Trivia Answer:
Will Gray's brother Tommy is captain of the Harvard swim team.
Way to go, Ann Bixby, Mike Ross, Mark Antweil, Tre Fischer, Charlie Vaughters, Cary Gray and Steve Brown!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Trivia Question:
Name the Owl baseball player who brother is captain of the Harvard swim team.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Jimmy Disch for the guest trivia question!
Judge Sharon Keller '75 and David Dow '81. Also mentioned was Judge Keller's attorney Chip Babcock who graduated from Brown in 1971 where he was a four-year member of the rowing team.
Way to go, Mike Ross!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the 2 Rice alumni who made the front page of yesterday's Houston Chronicle. And, for bonus points, name the Brown grad (who was a four-year athlete for the Bears) joining them on the front page.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Trivia Answer:
Frank Losasso Petterson '02 won an Oscar in 2008. With 2 others, he shared the Academy's Scientific and Engineering Award for "the development of the industrial Light and Magic fluid simulation system". His movies include Poseidon, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He was profiled by Rice Engineering here.
Way to go, Charlie Vaughters and Mike Ross!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Trivia Question:
At this year's Academy Awards, Rice was represented on the red carpet by mtvU Oscar Correspondent grand prize winners Faheem Ahmed and Anish Patel. Name the Owl alum who won an Oscar the year before, in 2008.