West Point Knowledge
How many names on Battle Monument?
2,240 names
In 1997, who became the youngest golfer to win The Masters?
Tiger Woods
Joe Exotic (Joseph Maldonado) is the focus of what Netflix documentary series?
Which British band released the 1975 hit Bohemian Rhapsody?
Queen
The “shot heard around the world” describes the beginning of which battles of the American Revolution?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
How many lights in Cullum Hall?
340 lights
What MLB team famously broke the “Curse of the Bambino” by winning the World Series in 2004?
The Boston Red Sox
Which artist performed in the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show?
Rihanna
Which group released the hit song Bye Bye Bye in 2000?
NSYNC
Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan
What is the largest piece of granite turned in the Western Hemisphere?
The shaft of Battle Monument
Who lost the first ever Super Bowl?
Which 2023 film became the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman, surpassing Wonder Woman and Frozen II?
Barbie
What artist was known for her “meat dress” at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards?
Lady Gaga
Who was the 4th president of the United States
James Madison
Colonel Sylvanus Thayer graduated as a part of which West Point class?
Class of 1808
Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2006?
Italy
What social media platform, launched in 2004, was originally limited to Harvard students?
What jazz legend was known for songs like What a Wonderful World and La Vie En Rose?
The city of Rome was founded on which river?
The Tiber River
What is Schofield's Definition of Discipline?
The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army. It is possible to impart instruction and to give commands in such a manner and such a tone of voice to inspire in the soldier no feeling but an intense desire to obey, while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey. The one mode or the other of dealing with subordinates springs from a corresponding spirit in the breast of the commander. He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them regard for himself, while he who feels, and hence manifests, disrespect toward others, especially his inferiors, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself.
Major General John M. Schofield
Address to the Corps of Cadets
August 11, 1879
A large brown bear named Blades is the mascot of what Boston professional sports team?
The Boston Bruins
What heavyweight boxing champ lit the torch at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games?
Muhammad Ali
Which rapper’s real name is Shawn Corey Carter?
Jay-Z
What British monarch was known as “The Virgin Queen”?
Queen Elizabeth I