IBES Prof Fun Facts
The department that Myles Lennon teaches in
What is Anthropology?
The northernmost capital city in the world
What is Reykjavik?
Number of colleges located in Providence
What is 8? (Brown, J&W, Rhode Island College, RISD, URI, CCRI, Roger Williams, Providence College)
The number of squares on a scrabble board
What is 225? (15x15 board)
Earth day date
What is Aprill 22nd?
Bathsheba Demuth's first job out of college
What is Dog musher?
Country that has the most pyramids
What is Sudan?
Providence bakery well-known for its pasteis de nata
What is Silver Star Bakery?
Reversi is another name for this Shakespearen-inspired game
What is Othello?
Bestselling book written by Rachel Carson warned of the effects of pesticides
What is Silent Spring?
IBES professor that recently wrote a book about hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and phosphorus (Bonus point if you can guess the title!)
What is Stephen Porder?
The third-longest river in the world
What is the Yangtze River?
The First Unitarian Church in PVD has the largest bell cast by what American Revolution figure?
What is Paul Revere?
In the game of connect four, the number of checkers each player has
What is 21?
Region on Earth that produces 20% of the planet's oxygen
Timmons' favorite vegetable
What is eggplant?
The oldest active volcano on Earth
What is Mount Etna?
Street known as the "Mile of History"
What is Benefit Street?
Board game used by the French military as a training tool during the late 19th century
What is Risk?
The year the Clean Water Act passed
What is 1972?
The number of years that Dawn King has been teaching at Brown
What is 11?
US City known as the City of Fountains
What is Kansas City?
Rhode Island's official name
What is State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations?
First board game to be played in space
What is Scrabble?
A single tree produces enough air to supply in its lifetime for how many people for a year?
What is 4 people?