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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
Vitamin A
Insulin
Q.2
Name the Parks College alumnus portrayed in an Academy Award-nominated performance by Ed Harris in the film Apollo 13.
Gene Kranz
Fred Haise
Jack Swigert
Ken Mattingly
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?
17
14
10
8
Q.4
What year did the Billiken become the University mascot?
2000
1911
1889
1944
Q.5
Name the 1985 Kevin Costner movie that includes scenes filmed on and around SLU’s campus?
Fandango
Shadows Run Black
American Flyers
No Way Out
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.
Meriwether Lewis
Davy Crockett
Daniel Boone
William Clark
Q.9
What Saint Louis University building is the only American memorial approved by the Pope himself?
The library
The student center
DuBourg Hall
College Church
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?
The current site of Chaifetz Arena
The quad
What is now the Busch Student Center
What is now the Doisy Research Center
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.
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.
William Francis Quinn, the first governor of the State of Hawaii.
Joseph P. Teasdale, 48th Governor of Missouri.
Q.12
Saint Louis University made what important contribution to the sport of football in 1906?
Reducing the field size to its modern dimensions.
The invention of zone blocking.
The invention of the forward pass.
Inventing the football helmet.
Q.13
In 1972, what medical procedure did SLU physicians perform for the first time in the Midwest?
Open heart surgery
Laser eye surgery
CT scan
Liposuction
Q.14
On what saint’s feast day did DuBourg Hall officially open in 1888?
St. Peter Claver
St. Francis Xavier
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
St. Ignatius Loyola
Q.15
What civil rights leader spoke at SLU only two days before he won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Farmer
John Lewis
Whitney Young
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