June 8, 2022
Trivia Answer:
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 Answer:
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.
Trivia Answer:
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.
Trivia Answer:
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.
Trivia Answer:
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!)
Trivia Question:
Name the member of the 2003 Rice baseball national championship team who is also a member of the Strake Jesuit Athletic Hall of Honor. Email your answer here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Susan Zimmerman for the guest trivia question!
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the late United States Supreme Court Justice who, as a law school student, was editor of the Harvard Law Review and the Columbia Law Review. Email your answer here.