Guest Trivia Question:
Name the Rice football letterman whose stepson was inducted into the International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame this year.  For a bonus point, name the inductee.  Email your answer(s) here.

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Baylor, Rice and Texas are the three programs in the State of Texas to qualify for the NCAA Volleyball Tournament in each of the last five seasons. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

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First, Martin Kaplan (2) also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!

Name the three programs in the State of Texas to qualify for the NCAA Volleyball Tournament in each of the last five seasons.  One point for each program.  Email your answer(s) here.

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Rice defeated Colorado 28-14 in the 1938 Cotton Bowl.  Future Supreme Court justice Bryon “Whizzer” White threw a TD pass and returned an interception for another TD in a strong effort for the Buffaloes.  (Thanks, Tre Fischer!)

Tomorrow at 4:30 pm, Rice plays Colorado in the first round of the NCAA Volleyball Championship in Waco.  

Trivia Question:
Who did Rice defeat in the 1938 Cotton Bowl (played January 1, 1938)?  For a bonus point, name the future Supreme Court justice who threw a TD pass and returned an interception for another TD in a strong effort for the losers.  Email your answer(s) here.

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Carly Graham was named C-USA Volleyball Tournament MVP over the weekend. Before her, Anota Adekunle was the last Owl to be C-USA Volleyball Tournament MVP (in 2018).  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

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Which Owl was named C-USA Volleyball Tournament MVP over the weekend?  For a bonus point, name the last Owl to be C-USA Volleyball Tournament MVP before her.  Email your answer(s) here.

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Bill Bradley, who delivered the Rice commencement address in 1995, was a two-time NBA champion with the New York Knicks (1970 and 1973).  (Thanks, Mike Ross and Elizabeth Gillis!)

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Name the Rice commencement speaker who was a professional basketball player and won two NBA titles.  For a bonus point, name the team that he played for. Email your answer here.

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Kurt Vonnegut Jr, who delivered the Rice commencement address in 1988, was born on Armistice Day 1922 in Indianapolis and would have turned 100 on November 11 last week.  (Thanks, Mike Ross and Elizabeth Gillis!) 

Trivia Question:
Name the Rice commencement speaker who was born on Armistice Day 1922 in Indianapolis and would have turned 100 on November 11 last week. Email your answer here.

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Dominique Ennis is the current member of the Rice women’s basketball team whose brother Tyler played for the Rockets and other NBA teams.