How well do you know the Campanile?

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The Campanile is beloved by the Berkeley community. How well do you know it? Try your hand at answering the following ten questions. The faculty, staff, or student who submits the most correct answers will get their name published in an upcoming issue of Berkeley at Home!

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What is the real name of the Campanile?

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Benjamin Ide Wheeler Tower

Peder Sather Carillon and Tower

Sather Tower

Phoebe A. Hearst Memorial Tower

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How tall is the Campanile?

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257 feet

307 feet

324 feet

444 feet

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In what year was the Campanile opened to the public?

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1868

1916

1918

1924

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After what famous tower is the Campanile's design inspired?

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The Torre del Mangia in Siena

Tower of Arnolfo, Florence

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

Campanile di San Marco in Venice

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The original drawing for the Campanile by John Galen Howard included what feature that did not make it to the final design?

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A fountain spouting out of the top with waterfalls down the four sides.

Apartments for student housing.

A circular slide from the observation deck down the interior of the structure.

A seven-story art museum and exhibit space.

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How many bells are in the Campanile's carillon?

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The Campanile is the tallest University clock and bell tower in the United States. Which college tower is the next tallest in California?

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Mills College's El Campanil

UC Riverside's Bell Tower

Leland Stanford Junior University's Hoover Tower

UC Santa Barbara's Storke Tower

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The large "Great Bear" bell weighs 10,500 pounds, and includes a bas-relief carving of:

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The constellation Ursa Major

A quotation by Bishop George Berkeley: "Westward the course of empire takes its way."

The lyrics to "Hail to California" by Clinton Morse.

A compass with its arrow pointing west toward the Golden Gate

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The lower floors of the Campanile store the following academic collection:

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Bones and fossils dredged from the La Brea Tar Pits

Dinosaur bones excavated from Montana and Idaho

Narwahl tusks uncovered from Vancouver Island, B.C.

Ground squirrel and marmot skulls from the Sierra Nevada

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The Campanile Esplanade is famous for these trees.

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California Cirsus Trees

Coast Live Oak Trees

Sterling Sycamore Trees

London Plane Trees

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BONUS QUESTION: Enrique Molina Garmendia, was so inspired by the Campanile on a visit to Berkeley, that he went home and constructed this "Campanil" at this University in 1941.

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Michocán University of Saint Nicolás de Hildago

University of Concepción, Chile

National University of Asuncion, Paraguay

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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