The 2010 Penn State Trivia Quiz

The 2010 Penn State Trivia Quiz

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The Penn State Blue Band, "green" report cards and Shields Building are all part of the 2010 edition of the annual Penn State holiday quiz. See if you can measure up to the trivia experts in the Office of University Relations who developed this year’s tester by taking this 12-question challenge. rue blue-and-white Penn Staters use brains, not search engines, to arrive at the correct answers.

  1. 1

    Penn State alumnus Leidy D. Zern (class of 1927) discovered and patented a successful process that made possible:

  2. 2

    A recent survey listed Penn State, Johns Hopkins, Princeton and UC-Santa Cruz as the top schools for published research in which field?

  3. 3

    In addition to their Penn State baccalaureate degrees, what do alumni Mark Parker, John Surma, and Patricia Woertz have in common?

  4. 4

    What is a Penn State Cwen?

  5. 5

    The year 1972 was memorable for the Penn State Blue Band because it

  6. 6

    Upon launching the public phase of its capital campaign this year, Penn State became one of how many universities nationally to be engaged in campaigns with goals of $2 billion or more?

  7. 7

    Eric Walker, an internationally distinguished scientist and engineer who was Penn State’s president from 1956 to 1970, after his retirement acknowledged his involvement in which of the following:

  8. 8

    Penn State Berks alumna Allison Baver achieved fame in 2010 when she

  9. 9

    One of these is located near the West Campus Steam Plant, one near Shields Building, and one on Old Main lawn. What are they?

  10. 10

    Cumberland Posey was Penn State's first African American student to participate in varsity athletics (basketball, 1910-11). He later earned what distinction?

  11. 11

    Penn State's master plan for energy efficiency/conservation recently earned an A in recycling on a national report card. How many tons of all types waste product did the University recycle last year?

  12. 12

    Penn State’s December 2009 commencement ceremonies included the awarding of eight degrees that were among the first to be conferred by the University in what field?

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