November 6, 2025
Trivia Question:
Name the two brothers on the Rice football roster. One point for each. Email your answer(s) here.
Trivia Question:
Name the two brothers on the Rice football roster. One point for each. Email your answer(s) here.
Trivia Answer:
Anthony Rendon homered in game 7 of the 2019 World Series. Max Scherzer and George Springer played in that game as well as last Saturday night’s game 7 of the 2025 World Series. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the Owl who homered in a game 7 of a World Series. In the same game, two players participated who also participated in last Saturday night’s game 7 of the 2025 World Series. For a bonus point each, name them. Email your answer(s) here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Bryan Guido Hassin for the guest trivia question!
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the two Rice faculty members who have been elected to all three national academies: The National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine. One point for each. Email your answer(s) here.
Trivia Answer:
D’Andre Hardeman Sr, the father of Rice freshman football player D’Andre Hardeman Jr, was a running back for the Aggies. His son plays the same position and scored his first career touchdown for the Owls on Saturday against UConn. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the Rice freshman football player whose father played the same position for the Texas A&M football team as his son does for the Owls. Email your answer here.
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Four-year Rice football letterman Eddie Dyer ’36 (1918-19-20-21) managed the St Louis Cardinals to a World Series title in 1946. He also lettered in baseball and track at Rice, winning the Southwest Conference championship in the broad jump in 1921. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
The World Series between Los Angeles and Toronto starts today. Danny Lehmann is the Bench Coach for the Dodgers.
Trivia Question:
First, Josh Schaffer and Scott Wise also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!
Name the four-year Rice football letterman who won a World Series ring as a manager. Email your answer here.
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Last week, Indiana’s Curt Cignetti, who was quarterbacks coach at Rice in 1986-88, became one of the top ten highest paid head coaches in college football with an average annual salary of $11.6 million. Read more. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)