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First, thanks to Scott Wise for the guest trivia question!

Chemist Max Roy, who earned a BA (1931) and MA (1933) from Rice and a PhD (1937) from the University of Illinois Urbana, worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos and became director of the Explosives Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1946.  Also, he funded the Max Roy Scholarship at Rice.

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The film Oppenheimer releases this week.  Name the chemist with a BA and MA from Rice who worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.  Email your answer here. 

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In 1996, Jeff Venghaus was the first Owl drafted by the Marlins.  

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JT Chargois and Dane Myers are the first Owls to play for the Marlins.  Name the first Owl to be drafted by the team.  For a bonus point, name another Owl drafted by the Marlins.  Email your answer(s) here.

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The first two teammates to ever go back-to-back in the first round of the Rule 4 draft were Jeff Niemann and Philip Humber when they were selected third and fourth overall in 2004.  Interestingly, Wade Townsend was selected eighth in same first round.  (Thanks, Mike Ross and Andy Williams!)

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The selection on Sunday of LSU Tigers Paul Skenes first and Dylan Crews second overall is the third time that teammates have been drafted back-to-back in the first round of the Rule 4 Draft.  Name the first two teammates to ever go back-to-back in the first round.  One point for each.  Email your answer here.

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Two-time Rice W basketball letterwinner Jenn Rigg Kneale ’02 (2001-2) is a current member of the Rice Board of Trustees.  Interestingly, fellow Board of Trustee member Brandy Hays Morrison ’00/MBA ’05 was a student manager for Rice W basketball.  Click here for the full Rice Board of Trustees.

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Correction:  Robert Curl ‘54 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry which he shared with Rick Smalley and Harold Kroto in 1996, not 1966 as I erroneously reported yesterday. 

Name the two-time Rice basketball letterwinner who is a current member of the Rice Board of Trustees.  Email your answer here.

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In 1996, Robert Curl ‘54 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry which he shared with Rick Smalley and Harold Kroto.  He passed away a year ago this week (July 3, 2022).  Read more.  (Thanks, Elizabeth Gillis and Martin Kaplan!)

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Name the Rice graduate who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.  Email your answer here.

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On June 14, 2003, Rice and Southwest Missouri State kna Missouri State combined to leave the fewest players on base – three - in a College World Series game.  Jeff Niemann was the winning pitcher and David Aardsma recorded the save.  Read more.  (Thanks, Clarke Anderson and Mike Ross!)

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The fewest players left on base by two teams in a College World Series game is three.  One point each for the two teams involved.  For a bonus point, name the winning pitcher.  For another bonus point, name the pitcher who recorded the save.  Email your answer(s) here.