Trivia Question:
Name the Rice alum who ran the Houston Marathon for the 46th time earlier this month.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Question:
The 2021 trivia contest finished on Thursday, December 2.

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Ben Mayberry for the guest trivia quesion!

In the fall of 1975, Rice played a NCAA level short softball season.  Future Houston mayor Annise Parker ’78 played shortstop or first base on the team.  The team went 0-4.  Other teammates included Ben’s sister Martha '77 (third base) and Dena Gudahl '78 (outfield).  Read more here (August 21, 1975 The Rice Thresher, p. 7)   (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Way to go, David Gano, Peter Fasullo, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Bev Schorre, Guy Rollins, Sallie Schwall, Mike Ross (2), Bob Toone, Paul Reese, Ted Richard, Ann Bixby, Bryant Wilkinson, Clarke Anderson (2), Martha Mayberry Hoffman (2), Steve Lukingbeal and James Walker!

Final Trivia Leaderboards of the year tomorrow!

Guest Trivia Question:
Rice played NCAA level softball for one season.  What year?  For a bonus point, what future politician played on the team?  Email your answer(s) here

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Elizabeth Gillis for he guest trivia question!

On May 4, 2004, Chris “Gritman” Kolkhorst, who was a member of the 2003 College World Series team, was awarded his Rice diploma at a special ceremony on the field at Reckling Park by former Rice president Malcolm Gillis.  He earned “a BA in economics and managerial studies and amassed a 3.36 grade point average and a .348 batting average during his three years on South Main”.  Photo here.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

In other contemporaneous news, former Rice president Malcolm Gillis was planning to fight former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman in June as a fundraiser for Rice.  Read more here (May 21, 2004 The Rice Thresher, p. 1).  

Way to go, Peter Fasullo, Melinda Clark, Paul Reese, Clarke Anderson, Bob Reinhold, Mike Ross, Bob Toone, Ann Bixby and James Walker!

Last trivia question of the year tomorrow!

Guest Trivia Question:
What former Rice baseball player, who was a member of the 2003 College World Series team, was awarded his Rice diploma at a special ceremony on the field at Reckling Park by former Rice  president Malcolm Gillis in May, 2004?  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
Germaine (Petry) Franco ‘84/’87 was the first Latina to join the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  Today is the release date of her latest movie, the Disney animated movie Encanto.  The songs in Encanto were written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and accompanied by her musical scoring.  (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)

Click here for a photo of Germaine with several fellow Rice “Mobsters”, circa 1979.  (Thanks, Grungy!)

Way to go, Bev Schorre (2), Art Gottschalk (2), Bob Toone (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Melinda Clark (2), Ann Bixby (2), Grungy (2), Scott Wise (2), Dan Hyde (2), Dennis Carnes, John Montana (2), Paul Reese (2), Joe Graves (2), Kathleen Boyd (2), Betty Bixby (2), Guy Rollins (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Richard Avant (2), Bill Allison (2), Walt Greenberg, Sallie Schwall (2), Bob Reinhold (2), James Walker (2), Ted Richard (2), Mike Ross (2) and Bryan Domning! 

Next trivai question next Tuesday, November 30!

Trivia Question:
Name the first Latina to join the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  For a bonus point, name her latest movie being released into theatres tomorrow.  Email your answer(s) here.

Trivia Answer:
Former Rice volleyball player Shelby Livingstone is the daughter of Baylor president Linda Livingstone and Rice soccer player Shelby DesRoches is the daughter of incoming Rice president Reginald DesRoches. (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Melinda Clark, Nancy Bailey, George Dethlefsen, Ann Bixby, Bev Schorre, Art Gottschalk, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Martha Proctor Gano, Jimmy Disch, Scott Wise, Matt Moake, Clarke Anderson, Steve Lukingbeal, Bill Allison, Russell Henderson, Ted Richard, Richard Zansitis, Dennis Carnes, Walt Greenberg, Nancy Eubank, Richard Avant, Joel Gilbert, George Wagner, Jim Woodruff, Paul Reese, Bryant Wilkinson, Dan Hyde, Joe Graves, Cary Gray, Bob Reinhold, Betty Bixby, James Walker, Larry Nettles, Joan Krajca-Radcliffe, Chris Kohnhorst, Mike Ross, Guy Rollins, Nancy Burch and Sallie Schwall!

Next trivia question next Tuesday!

Trivia Question:
There are two Rice student-athletes, one current and one former, with a parent who is either a current president or an incoming president of a university in Texas.  What is the first name that these two Rice student-athletes share in common?  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
Lou Brock, who attended Southern University, was the first player from an Historically Black College & University to be enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, according to a Southern University release.  (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)

Last night, the Owls men’s basketball team defeated the Jaguars, 81-63, at Tudor Fieldhouse. 

Way to go, Art Gottschalk, Bob Toone, John Montana, Martha Proctor Gano, David Ownby, Bev Schorre, Betty Bixby, Walt Greenberg, Bill Allison, Ted Richard, James Walker, Paul Reese, Greg Williams, Bob Reinhold, Chris Kohnhorst, Mike Ross, Bryant Wilkinson, Joe Graves, Richard Avant, Sallie Schwall, Ann Bixby, Melinda Clark and Clarke Anderson!

Next trivia question tomorrow!

Trivia Question:
Name the first player from an Historically Black College & University to be enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.  Email your answer here.