Concrete
Canoeing
Campus
Captains & PLs
Competition
100

What is the primary ingredient in Portland Cement?

Lime

100

What is the ridge on the bottom of a canoe called?

The Keel

100

Where is the "Genesis" canoe displayed?

The Karmann Library

100

What captain has played the french horn for 9 years before pursuing concrete canoe career?

Who is Josh Blair
100

Where is this year's competition being held?

North Dakota

200

What is the unit weight of standard reinforced concrete in lb/ft3?

150 lb/ft³

200

What type of canoe race consists of navigating markers set in the water?

A slalom

200

What NFL team practiced at the UW-Platteville campus?

The Bears

200

Which captain/lead has two steel rods in their back, and has a pet gecko?

Elizabeth Kuckuk

200

What does WGL stand for?

Western Great Lakes

300

What does SCM stand for?

Supplementary Cementous Materials

300

What is the most common material used for racing canoe paddles?

Carbon fiber

300

What campus building is the furthest walk from SQH?

Ullsvik Hall

300

Which captain/lead has a high school graduating class of 1?

Nick Zignego

300

What year did UW-Platteville host the Concrete Canoe Nationals?

2023

400

Which concrete mix material is used for high strength concrete, which is also a typically purple color?

Silica Fume

400

What country won the most gold metals in canoeing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?

New Zealand

400

Which building has the unobjectively worst room numbering system?

Ottensman Hall

400

Which captain/ lead was the only person in their sixth-grade class who didn't qualify for the spelling bee.

Who is Zach?

400

What decade was the first WGL Concrete Canoe competition?

1970's (1971)

500

What type of damage does air entrainer reduce?

Freeze-thaw damage

500

What is the world record for most people in a single canoe (to the nearest 10th)

~140 people (143)

500

What is the name of the canoe displayed in the materials lab?

The Flying Dutchman

500

Which captain/lead got 2nd place in an elementary school geography bee and cried behind a bookshelf in the school library for 20 minutes after losing?

Who is Grant Pinkowski

500

What is our regionals bus driver's name?

John

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