U of M history
Before becoming a global icon, this future Nobel Prize-winning singer-songwriter briefly attended the University of Minnesota and played in local Dinkytown coffeehouses.
Who is Bob Dylan?
The first person to win 2 Nobel prizes and the pioneer of research on radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
ASK was founded from this group on the University of Minnesota Campus.
What is the little sisters of triangle?
This animated children's series, following the adventures of underwater friends, debuted on Nickelodeon on May 1st, 1999.
What is SpongeBob SquarePants?
The smallest bones in your body are located here.
What are the ears?
While at the University of Minnesota, this biochemist made significant contributions to understanding the pathways plants use to convert carbon dioxide into organic compounds, a process now partially named after him.
What is Calvin Melvin?
Known as "the Lady with the Lamp," this pioneer of modern nursing led reforms in healthcare and hygiene after her work during the Crimean War.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
There were this many founding members.
What is 18?
ASK Founder's day coincides with this holiday.
What is May 1st-May Day?
Diamond is composed of this element.
What is carbon?
This future 38th Vice President of the United States graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1939.
Who is Hubert H. Humphrey?
This Anglo-American physician became the first woman in the U.S. to earn a medical degree and later founded a medical college for women.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
ASK became a national organization in this year after the Beta Chapter was formed at the University of Oklahoma.
What is 1996?
Harper Lee was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this novel on May 1st, 1961.
What is "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
It takes the international space station this long to orbit Earth.
What is 90 minutes?
This "father of the Green Revolution" and Nobel Peace Prize laureate earned his Ph.D. in plant pathology from the University of Minnesota in 1942.
Who is Norman Borlaug?
The first female surgeon in the U.S army and the only woman ever awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor, this Civil War surgeon and women's rights advocate also served as a suspected Union spy.
Who is Mary Edwards Walker?
The founding president of ASK.
Who is Melissa (Matschiner) Carnicelli?
German automobile manufacturers Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie begin their first joint venture on May 1st, 1924, merging into this luxury car brand.
What is Mercedes Benz?
Molten rock from a volcano before it has erupted.
What is magma?
In 1952, University of Minnesota professor C. Walton Lillehei helped perform the world's first successful one of these life-saving cardiac procedures.
What is open-heart surgery?
After discovering a comet in 1847 that now bears her name, this pioneering astronomer became the first recognized professional woman astronomer in the United States.
Who is Maria Mitchell?
The Alpha Alumane chapter was founded in this year.
What is 1996?
This South American country adopted their constitution on May 1st, 1853.
What is Argentina?
The first computer to win a chess match against a reigning world champion under regular time controls.
What is deep blue?