How’s Your ODU IQ?

With the close of Old Dominion’s 75th anniversary year (2005-06), we thought it would be appropriate to give the following final as an opportunity for alumni to show off their alma mater knowledge. Prizes will be awarded to those with the highest scores. This is not an open-book (or open Web site) test, so you’re on the honor system. (Winners will be announced in the next issue.) Answers may be mailed, faxed or e-mailed, and must be received by Aug. 11, 2006. Be sure to include your full name, class year and address. Send your answers to: Steve Daniel, 100 Koch Hall, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529; fax (757-683-5501); e-mail (sdaniel@odu.edu).

2. What percentage of ODU alumni live in Hampton Roads?
A. 62 percent
B. 42 percent
C. 52 percent
D. 32 percent

3. Which ODU president has won international awards for poetry?
A. Al Rollins
B. James Bugg
C. Roseann Runte
D. James Koch

4. Who is the former dean of students who served 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives before returning to teach at Old Dominion in 1987?
A. Bill Spong
B. Dana Burnett
C. Bill Whitehurst
D. Rufus Tonelson

5. What former off-campus restaurant had a sign above the bar proclaiming it as the “Cultural Center of the Universe” and featured Carl’s Death Sauce, the creation of Carl Boyd, professor emeritus of history?
A. Mr. T’s
B. Taco Bell
C. Mi Hogar
D. Friar Tuck’s

6. In what year did the Lady Monarchs basketball team not win a national championship?
A. 1979
B. 1980
C. 1985
D. 1997

7. What band packed Foreman Field on Aug. 17, 1974?
A. Beach Boys
B. Rolling Stones
C. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
D. Allman Brothers

8. In 1965, Old Dominion became the first school in Virginia to offer a scholarship of any kind to an African American student. Who was this student, who received a scholarship for basketball?
A. Arthur “Buttons” Speaks
B. Oliver Purnell
C. Mark West
D. Ronnie Valentine

9. Who has not been an ODU commencement speaker?
A. Tommy Newsom ’48
B. George Allen
C. Bill Cosby
D. Mr. Rogers

10. Who is considered the Father of Old Dominion University?
A. J.A.C. Chandler
B. Lewis Webb
C. Albert Foreman
D. Joseph Healy

11. When Old Dominion gained its independence from William and Mary and became a four-year college in 1962, who was named as the first rector of its board?
A. Rufus Tonelson
B. H. Edgar Timmerman
C. Frank Batten
D. Tommy Scott

12. What was the name of the student bar that opened in the back of Webb Center in 1979?
A. Bud’s Place
B. The Rathskeller
C. The Blue and White
D. 4400 Club

13. Rhodes Scholar Samantha Salvia ’96 was an All-American in what sport?
A. Basketball
B. Swimming
C. Lacrosse
D. Field hockey

14. Who was ODU’s first winner of an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia?
A. Karen Polonko
B. Gregory Selby
C. Nancy Bazin
D. John Toomey

15. What member of the English department faculty had a novel selected by Oprah’s Book Club shortly before joining the university?
1A. Mike Pearson
B. Janet Peery
C. Phil Raisor
D. Sheri Reynolds

16. The following statement refers to which former ODU first lady: Her chicken salad was “the cement that held this campus together.”
A. Louise Marchello
B. Virginia Rice Webb
C. Donna Koch
D. Anne Bugg

17. Which former Lady Monarch, who has since been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, earned the nickname Lady Magic?
A. Ticha Penicheiro
B. Anne Donovan
C. Nancy Lieberman
D. Inge Nissen

18. What ODU alumnus and former professor is a world-renowned scholar of Thomas Jefferson?
A. Alan Harris
B. James McNally
C. Franklin Ross Jones
D. Alf Mapp

19. Which of the following was not a part of the Administration Building (now Rollins Hall), when it opened in 1936?
A. Swimming pool
B. Eight lecture rooms
C. Cafeteria
D. Gymnasium

20. An Old Dominion graduate is the mayor of which of the following Hampton Roads cities?
A. Norfolk
B. Portsmouth
C. Virginia Beach
D. Chesapeake