General Trivia

Question 1

What grant was signed by President Lincoln on 2 July 1862?

Answer 1

Morill Land Grant Act

Question 2

What Virginian Governor signed the legislation that started Virginia Tech and what date? (governor name-dd/mm/year)

Answer 2

Gilbert Walker-19-03-1872

Question 3

Virginia Tech was first called?

Answer 3

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College

Question 4

What was the name of the first student to attend Virginia Tech?(Entire Name/Rank)

Answer 4

Cadet William Addison Caldwell

Question 5

What is the rank and name of the first commandant of Virginia Tech?

Answer 5

Brig Gen Lane

Question 6

What was Brig Gen Lane responsible for at the Battle of Chancellorsville?

Answer 6

Mortal wounding of Jackson

Question 7

What university president was a confederate general?

Answer 7

Thomas Conrad

Question 8

Who is the father of modern VPI? (Title/Full Name)

Answer 8

President John McBryde

Question 9

What two former university presidents commanded Echo as cadets? (Last name of first/last name of second)

Answer 9

Burruss/Hutcheson

Question 10

What cadet functioned as the commandant of cadets from 1880-1882? (Title First Name Last Name)

Answer 10

Cadet James Clark

Question 11

What person was the only Naval Academy graduate to be the commandant of cadets? (Title Last Name)

Answer 11

Lieutenant Anding

Question 12

Who wrote Old Holkie for a contest for five dollars? (Title Last Name)

Answer 12

Cadet Stull

Question 13

Who wrote the words for ‘Tech Triumph’?

Answer 13

Cadet Maddux

Question 14

For many years the football team was known as the ___. In 1962 a costumed student replaced the live turkey

Answer 14

Fighting Gobblers

Question 15

What are Virginia Tech’s official school colors? (Color One and Color Two)

Answer 15

Chicago maroon and burnt orange

Question 16

The bushes around what complex turn orange and maroon?

Answer 16

Lane Stadium

Question 17

What building had the largest university seal on campus that was then moved to the Holtzman Alumni Center?

Answer 17

Shultz Hall

Question 18

What building has the largest compass on campus?

Answer 18

McBryde

Question 19

The flagpole at Burruss leans ____ degrees N-NW?

Answer 19

4.5

Question 20

There are how many gargoyles on campus?

Answer 20

14

Question 21

The mall is how many miles from N. Main St. to the Pylons?

Answer 21

.25

Question 22

What is the oldest academic building still in use?

Answer 22

Henderson Hall

Question 23

What is the name of Virginia Tech’s oldest fraternity that was originally founded as the Cadet Dancing Club in 1887?

Answer 23

German Club of Virginia Tech

Question 24

The bookstore is shaped like what state?

Answer 24

Virginia

Question 25

The longest pipe on the organ in the Chapel is __? (number unit of measure)

Answer 25

16 feet

Question 26

How many bells in the Carillon?

Answer 26

61

Question 27

Virginia Tech is located at _______? (exact coordinates as in guidon, use ' and '')

Answer 27

80.5 25' 16''W-37.5 13'54'' N

Question 28

How many Virginian governors were born at Smithfield Plantation?

Answer 28

2

Question 29

Women were not allowed into the Bugle until ___?

Answer 29

1935

Question 30

The first female cadet was admitted to the Corps in ___?

Answer 30

1973

Question 31

What three universities have a Corps of Cadets? (As in order of guidon)

Answer 31

Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, North Georgia College & State University

Question 32

The creek under the drillfield is called?

Answer 32

Stroubles Creek

Question 33

The first three professors were...?

Answer 33

Lane, Martin, and Carrol

Question 34

Virginia Tech's only Noble Prize winner is ____, was a former Regimental S-1 and discovered Liquid Helium 3? (Full name)

Answer 34

Robert Richardson

Question 35

The movie 'October Sky' is about who?

Answer 35

Homer Hickam

Question 36

Who dedicated 'Hands Across the Seas' to the Highty-Tighties? (Last and first name)

Answer 36

John Sousa

Question 37

What years did the regimental band win the Presidential Inaugural Parade?

Answer 37

1953, 1957, 1961

Question 38

What President awarded the Highty-Tighties in 1936 for their service in the 1898 Spanish-American War?

Answer 38

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 39

How many times did the Highty-Tighties go to the Presidential Inaugural Parade?

Answer 39

11

Question 40

What General built the Burma Road (Pick's Pike), 'the road that could not be built' (Full tile first and last name)

Answer 40

General Lewis Pick

Question 41

Virginia Tech has over how many Generals and Admirals?

Answer 41

100

Question 42

Virginia Tech's highest ranking alumni are:?

Answer 42

General Richards and General Smith

Question 43

Virginia Tech lost how many members in WWII?

Answer 43

323

Question 44

Virginia Tech lost how many members total?

Answer 44

428

Question 45

Virginia Tech lost how many members in Enduring Freedom?

Answer 45

9

Question 46

General Eisenhower's ranking engineer in the World War II European Theater was_____ class of 1916

Answer 46

Major General Moore

Question 47

How many Virginia Tech members were lost on D-Day?

Answer 47

6

Question 48

What are the names of the two VTCC war dead in the Gulf War?

Answer 48

Machinist's Mate 3rd Mann and Lieutenant Tillar

Question 49

How many names are on the rock?

Answer 49

11

Question 50

The term 'rat' was used in 1873, then dropped, who is lower than a 'rat' at VTCC?

Answer 50

senior at VMI

Question 51

Who was NASA's Director of Flight Operations when the crew of Apollo 11 landed on the moon? (Last name)

Answer 51

Kraft

Question 52

The two 3 Civil War cannons at Virginia Tech were hidden where to prevent them from being turned into scrap metal for World War II?

Answer 52

Duckpond

Question 53

Original Skipper was partially made from what donated by the classes from 64-67?

Answer 53

Brass

Question 54

The skipper was named after...a former skipper of patrol Torpedo Boat 109?

Answer 54

President Kennedy

Question 55

Who said 'Retreat? Hell! We just got here! ?

Answer 55

Major Lloyd Williams