Trivia Thursday

Who's ready for Trivia Thursday? 

They'll all be multiple choice questions, and the answers will be at the end. You'll have to keep your own score, which you can email to TigerBlog at jprice@princeton.edu if you like. 

The Princeton University Honor Code applies here, by the way. 

And with that ... 

1. Which former Princeton quarterback holds the Ivy League record for passing yards in a season with 3,474? 
A) Doug Butler
B) Jason Garrett
C) Chad Kanoff
D) John Lovett

2. The Princeton women's lacrosse record for career goals has been broken three times in the last eight years, by Olivia Hompe and Kyla Sears and then last year by McKenzie Blake. Prior to that, the record had stood since before the Year 2000. Who held it? 
A) Crista Samaras
B) Lisa Rebane
C) Natalie Bocock
D) Emily Goodfellow 

3. Princeton has won a total of 36 Olympic gold medals. Which sport has accounted for the most? 
A) Rowing
B) Swimming
C) Track and Field
D) Fencing

4. Who is the only head coach to be the Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year and Coach of the Year, all at Princeton? 
A) Sabrina King
B) Mitch Henderson
C) Jim Barlow
D) Maureen Davies

5) Which of the following players did not score an overtime goal in an NCAA men's lacrosse championship game?
A) Andy Moe
B) Kevin Lowe
C) Jesse Hubbard
D) Ryan Boyle

6) Which current Princeton athlete is NOT the child of a former Ivy League athlete? 
A) Beth Yeager
B) Peter Buonanno
C) Jake Koonin
D) Maia Weintraub

7) Princeton has had five players win Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year in basketball. Of these five, who had the most career points scored?
A) Ellie Mitchell
B) Myles Stephens
C) Lauren Polansky
D) Kareem Maddox
C) Amir Bell

8) When Pat Glory won the 2013 NCAA wrestling championship at 125 pounds, from which Big Ten school was his opponent in the final? 
A) Ohio State
B) Iowa
C) Penn State
D) Purdue 

9) Kenneth Fairman was the first official Director of Athletics at Princeton (and later mayor of Princeton). What did Fairman do during World War II?
A) Tank Commander
B) War Correspondent 
C) Tail Gunner 
D) Infantry

10) Which of the following athletes did NOT win the Roper Trophy as the top senior male athlete? 
A) Bill Bradley
B) Dick Kazmaier
C) Cosmo Iacavazzi
D) Craig Masback

11) While Princeton Stadium was under construction in 1997, Princeton played eight road games and two neutral site games. Which two of these facilities hosted a 1997 Princeton football game?
A) Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
B) Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia
C) Lions Stadium at the College of New Jersey 
D) Yankee Stadium
E) Kean Alumni Stadium at Kean University

12) Which of the following movies/shows does NOT feature a main character who is referred to as a Princeton athlete? 
A) Meet Me In St. Louis
B) This Side Of Paradise
C) South Pacific
D) The Caine Mutiny

13) Which of the following women was NOT a three-sport letterwinner at Princeton? 
A) Amanda Pfeiffer
B) Amie Knox
C) Karen Konigsberg
D) Demer Holleran

14) Bill Carmody, who went to Union, is the only non-Princeton grad to be the men's basketball team head coach since 1961. Which Princeton alum coached Carmody at Union? 
A) Butch van Breda Kolff
B) Jake McCandless
C) Gary Walters
D) Eddie Donovan

15) Princeton played in the first college football game, against Rutgers in 1869. Football, though, was actually the second varsity sport at Princeton. Which was first? 
A) Rowing
B) Track and Field
C) Tennis
D) Baseball 

And the answers ... 

1. Chad Kanoff (he's also Princeton's career leader and fifth in Ivy history with 7,514)
2. Crista Samaras (who graduated in 1999 with 189 goals)
3. Rowing (6)
4. Jim Barlow (Sabrina was Player of the Year and Coach of the Year)
5. Ryan Boyle (though he did assist on one)
6. Maia Weintraub
7. Myles Stephens (1,346)
8. Purdue (Matt Ramos)
9. Tank Commander (impressive)
10. Dick Kazmaier (though he did win the Heisman Trophy)
11. Giants Stadium and Lions Stadium (Yale at Giants Stadium, Fordham at Lions Stadium)
12. This Side of Paradise (which was never made into a movie)
13. Amanda Pfeiffer (though she was great at two of them — softball and hockey)
14. Gary Walters (who also hired Carmody 20 years later to replace Pete Carril)
15. Baseball (dating to Nov. 22, 1864, when Princeton defeated Williams 27-16)