November 21, 2023
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the Marvel Comics superhero who graduated from Rice. Email your answer here.
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the Marvel Comics superhero who graduated from Rice. Email your answer here.
Trivia Answer:
Golfer Extraordinaire Bobby Jones earned a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech in 1922, an AB in English Literature from Harvard in 1924 and passed the bar in 1928 after three semesters of law school at Emory. Last night, Georgia Tech W Basketball edged Rice, 78-75, at Tudor Fieldhouse.
Trivia Question:
Who earned a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech, an AB in English Literature from Harvard and passed the bar after three semesters of law school at Emory? Email your answer here.
Trivia Answer:
Tom C Clark, who earned his bachelor and law degrees from UT Austin in 1921 and 1922, respectively, was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Tonight, UT Basketball hosts Rice in Austin.
Trivia Question:
Name the University of Texas at Austin graduate who served on the United States Supreme Court. Email your answer here.
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Born in San Saba, two-year Harvard Football letterman Tommy Lee Jones ’69 (1967-68) won an Academy Award in 1994 for his supporting role in “The Fugitive”. Tonight, Rice Basketball hosts Harvard at Tudor Fieldhouse.
Trivia Question:
Name the Texas-born two-year Harvard Football letterman with an Academy Award. Email your answer here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Sandy and George Shipley for the guest trivia question!
Trivia Answer:
Dick McKissack, the great grandfather of Rice football player Jack Bradley, is in the SMU Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a standout fullback for SMU during the Doak Walker era. Tomorrow, Rice football hosts SMU at Rice Stadium. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the Rice football player whose great grandfather Dick McKissack is in the SMU Athletic Hall of Fame. Email your answer here.
Trivia Answer:
Former Rice baseball player Brock Holt hit for the cycle while playing for the Boston Red Sox on October 8, 2018 vs the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the ALDS. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)