Some Penn State Trivia

On Sunday, we had a great mini-reunion of Penn Staters. Old friends, spouses, and roughly a million kids came from Pittsburgh, Philly, State College, and all over the Susquehanna Valley to the Davis home in Palmyra for some quality catch-up time, food, AND some high stakes trivia. (PSU prizes up for grabs). We really cherish our PSU friends and were blessed by their heartfelt prayers for us. I promised I would post the trivia. We had 3 categories: Penn State football; State College/Penn State trivia; and ACF in the ’90s.The runaway winner was Rob Watts (big surprise).The football questions I pulled off of facebook (the green ones are correct), and the other ones I cobbled together from Google searches.

Penn State Football Trivia

1. Since the last expansion was completed before the 2001 season, What was the lowest attendance for a home game?

 

Akron, 2004 (25%)

 

USF, 2005 (13%)

 

Cincinnati, 2005 (21%)

 

Temple,2003 (41%)

 

 

2. How many yards did Austin Scott rush for in the 2006 Orange Bowl against Florida State when he replaced Tony Hunt?

 

	134 (28%)
	109 (33%)
	110 (37%)
	87 (3%)

 

3. What quarterback did Kerry Collins beat out for the starting position in 1993?
	Tony Sacca (25%)
	Mike Knizner (14%)
>	John Sacca (33%)
	Wally Richardson (29%)

 

4. Who has been Penn State’s final regular season opponent since joining the Big Ten Conference?

Michigan (5%)

>

Michigan State (86%)

 

Ohio State (8%)

 

Pittsburgh (0%)

 

5. In numerous interviews, linebacker Paul Posluszny has mentioned 2 former Nittany Lions that he idolized growing up. Who were they?
	Todd Blackledge and Larry Johnson (6%)
	Kerry Collins and Ki-Jana Carter (13%)
	Jack Ham and Franco Harris (53%)
>	LaVar Arrington and Brandon Short (29%)

 

6. True or False: Michigan State has never defeated Penn State at Beaver Stadium since the Land Grant Trophy series began.

Answer Choices

	True (63%)
>	False (38%)

 

7. How many quarterback sacks did the offensive line of the undefeated 1994 Penn State team allow during the season?

Answer Choices

	4 (58%)
>	10 (32%)
	16 (8%)
	18 (1%)

 

8. Which current PSU wide receiver has a father that coaches the safeties for PSU?

Answer Choices

	Deon Butler (9%)
	Terrell Golden (17%)
	Derrick Williams (13%)
>	Jordan Norwood (61%)

 

9. Who scored the touchdown on a fake field goal to ice the Snow Game against Michigan in 1995?

Answer Choices

	Curtis Enis (22%)
	Joe Nastasi (52%)
	Wally Richardson (13%)
>	Freddie Scott (14%)

 

10. Who did Penn State play when the attendance record was broken for Beaver Stadium?

Answer Choices

	Ohio State (20%)
>	Nebraska (73%)
	Michigan (5%)
	USC (2%)

 

State College/Penn State University Trivia

 

1.  This now-defunct restaurant used to boast “burritos as big as your head!”

(La Bamba)

 

2.  What was the original name of the place where students donate plasma as often as 4/month? (Sera-Tec)

 

3. True or False: There are no sorority houses in State College because the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania still has laws against brothels which forbid more than 6 unrelated females living together.   (False)

 

4. Which actor on Star Trek: The Next Generation was a Penn State graduate?

a) LeVar Burton—Lt. Commander Giordi Laforge

b) Patrick Stewart—Captain Jean-Luc Picard

c) Jonathan Frakes—Commander William Riker–correct

d) Michael Dorn—Lt. Worf (the Klingon dude)

 

5. In the 1960s, these four buildings on the University Park campus had something in common: Hammond Building, East Halls, Chambers Building, and Old Main. Which of the following characteristics did they all share?

a. fallout shelters in case of nuclear attack
b. radio relay stations for police or national guard in case of campus unrest
c. use of stone that had been part of previous campus structures
d. only major academic buildings NOT equipped with vending machines

ANSWER:
a. fallout shelters in case of nuclear attack. They were fully stocked with food, water, and emergency supplies.

6. The father of which of the following well known actresses is a Penn State graduate?

a. Kirstie Alley
b. Lauren Graham
c. Molly Ringwald
d. Jennifer Aniston

ANSWER: 
d. Jennifer Aniston, whose father, actor John Aniston, graduated from Penn State in 1955 and is perhaps best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on the daytime TV series Days of our Lives.

 

7. Which politically connected individuals graduated from Penn State University?

a) Valerie Plame Wilson ‘85 — U.S. CIA Officer; identified and outed by syndicated columnist Robert Novak in 2003, which caused the political controversy “Spygate”

b) Thomas Ridge ’72g — Former governor of Pennsylvania and first director of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush

c) Hugh Rodham and Hugh Rodham ’35, ’72 — Father and brother of Hillary Rodham Clinton respectively

d) Rick Santorum ’80, ’86g — Former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, now a Fox News contributor

Answer: All of the above!  

 

8. This former PSU men’s basketball player is also an outspoken Christian

a) Titus Ivory

b) Pete Lisicky

c) Joe Crispin–correct

d) John Amaechi

 

9. Name the park/playground that JoePa’s house backs up to.

(Sunset Park)

 

10. True or False: Beaver Stadium is the largest stadium in the United States?

TRUE! Beaver Stadium has a capacity of 107,282, making it the largest stadium in the United States at least until 2010, when the renovation of Michigan Stadium is planned to be complete. (It was announced on March 11, 2008 that Michigan Stadium, previously the largest, will have a capacity roughly 1,300 less than in 2007 as a result of an accessibility-related lawsuit)

 

ACF in the ‘90s Trivia

 

1. The original name of the Guys house on Beaver Avenue was:

a) 622 Manly Zoo

b) 622 Motley Crue

c) 622 Male Revue–correct

d) “Your Mom’s”

 

2. This ACF elder punched a hole in a wall at a retreat center during a Penn State loss to Northwestern?   (Alex Leighton)

 

3. At a Christmas Banquet, Pete inadvertently referred to a poinsettia plant as what transitory part of the human reproductive system?   (Placenta–we now realize he was very sleep-deprived at the time due to the birth of their firstborn)

 

4. What does the acronym “AWS” stand for?

(If you don’t know I’m not telling you).

 

5. Which sermon analogy did Pete get teased the most for?

The Chicken’s Sister

(also accepting the Cantaloupe)

 

6. Some guys used to call the A-House this alternative nickname:

a) The Mansion

b) The Brothel

c) The A-Hole–(correct)

d) The Dump

 

7.  Quite a few ACFers went out of duty to the concert for this Christian recording artist at Bryce Jordan Center because it was free and they were afraid no one would show up; the arena ended up being packed.  (Carman)

 

8. Name 3 bands that came in for outreach concerts at Penn State

(Third Day, Sixpence, The Choir, Black-Eyed Sceva, and many more)

 

9. Name the Retreat speaker who came to both speak on and lead in worship, and ended up inducing a worship conga line?

(Mike Cannon)

 

10. True or False: ACF is the best campus fellowship group at Penn State

(True)