ASU Related Fun Facts
Which famous architect designed most of the original Greek houses (that have since been torn down)?
Frank Lloyd Wright
In the 1997 film Titanic, what actor played the main protagonist?
Leonardo DiCaprio
Which artist, known by the honorific nicknames of "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1", is credited as a progenitor of Funk?
James Brown
What two planets in our solar system lack a moon?
Mercury adn Venus
What was the name of a female gladiator in Ancient Rome?
A female gladiator was called a Gladiatrix, or Gladiatrices.
How many times has ASU changed its name?
5
Name one tv show with more than 30 Emmy wins.
Saturday Night Live, Games of Thrones, Frasier, The Simpsons
From which country did the musical traditions that led to rap, ska-punk, and dubstep derive?
Jamaica (rap came from the tradition of “toasting/” by reggae/dancehall “Deejays”; ska-punk comes from ska; dubstep derives from dub music”)
What common antibiotic was discovered by accident? For extra points, by whom?
Penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming
While Joan of Arc notably helped repel the English occupation of France, which country has a long history of female warriors leading independence struggles from ancient to modern times including the Trưng sisters, Phùng Thị Chính, Lady Triệu, and Bùi Thị Xuân?
Vietnam
How many palm trees are on campus?
300
Which late 90’s/early 00’s supernatural television drama by Joss Whedon has led to the creation of a new academic field with its own peer reviewed journal ?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Name two of three Latin American music/dance styles alleged to have originated in brothels?
Bachata, Merengue, and Tango
There are five trout of the pacific basin (Oncorhynchus), the most famous being rainbow trout, but two of them are autochthonous to Arizona: name one?
Apache trout (state fish of Arizona) and Gila trout
Which city is also their own country?
Singapore, Monaco and Vatican
Name one comedian that went to ASU
Jimmy Kimmel, David Spade, and Steve Allen
Which late 90’s/early 00’s supernatural television drama by Joss Whedon has led to the creation of a new academic field with its own peer-reviewed journal?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
What rock band’s lead guitarist has a Ph.D. in astrophysics?
Queen (the guitarist is Brian May)
In case of an emergency, coconut water can be used as what?
Blood plasma
What was Ketchup originally used for?
Medicine
ASU and the University of Arizona have the oldest rivalry trophy in college athletics, what is the name of the trophy? (bonus points if you can name the year the trophy was used for the rivalry game)
The Territorial Cup (the first game where the trophy was used took place on Thanksgiving Day in 1899)
What is the highest-grossing film?
Endgame
What famous American folk singer had the phrase “this machine kills fascists” emblazoned on his guitar?
Woody Guthrie (he wrote “This Land is Your Land”)
Which insect can accelerate faster than a space shuttle?
Flea
These were the first iron-cased rockets successfully deployed for military use and named for the South Indian kingdom which invented and used them to hold back the British East India Company in their third of four wars.
Mysorean rockets (first deployed in the Anglo-Mysore Wars by the Kingdom of Mysore)