
d. 11 million
13. Approximately what percentage of
UCLA sophomores currently live in the residence halls?
a. 25%
b. 40%
c. 60%
d. 75%
14. Who was the first Nobel Prize winner
to serve on the UCLA faculty?
a. Julian Schwinger
b. Donald Cram
c. Ralph Bunche
d. Willard Libby
15. How many home games did UCLA men’s
basketball teams led by John Wooden lose in the 11 years he
coached in Pauley Pavilion?
a. 0
b. 2
c. 7
d. 12
16. What was the original name of Pauley
Pavilion?
a. Caddy Works Fieldhouse
b. Wilbur Johns Arena
c. Memorial Activities Center
d. Pauley Pavilion is the original name
17. What was the original nickname attached
to the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center by students who opposed
its construction?
a. The Cess Pool
b. Murphy’s Folly
c. The Fail-Dale
d. The Landfill
18. Where is Coral Tree Walk located?
a. Court of Sciences
b. Medical Center Plaza
c. Franklin Murphy Sculpture Garden
d. Sunset Village
19. What was the first structure built
on the Westwood campus?
a. Royce Hall
b. The Bridge
c. Powell Library
d. Chancellor’s Residence
20. Who is Meyerhoff Park named after?
a. A former professor of philosophy
b. A former student body president
c. A former Daily Bruin editor-in-chief
d. A famous speaker
21. What other university was first
offered — but declined — the property now known
as the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center?
a. Caltech
b. USC
c. Stanford
d. Loma Linda
22. What was the nickname of the housing
area built on the west side of campus for World War II veterans
attending UCLA on the G.I. Bill?
a. Gayleyville
b. Bruinville
c. The Lair of the Bruins
d. Camp Bruin
23. Jackie Robinson is the only UCLA
athlete to letter in four varsity sports. What was his “worst”
sport in terms of statistics at UCLA?
a. Football
b. Basketball
c. Baseball
d. Track and field
24. What was the original intended use
of the area of the campus now used for student housing?
a. Agricultural research
b. Faculty housing
c. Fraternities and sororities
d. Parking lots
25. Rafer Johnson won the decathlon gold medal at the
1960 Olympics in Rome, defeating fellow Bruin C.K. Yang. What
was Rafer’s other campus activity?
a. UCLA baseball captain
b. UCLA football captain
c. Daily Bruin editor-in-chief
d. Undergraduate student body
president
26. What was the academic program for
which Campbell Hall was built?
a. Home economics
b. Linguistics
c. Ethnic studies
d. English
Here are the answers:
1-c; 2-b; 3-d; 4-c; 5-a; 6-d, b, a, c; 7-a; 8-a; 9-b; 10-c;
11-b; 12-b; 13-d; 14-d; 15-b; 16-c; 17-b; 18-c; 19-b; 20-a;
21-b; 22-a; 23-c; 24-b; 25-d; and 26-a.
