SMEP Major
SMEP Content
Sports Culture
Music and Pop Culture
General Rice Trivia
100

The chair of the Kinesiology department

Who is: Dr. Rodriguez

100

The main function of this essential mineral in the body is to facilitate oxygen transport through the blood

What is: iron

100

The level of recognition given to athletes that have contributed exceptionally to their sport

What is: the Hall of Fame

100

This person is affectionately known as the “King of Pop”

Who is: Michael Jackson

100

This restaurant is scheduled to become the primary food spot inside Brochstein Pavilion later this semester

What is: Local Foods

200

The 3 KINE major advisors

Who are: Dr. Rodriguez, Dr. Perkins-Ball, and Dr. Kabiri

200

This basic repeating unit of a muscle fiber, located between two Z lines, is the functional unit responsible for muscle contraction

What is: a sarcomere

200

This recent Rice Football player was drafted into the NFL

Who is: Luke McCaffrey

200

This movie, when released in 2022, sparked a trend of gentlemen going to theaters wearing suits

What is: Minions: The Rise of Gru

200

The first president of Rice

Who is: Edgar Odell Lovett

300

The number of total hours required for the SMEP major is __

What is: 43 (28 core lecture + 15 electives)

300

This is the minimum level of energy required to sustain vital functions in the waking state

What is: Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

300

The olympic sprinter who controversially claimed that NBA players cannot refer to themselves as “World Champions”

Who is: Noah Lyles

300

This movie was the biggest box office hit this summer (May 3 - September 2)

What is: Inside Out 2

300

This Rice Chemistry professor participated in a debate about the origin of life with YouTube tutor Dave Farina (“Professor Dave Explains”)

Who is: Dr. James Tour

400

The topic of the course being taught in “Special Topics in Sports Medicine” this semester

What is: Exercise Testing and Prescription

400

These are the four types of attentional focus that athletes use to enhance performance and concentration

What are: narrow, broad, internal, and external

400

This country won the third most gold medals in the 2024 Summer Olympics

What is: Japan

400

This band’s album cover features a baby floating in a swimming pool

Who is: Nirvana

400

Rice’s original name at time of opening

What is: the Rice Institute

500

The course code for independent research in Kinesiology

What is: KINE 495

500

This factor determines the bioavailability of a drug, impacting how much of it is absorbed into the bloodstream

What is: the form/dosage form

500

This American-favorite sport is making its return to the Olympic Games in 2028

What is: baseball (softball also acceptable)

500

This movie is the highest grossing movie of all time

What is: Avatar

500

This Rice professor and Nobel laureate is credited with co-discovering fullerenes, also known as "buckyballs," a new form of carbon

Who is: Dr. Richard Smalley

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