Tiger Trivia Challenge

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1. Who was the longest-serving alumnus in the U.S. Senate?

A. J. Donald Cameron 1852

B. Claiborne Pell ’40

C. Paul Sarbanes ’54

2. Which of the following alumni has not hosted Saturday Night Live?

A. Ralph Nader ’55

B. David Duchovny ’82

C. Brooke Shields ’87

3. Which future Supreme Court justice made headlines in 1995 by effectively ending a labor dispute between Major League Baseball’s owners and players?

A. Samuel Alito ’72

B. Sonia Sotomayor ’76

C. Elena Kagan ’81

4. What was the given first name of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, Class of 1917?

A. Francis

B. Frederick

C. Franklin

5. Which of these three recent Nobel Prize winners also served as a consultant on the Oscar-winning 2014 film Interstellar?

A. Frances Arnold ’79

B. Oliver Hart *74

C. Kip Thorne *65

6. Which alumnus received the National Medal of Arts in 2009?

A. Roger Berlind ’52

B. Frank Stella ’58

C. Ethan Coen ’79

ANSWERS:

1. B. — Pell, a Rhode Island Democrat, served for 36 years.
2. C. — Shields was scheduled to host in 1981, but the show was cancelled due to a writers’ strike.
3. B. — PAW’s headline about the case read, “Sonia Sotomayor ’76 Rescues America’s Pastime.”
4. A. — Fitzgerald was named for a famous relative, Francis Scott Key.
5. C. — When visual-effects artist Paul Franklin accepted the Oscar, he gave Thorne special recognition, calling him “one of the smartest people on Earth.”
6. B. — Stella burst onto the art scene shortly after graduation and has made enduring works as a painter, printmaker, and sculptor.