1. This university was founded in 1749 as Augusta Academy. It underwent several name changes before finally settling on the name by which it is now known. Name this institution of learning.

2. The first institution of higher learning in what is now the United States celebrated its 376th birthday in 2012. Name it.

3. This university in Philadelphia has the distinct honor of being both the first medical school in the original 13 American colonies and the first university in North America. By what name do we now know this institution?

4. The grounds and buildings of this college were used to house four different armies in two separate wars. In the American Revolutionary War, both British and French troops used the campus for troop activities and during the Civil War, both Union and Confederate troops took advantage of the grounds. Name the college.

5. What college did George Washington attend?

Answers

1. Augusta Academy has been called Liberty Hall, Liberty Hall Academy, Washington Academy and Washington College. In 1781 it was renamed Washington and Lee University.

2. Harvard College, founded in 1636.

3. We now know it as the University of Pennsylvania.

4. It is the College of William and Mary, located in Williamsburg, Va.

5. This is a trick question. George Washington did not attend a college or university.

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