March Madness
only one time in tournament history did the four number 1 seeds make the final four. Which year was it? 2018, 1999, 2008 or 2013 Bonus $500 if you can name all four teams
what is 2008?
This is the first word in the name of the NJ amusement park that is no longer with us.
what is action?
He is the current president of Rutgers University
Who is Jonathan Holloway?
This is the birth flower for those born in the month of March
What is a daffodil?
This was her name before she married "the Great One"
Who is Janet Jones?
The all-time leading NCAA Division I scorer?
(A) Wilt Chamberlin (B) Jerry Lucas
(C) Pete Maravich (D) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Who is Pete Marvich?
This action role playing game was released for Nintendo Switch in September of 2018. The word also means a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions
What is Bastion?
There are approximately this many students are enrolled across all 3 campuses
what is 71,000?
In this hemisphere, springtime lasts from August until November
What is the southern hemisphere?
He went from Miami to Dallas to win a championship
Who is Jimmy Johnson?
This popular basketball move was banned from college basketball in 1967 only to be reinstated in 1976
(A) Three-point Shot (B) Slam Dunk
(C) Charges (D) Chest Pass
Believe it or not, it was the slam dunk. In 1966, Texas Western fielded one of the first all-black teams, and purists were upset about the aggressive style in which they played. They outlawed dunks in an attempt to slow them down. This ban held true for 10 years before being lifted.
Charles Zachary does this during cross examination
What is question?
There are approximately this many alumni around the world
What is 530,000?
Easter always falls on the first Sunday after this occurrence
What is the first full moon of the spring equinox?
This female entertainer won a grammy in 1984 for the song "That's the way love goes"
Who is Janet Jackson?
What non-related sporting event led to the cancellation of the third-place game in the Final Four?
(A) The Reagan Assassination Attempt (B) The Unabomber
(C) The Challenger Explosion (D) The Iran Hostage Crisis
In 1981, an assassination attempt occurred on Ronald Reagan, and both the third place and National Championship game were delayed. It would be decided that only the Finals get played, which is what established the current format.
In 1998 Tom Brokaw published a book - this word is in the title
What is generation?
Rutgers offers more than BLANK undergraduate majors through our schools and colleges in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden; online; at satellite sites throughout New Jersey; and in conjunction with partner institutions.
What is 150?
The word equinox means this
I swear that her reality show was first broadcast in 1996
Who is Judge Judy?
One of the following cities have NEVER hosted a Final Four game
(A) Chicago (B) Denver
(C) Charlotte (D) San Diego
What is Chicago?
Junot Diaz (a 1992 RU graduate) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this in 2008
What is Fiction?
According to wikipedia there have been several musical guests (individuals and groups) who have performed at "Rutgers Fest". Name 3 of them.
Kanye West, Everclear, Sugar Ray, Guster, Goldfinger, Ludacris, Reel Big Fish, Method Man and Redman, Fuel, Third Eye Blind, Hawthorne Heights, NAS, SR-71, Ok Go, N.E.R.D. and Pitbull
The name for the brown papery fiber that covers the bulb of a spring flower
What is a tunic?
1972 mountain man film starring Robert Redford
What is Jeremiah Johnson?