June 14, 2022
Trivia Question:
Name the relative of a former Rice baseball player who was the winning pitcher in a Super Regional game over the weekend. Email your answer here.
Trivia Question:
Name the relative of a former Rice baseball player who was the winning pitcher in a Super Regional game over the weekend. Email your answer here.
Trivia Answer:
Twenty years ago this week, Rice swept LSU in a Super Regional at Reckling Park with back-to-back complete game shutouts thrown by Steven Herce and Justin Crowder. For the series, the two Owls pitchers limited the Tigers to a .136 batting average and struck out 16 batters. (Thanks, Mike Ross and Jim Woodward!)
Trivia Question:
Twenty years ago this week, Rice swept LSU in a Super Regional at Reckling Park. Name the two winning Owls pitchers. One point for each. Email your answer(s) here.
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Florida State – at 44 in a row - owns the longest active streak of appearances in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Seminoles have never won a CWS national championship. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the school that owns the longest active streak of appearances in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. For a bonus point, how many CWS national championships has the school won? Email your answer(s) here.
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In 1969, roommates Warren Skaaren ‘69 and Ron Bozman ’69 were Rice Student Association President and Vice-President, respectively. In 1991, Ron won an Academy Award as one of the producers of “The Silence of the Lambs”. In 2016, he was an ARA Distinguished Alumni honoree. (Thanks, Mike Ross and Jim Woodward!)
Trivia Question:
As reported yesterday, Warren Skaaren ‘69 was president of the Rice Student Association in 1969 during the Masterson Affair. Name the Rice Student Association Vice President at that time. For a bonus point, for what movie did he win an Academy Award? Email your answer(s) here.
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Warren Skaaren ‘69 was credited as the associate producer of the original Top Gun movie released in 1986.
Trivia Question:
Name the Rice grad who was credited as the associate producer of the original Top Gun movie released in 1986. Email your answer here.
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Incoming Rice Board of Trustee member Lori Whitten is not a member of the R Association.
Trivia Question:
Rice will begin the next academic year with four new Board of Trustee members. Name the only one of the four who is not a member of the R Association. Email your answer here.
Trivia Answer:
Colin Matheny is a member of the 2003 Rice baseball national championship team and a two-time member (2017, 2021) of the Strake Jesuit Athletic Hall of Honor. Presently, he serves as Director of Advancement at Strake Jesuit. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)