Trivia Question:
Name the Houston Christian University (“HCU”) assistant coach who will be inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame on October 27.  For a bonus point, name the HCU head coach who is already in the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame. One point for each.  (Hint: click here for the HCU Athletics staff directory.) 

Trivia Question (Thanks, Vicki Bretthauer!):
First, in addition to Michol Ecklund ’97 and Claudia Gee Vassar ’99, Asuka Nakahara ‘77 is another former Rice cheerleader currently a member of the Rice Board of Trustees.

Next trivia question on Tuesday!

Trivia Answer:
Former Rice cheerleaders Michol Ecklund ’97 and Claudia Gee Vassar ‘99 are current members of the Rice Board of Trustees.  Interestingly, Rice Trustee Emeriti and Trustee Advisors include former Rice cheerleaders Judy Ley Allen (class of 1961), Albert Kidd ‘64/’65 and Charles Szalkowski ‘70/’71.   (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Trivia Question:
Name the two former Rice cheerleaders who are current members of the Rice Board of Trustees.  One point for each.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
Natalie Beazant and Anthony Rendon are two members of the C-USA Hall of Fame who will be inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame on October 27.  Read more here.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Trivia Question:
Name the two members of the C-USA Hall of Fame who will be inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame on October 27.  One point for each.  Email your answer(s) here.

Guest Trivia Answer:
Dr Joy Oppenheim Browne ’66, who was one of twelve outstanding seniors for the class of 1966, became a syndicated radio and television psychologist dispensing advice counseling for nearly 40 years.  (Thanks, Alyce Boster, Guy Rollins, Mike Ross and Bob Toone!)

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the Rice graduate who became a syndicated radio and television psychologist dispensing advice counseling for nearly 40 years.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
Hermann Muller was a Rice Biology instructor (1915-18) who became a civilian adviser to the Manhattan Project and later was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.  Click here for a blog entry dated November 1, 2011 by Melissa Kean.

Trivia Question:
Nane the Rice Biology instructor who became a civilian adviser to the Manhattan Project and later was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.  Email your answer here. 

Trivia Answer:
Chemical engineer Haskell Sheinberg, who earned a BS from Rice in 1941, worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.  Click here for a wonderful blog entry by Melissa Kean dated June 26, 2017 after he had passed away.

Trivia Question:
As reported, the film Oppenheimer releases this week.  Name the chemical engineer with a BS from Rice who worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.  For a bonus point, name the Manhattan Project chemist who later became president of Rice.  Email your answer(s) here.