On Campus Quiz

Each week from March to August, a new trivia question is released as part of the University’s 80th anniversary celebrations.

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in the On Campus Quiz so far. 

Missed a question or want to check how you went? You can find the questions and correct answers from each week below:

Week 1

Question: In what year was ANU established?
Answer: 1946

Week 2

What is the name of the student accomodation inaugurated in 2019?
Answer: Wamburun Hall

Week 3

Which day in 1974 did Toad Hall open its doors?
Answer: 1st April (April Fool's)

Week 4

When did Mount Stromlo Observatory become part of ANU?
Answer: 1957

Week 5

When was ANU ranked as the second greenest university campus in Australia?
Answer: 2011

Week 6

What is the name of the non-residential Hall in ANU?
Answer: Griffin Hall

Week 7

How many students are currently enrolled at ANU?
Answer: Over 17,000

Week 8

How many Australian PMs are ANU alumni?
Answer: 2

Week 9

What are the three elements represented in the ANU Crest ?
Answer: Sea, Sky, Australia

Week 10

What is the common name of the duck breed seen most on the ANU campus? Bonus point for knowing the scientific name.
Answer: Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

Week 11

What is the name of the creek that runs through ANU?
Answer: Sullivan’s Creek

Week 12

What was ANU ranked in the 2025 QS World University Rankings?
Answer: 30th

Week 13

When was University House first opened? 
Answer: 1954

Week 14

Name the four original centres of ANU? 
Answer: The Research Schools of Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Pacific Studies, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Research School of Pacific Studies

Week 15

When was the Drill Hall Gallery remodelled as an art gallery? 
Answer: 1984

Week 16

How many Nobel laureates are associated with ANU? 
Answer: 6

Week 17

What is the ANU Motto? 
Answer: Naturam Primum Cognoscere Rerum