As promised, below are the answers from the trivia questions in our June newsletter:
Question 1: What was CU’s first mascot?
- Unofficially, it was a dog for the baseball team.
Question 2: When did the first class from CU graduate? How many people were in the first class?
- 1882
- 6 people
- Henry Drumm
- Harold Thompson
- Richard Whiteley
- Oscar Jackson
- John Millette
- James McFarland
Question 3: When did the first woman graduate from CU?
- 1886 – Helen “Ella” Tyler
Question 4: Who was the first African American woman to graduate from CU?
- Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones in 1918
Question 5: What year did CU first play Nebraska?
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1898
Thank you for participating in this fun CU trivia with us and learning more about CU!
