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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

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

A. Ralph Nader ’55

B. David Duchovny ’82

C. Brooke Shields ’87

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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

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

A. Francis

B. Frederick

C. Franklin

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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

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

A. Roger Berlind ’52

B. Frank Stella ’58

C. Ethan Coen ’79

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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.