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Q.1
Dr. Edward A. Doisy, a 1943 Nobel Prize-winning Saint Louis University teacher and researcher, won that prize for making what discovery?
The first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis
Vitamin K
Insulin
Vitamin A
Q.2
Name the Parks College alumnus portrayed in an Academy Award-nominated performance by Ed Harris in the film Apollo 13.
Gene Kranz
Ken Mattingly
Jack Swigert
Fred Haise
Q.3
The Saint Louis University men’s soccer team has won more national championships than any other NCAA Division I soccer program. How many has the team won?
8
17
14
10
Q.4
What year did the Billiken become the University mascot?
1911
2000
1944
1889
Q.5
Name the 1985 Kevin Costner movie that includes scenes filmed on and around SLU’s campus?
American Flyers
Shadows Run Black
No Way Out
Fandango
Q.6
Why did Oliver Parks donate his aviation college to Saint Louis University in 1946?
He graduated from SLU.
His son attended SLU.
His favorite uncle was a Jesuit.
Jesuit priests nursed him back to help after a flight accident.
Q.7
When the architectural plans for DuBourg Hall were sent to Rome for final approval back in the 1880s (as was required at the time), the Vatican caught a major design flaw. What was it?
There were no fire escapes.
There were no bathrooms.
There was only one exterior door.
It didn't have a fleur-de-lis.
Q.8
This famous explorer enrolled two of his sons in Saint Louis Academy (the original name of Saint Louis University) for a time in the 1820s. Name him.
William Clark
Davy Crockett
Daniel Boone
Meriwether Lewis
Q.9
What Saint Louis University building is the only American memorial approved by the Pope himself?
The student center
The library
College Church
DuBourg Hall
Q.10
To accommodate the influx of students after World War II, the University purchased seven Quonset huts that were used as classrooms. Where were these “quonset classrooms” located?
What is now the Doisy Research Center
What is now the Busch Student Center
The current site of Chaifetz Arena
The quad
Q.11
Who is the only person who attended Saint Louis University ever to appear on a U.S. coin?
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, son of Native American guide Sacagawea.
William Francis Quinn, the first governor of the State of Hawaii.
Robert E. Hannegan, a St. Louis, Missouri politician and one-time Cardinals owner who served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and United States Postmaster General in the 1940s.
Joseph P. Teasdale, 48th Governor of Missouri.
Q.12
Saint Louis University made what important contribution to the sport of football in 1906?
The invention of zone blocking.
Inventing the football helmet.
The invention of the forward pass.
Reducing the field size to its modern dimensions.
Q.13
In 1972, what medical procedure did SLU physicians perform for the first time in the Midwest?
Laser eye surgery
Liposuction
Open heart surgery
CT scan
Q.14
On what saint’s feast day did DuBourg Hall officially open in 1888?
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
St. Francis Xavier
St. Peter Claver
St. Ignatius Loyola
Q.15
What civil rights leader spoke at SLU only two days before he won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize?
James Farmer
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whitney Young
John Lewis
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