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Pop quiz: How well do you know Nashville’s universities?

McWhorter Hall on Belmont's Campus in the spring.

What’s your favorite season to explore campus? | Photo by @belmontu

As college classes resume this week, we’re testing your knowledge of Nashville-area institutions — Belmont, Fisk, Lipscomb, Nashville State, MTSU, Trevecca, TSU, and Vanderbilt — with a pop quiz.

Preview the questions below and tap this button to play along.

1. This university’s campus is designated as an arboretum and home to over 6,000 trees and shrubs.

2. In 1999, researchers at this university’s Center for Automated Space Science were the first to discover a planet outside our solar system.

3. Brad Paisley and Trisha Yearwood are alumni of this university.

4. The college, which initially operated under a different name, opened in 1970 with an enrollment of 398 students.

5. Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston, and Elton John have all performed on this university’s campus.

6. This university operates an on-campus farm with goats, pigs, ducks, chickens, bees, and more.

7. In February 1978, this university’s campus was designated as a National Historic District.

8. This college has a basketball rivalry with Belmont University referred to as “Battle of the Boulevard.”

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