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100

What animal sweats milk?

A Platypus

100

What sport is known as the only one to have been played on the moon?

Golf

100

What year was Clemson founded?

1889

100

What is the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter games?

Beijing (2008/2022)

100

Under which head coach did Clemson baseball never have a losing season?

Bill Wilhelm (1958-93)

200

Which freezes faster: hot or cold water?

Hot water  

200

What basketball legend never fouled out of a game during their 15-year NBA career?

Wilt Chamberlain

200

What was Clemson established as originally, before it became a University?

An agricultural college

200

What is the winningest country at the Winter games?

Norway 

@ 368 medals

-132 gold, 125 silver, 111 bronze


200

What coach holds the highest/best winning percentage in both Clemson football and baseball history?

John Heisman

football (1900)

Baseball (1901-1904)

300

What human organ is the only one that can fully regenerate itself?

Liver

300

During WWII, what two sports teams combined in 1943 due to lack of players?

The Steelers and the Eagles, also known as the 1943 "Steagles"

300

What year did the entire senior class at Clemson enlist in WWI?

1917

300

What is the weight of a curling stone?

42 pounds (granite)

300

Who is still revered as Clemson's greatest all around athlete? 

Banks McFadden (football, basketball, track)

400
What country has the most time zones?

France @ 12

400

What popular field game was an Olympic Sport from 1900-1920?

Tug of War

400

What did Walter Riggs do in 1896?

Started the football program and introduced the tiger as the schools mascot

400

What year did the Olympic Games rely solely on artificial snow?

2022 

-49 million gallons of water were used to produce enough snow for the games

400

Five women's sports were introduced in 1975 after the passage of Title IX, what were they?

Basketball, Fencing, Swimming, Diving, Tennis

500

Where was German chocolate cake invented?

Texas 1852 by Samuel German

500

Which sport originated in the prohibition era due to bootleggers attempting to outrun police?

NASCAR

500

What was the City of Clemson previously named?

The Village of Calhoun

500

What year were the first Olympic Games?

776 BC

modern version: 1896

500

What Clemson athlete scored the first points in the history of the women's NCAA tournament?

Barbra Kennedy 

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