Creighton Week Trivia Question:
Name the former member of the Creighton Board of Trustees who was honored with the ARA Gold Medal.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
Matt Mullenweg attended the University of Houston (class of 2006) and is the founding developer of WordPress that provides open-source software used by over 40% of the web.  Read more.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

Tomorrow, the Owls football team plays the Cougars in the Bayou Bucket Classic at Rice Stadium.

Trivia Question:
First, Jim Woodruff also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!

Who attended the University of Houston and is the founding developer of the company that provides open-source software used by over 40% of the web?  Email your answer here.

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Roger Clemens nicknamed “Rocket” pitched for the late Coach Graham at San Jacinto College in 1981 and won a College World Series with the Texas Longhorns in 1983.  Today, Rice volleyball Is hosting No. 2 Texas at Tudor Fieldhouse. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Trivia Question:
Who pitched for the late Coach Graham at San Jacinto College and later won a College World Series with the Texas Longhorns?  Email your answer here.

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Sten Gustafson for the guest trivia question!

Nets Katz ‘90 was admitted to Rice at 14, graduated in 3 years and returned to Rice as a member of the math faculty in 2023.  Read more.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!) 

Guest Trivia Question:
Who was admitted to Rice at 14, graduated in 3 years and returned to Rice as a member of the math faculty?  Email your answer here.

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Art Gottschalk for the guest trivia question!

After graduating from Harvard at sixteen, William James Sidis taught mathematics at Rice at seventeen in late 1915.  Read more.

Guest Trivia Question:
Who taught mathematics at Rice at the age of seventeen?  Email your answer here.

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University of North Carolina head football coach Bill Belichick and Rice’s Shepherd School professor Art Gottschalk were Annapolis High School classmates and both are members of AHS’ Wall of Fame.  List here.  (Thanks, Steve Gilliland and Mike Ross!) 

Trivia Question:
University of North Carolina head football coach Bill Belichick and a Rice professor were high school classmates and both are members of that high school’s Wall of Fame.  Name the high school.  For a bonus point, name the Rice professor.  Email your answer(s) here.

Trivia Answer:
Stacy Jones ‘87, the wife of 2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Jon Warren ‘88, was a four-year Rice swim letterwinner (1984-85-86-87).  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

The 2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be Friday, October 24.  Read more and/or make a reservation here.