T-shirt imprinted with the new UWindsor logo.Winner of today’s trivia contest will receive this beautiful 100 percent cotton T-shirt, imprinted with the new UWindsor logo, courtesy of the University Bookstore.

History quiz to test knowledge of campus buildings

To help celebrate the University of Windsor’s 50th anniversary, the University Bookstore is offering DailyNews readers chances to demonstrate their knowledge of the institution’s history.

Today’s quiz, the second in a series, offers one lucky winner a beautiful all-cotton T-shirt, emblazoned across the chest with the new UWindsor logo. It is available for purchase from the Bookstore kiosk in the CAW Student Centre at a cost of $13.96.

To enter the contest, just send your answers to the following trivia questions on the history of some campus buildings. The winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 18.

1.      What is the former name of the building now known as Chrysler Hall?
a) Canada Hall
b) Centennial Tower
c) Dominion Hall
d) Windsor Hall

2.      Which of these is not a now-demolished UWindsor residence?
a) Cody Hall
b) Electa Hall
c) Huron Hall
d) Tecumseh Hall

3.      Lambton Tower and Erie Hall once shared a name. What was it?
a) the Math Building
b) the Media Centre
c) the Arts and Sciences Building
d) Windsor Hall

4.      A plaque in Memorial Hall commemorates former students of Assumption College who gave their lives in which conflict?
a) First World War
b) Second World War
c) Korean War
d) all of the above

5.      Vanier Hall is named in whose honour?
a) Jesuit missionary France Vanier
b) former Governor General of Canada Georges Vanier
c) Catholic philosopher Jean Vanier
d) baker and businessperson Joseph-Arcade Vachon

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to uofwnews@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please. Note: the decision of the judge in determining the most correct response is inviolable.

For more information on the 50th Anniversary Weekend, visit www.uwindsor.ca/anniversary.

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