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One-time Austin resident Sanda Bullock, who graduated from East Carolina in 1987, won an Academy Award in 2010 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for The Blind Side. Tomorrow, Owls football hosts the Pirates at Rice Stadium.
Trivia Question:
First, my apologies to Art Gottschalk who also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!
Name the East Carolina graduate and one-time Austin resident who won an Academy Award. Email your answer here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Bob Reinhold and Mike Ross for the guest trivia question!
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the former Rice football player who was the bombardier on the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Email your answer here. (Please note there may be a delay in my acknowledging your answer today.)
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Tony LaRussa, who graduated from the University of South Florida in 1969, won three World Series titles as manager – 1989 (Oakland A’s) and 2006 and 2011 (St. Louis Cardinals). On Saturday, Bulls football hosts the Owls in Tampa. (Thanks, Ann Bixby, Brian Lattimer and Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
First, Paul Dishman and Wes Griggs also correctly answered last Thursday’s trivia question!
Name the lawyer who won three World Series titles as manager. Email your answer here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Clark Anderson for the guest trivia question!
In fact, there are 2 sets of 3 siblings on a Rice student-athlete roster this year: William, Davis and Caroline Thames and Maddie, Grace and Maggie Forbes.
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the three siblings on a roster to compete as Rice student-athletes this year. One point for each sibling. Email your answer(s) here.
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Jim Castaneda graduated from Drew University summa cum laude in Spanish, enjoyed a brief stint in the Baltimore Orioles farm system and eventually coached the Owls golf team for fifteen years. On November 1, 2008 he passed away – click here for the obituary. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
First, my apologies to Clarke Anderson who also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!
Who graduated from Drew University summa cum laude in Spanish, enjoyed a brief stint in the Baltimore Orioles farm system and eventually coached the Owls golf team for fifteen years? Email your answer here.
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Before Saturday night against Houston, the last Power Five opponent defeated by Rice football was Kansas on September 14, 2013.
Trivia Question:
Before Saturday night against Houston, name the last Power Five opponent defeated by Rice football. For a bonus point, when was the game played? Email your answer(s) here.