Staff
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ISU Trivia
Terre Haute
Athletics
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This Assistant Hall Director is the second youngest staff member and has catered for Wiz Khalifa twice.
Who is Sienna?
25
This residence hall at Indiana State University is home to the Honors College.
What is Pickerl Hall?
25
These are the official colors of Indiana State University.
What are blue and white?
25
U.S. Highways 40 and 41 intersect in Terre Haute at Wabash Avenue and Seventh Street, earning the city this famous nickname.
What is the Crossroads of America?
25
This future NBA legend played for Indiana State’s men’s basketball team, leading them to the NCAA championship game in 1979.
Who is Larry Bird?
50
This 5th-floor staff member’s favorite colors are purple, green, and orange.
Who is Midnight?
50
This group of residence halls includes Mills, Rhoads, Blumberg, and Cromwell and primarily houses first-year students at Indiana State University.
What are the Sycamore Towers?
50
When it was founded in 1865, Indiana State University was known by this name, reflecting its original mission to train teachers.
What is the Indiana State Normal School
50
The city of Terre Haute is located along this river.
What is the Wabash River?
50
Initially named the Hulman Civic University Center, this facility at Indiana State University opened in 1973 and was renovated from 2018–2020.
What is the Hulman Center?
100
This staff member, an Elementary Education major, was born in Florida.
Who is Amelia?
100
This residence hall primarily houses students studying health-related fields, such as nursing, at Indiana State University.
What is Sandison Hall?
100
Originally known as Gillum Hall, this building was renovated into a student commons and food court at Indiana State University.
What is the Hulman Memorial Student Union?
100
Locals jokingly blend the city’s name with “paradise” to create this affectionate nickname for Terre Haute, Indiana.
What is Terredise?
100
This is the name of Indiana State University's fight song.
March On! (You Fighting Sycamores)
200
This Mechanical Engineering Technology major has met Vanilla Ice.
Who is Chris?
200
Originally known as Maehling Terrace, this ISU residential complex opened in the 1960s to house married students and families and is set for closure and disposal after the 2025–2026 school year.
What are the University Apartments?
200
Originally the library, this building is the only remaining structure from ISU’s Normal School era.
What is Normal Hall?
200
This person currently serves as the mayor of Terre Haute, Indiana.
Who is Brandon Sakbun?
200
Indiana State University’s athletic teams, known as the Sycamores, compete in this NCAA Division I conference.
What is the Missouri Valley Conference?
300
This staff member has experience teaching at a preschool and began this school year working in a different residence hall.
Who is Madi?
300
This ISU building opened in 1962 as a women’s-only residence hall, was later converted into administrative office space, and reopened as a residence hall after a $10 million renovation in 2013 to house upper-class students.
What is Erickson Hall?
300
This year saw Indiana State University reach its all-time high enrollment of 13,771 students.
What is 2017?
300
This is how many colleges and universities are located in Terre Haute, Indiana.
What is 3?
300
After Indiana State University acquired this historic facility in 1967, it became the first outdoor venue in the world to install AstroTurf.
What is Memorial Stadium?
400
This staff member, an identical twin, will celebrate their birthday in two days.
Who is Mia?
400
With renovations being completed in 2006. This was the first residence hall at Indiana State University to feature Wi-Fi throughout the entire building.
What is Burford Hall?
400
Founded in 1918 as Indiana State Normal School, Eastern Division, this campus started as part of Indiana State University but became an independent university and is now an in-state rival.
What is Ball State Univeristy?
400
Terre Haute is known as the “birthplace” of the iconic Glass Contour design for this beverage, created in 1915 by the Root Glass Company.
What is Coca-Cola?
400
Before adopting the Sycamores nickname, Indiana State’s athletic teams were often called this, referencing the university’s strong focus on preparing educators.
What were the Fighting Teachers?
500
This staff member had a bat fly into their room this semester and has also officiated a wedding.
Who is Bodin?
500
This former ISU residential complex was named after a U.S. president, built in 1969 for upper-class students, and torn down during the 2010s.
What are the Lincoln Quadrangles?
500
These two ISU towers were first used as residence halls, later became home to the College of Education and the College of Business, and were demolished in 2015.
What were the Statesman Towers?
500
This summer collegiate baseball team represents Terre Haute and plays its home games at Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium.
What is the Terre Haute REX?
500
This was the highest-ever ranking achieved by the Indiana State men’s basketball team in the AP poll.
What is #1? (1979)
1000
This is the number of staff members, including Assistant Hall Directors, in Burford Hall who are Education majors.
What is 3?
1000
Built in 1925, this now demolished residence hall is shown on the current site of the John T. Myers Technology Center
What is Reeve Hall?
1000
This former Indiana State Normal School president was in the first graduating class of Indiana State Normal School and now has an administrative building named after him.
Who is William Wood Parsons?
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Terre Haute is French for this English phrase.
What is high ground, highland?
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This famous Indiana State athlete technically holds the highest recorded batting average in the school’s baseball history, going 1‑for‑2 in his only collegiate baseball appearance.
Who is Larry Bird?