How well do you know the early history of Catholic University?
In advance of Founders Day and The Founders Day Giving Challenge, which honors the University’s founding in 1887, we present the following quiz. Your prize? Glory. How many answers did you get right? Let us (@CatholicUalumni) know on social media!
![Catholic University deed](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-06/deed600x600.jpg?itok=LW6FaSk4)
- 1896
- 1902
- 1907
- 1916
![Caldwell Hall cornerstone](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-06/1888-600x600.jpg?itok=bUxsaGcY)
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Frederick Douglass
- Henry Highland Garnet
![Illustration of Caldwell Hall cornerstone ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-06/cornerstoneceremony600x600.jpg?itok=Nz4WLHTK)
- Coins from one cent to one dollar
- A souvenir program
- A letter from Pope Leo XIII
- The Decrees of the Third Plenary Council
![Ceremony for the laying of a cornerstone](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-06/cornerstonelaying616x404.jpg?itok=eSAaS4De)
- William Howard Taft
- Benjamin Harrison
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Grover Cleveland
![Ceremony for the laying of a cornerstone](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-06/cornerstonelaying616x404.jpg?itok=eSAaS4De)
- Maloney Hall
- McMahon Hall
- Gibbons Hall
- Keane/Albert Hall
![Fulton Sheen](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-06/sheen600x600.jpg?itok=r5VJsmxa)
- 12 years
- 17 years
- 24 years
- 31 years
![Drawing of the statue of Pope Leo](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-06/leo-statue-drawing600x600.jpg?itok=TJlwBQBF)
- 1,350 pounds
- 2,500 pounds
- 4,175 pounds
- 4,500 pounds
![Illustration from the cover of The Cardinal Yearbook](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-06/yearbookdetail600x600.jpg?itok=ygmRRm_D)
- $500
- $12,400
- $300,000
- $750,000
![Early rendering of how campus should look](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-06/viewofcampusold600x600.jpg?itok=GrnQC9UZ)
- New York, New York
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- South Orange, New Jersey
- Chicago, Illinois
![An early gathering of members of the alumni association](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-06/alumniassociation600x600.jpg?itok=Mjih8sRb)
- 1889
- 1895
- 1902
- 1911
Published on: Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Tags: The Fund for Catholic University, Founders Day, Founders Day Giving Challenge