Rice Trivia

Trivia Leaderboard (top ten plus ties):
35  Ann Bixby, Betty Bixby
33  Nancy Burch, Peter Fasullo, Mike Ross
32  Rod Boane
31  Bob Reinhold
30  Bryant Wilkinson
29  Melinda Clark
28  Kathleen Boyd, Rick Sheridan, John Wolda

Trivia Answer:
A native Houstonian, Robert Woodrow Wilson graduated from Lamar High School. “Having barely been admitted to Rice”, he managed to graduate Phi Beta Kappa in 1957, with honors in physics.  He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, which served as important corroboration of the Big Bang theory.  Read more.

Way to go, John Wolda, John Montana, Ann Bixby, Rick Sheridan, Susan Zimmerman, Donald Bowers, Bob Reinhold, Kathleen Boyd, Tre Fischer, Kirkwood Johnston, Mike Ross, Rod Boane, Bill Allison, Betty Bixby, Lynda Crist, Bryant Wilkinson, Peter Fasullo, Richard Gerlach, Guy Rollins, Temple Tucker, Nancy Burch, Barney McCoy and Melinda Clark!

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Trivia Question:
Name the Nobel Prize winner with degrees from Lamar High School and Rice University.  Email your answer here.

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Karen Rogers and Betty Bixby for the guest trivia question!

David Eagleman ‘93 is a renowned neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine and a New York Times bestselling author who serves as the scientific adviser for the TV series Perception.  In 2011, he was the subject of a fascinating New Yorker profile. 

Way to go, John Wolda, Bev Schorre, John Montana, Ann Bixby, Kathleen Boyd, Rod Boane, Tre Fischer, Rick Sheridan, Peter Fasullo, Bob Reinhold, Bryant Wilkinson, Guy Rollins, Susan Zimmerman, Mike Ross, Bill Allison, Gloria Tarpley, Richard Zansitis, Nancy Burch, Melinda Clark and Barney McCoy!

Next trivia question tomorrow!

 

 

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the Rice educated neuroscientist who serves as the scientific adviser for the TV series Perception.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Leaderboard (top ten plus ties):
33  Ann Bixby, Betty Bixby
31  Nancy Burch, Peter Fasullo, Mike Ross
30  Rod Boane
29  Bob Reinhold
28  Bryant Wilkinson
27  Melinda Clark
26  Kathleen Boyd, Rick Sheridan, John Wolda

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Mike Ross for the guest trivia question!

Asteroid Davemckay, #6111 was named after NASA scientist David McKay '58/'64.  Married to Mary Fae Coulter '63, he passed away earlier this year.

Way to go, Kathleen Boyd, Tre Fischer, Ann Bixby, John Wolda, Bev Schorre, Guy Rollins, Rod Boane, Bill Allison, Peter Fasullo, Rick Sheridan, Bob Reinhold, Betty Bixby, Nancy Burch, Bryant Wilkinson and Melinda Clark!

Trivia leaderboard tomorrow and next trivia question next Tuesday!

Guest Trivia Question (Rice Asteroids for $20):
Name the deceased Rice alum with an asteroid named after him.  (Hint: as a NASA scientist, he was lead author of a 1996 paper proposing that a Mars meteorite contained evidence for life on Mars.)  Email you answer here.

Trivia Leaderboard (top ten plus ties):
32  Ann Bixby, Betty Bixby
30  Nancy Burch, Peter Fasullo, Mike Ross
29  Rod Boane
28  Bob Reinhold
27  Bryant Wilkinson
26  Melinda Clark
25  Kathleen Boyd, Rick Sheridan, John Wolda

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Kathleen Boyd for the guest trivia question!

The asteroid 13123 Tyson is named after Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the husband of Alice Young ’79.  On Saturday, he delivers the commencement address at Rice. 

Way to go, Ann Bixby, Betty Bixby, Peter Fasullo, Nancy Burch, Tommy LaVergne, Bev Schorre, Mike Ross and Bryant Wilkinson!

Trivia Leaderboard tomorrow and next trivia question next Thursday!