This
is the Alumni Trivia archive page. Trivia
below has been featured in previous Alumni Trivia
postings provided by Bob Bao,
the MSU Alumni Association Magazine editor.
Week/ Month of:
2004 January - Movie
comedy involving lacrosse made on campus
2003 December - WKAR-TV antenna November - two
MSU graduate programs have been ranked No. 1 in the country October - MSU�s
dorm food - nation�s top-ranked college food service system September 18 - MSU Museum
& Smithsonian
Institution August - Famous
commencement
speakers at MSU July - School
of Criminal Justice - largest program of its kind in USA June -
MSU President Peter McPherson as Iraq's temporary financial czar April - Hollywood in
Spartan Stadium
February - Sparty Project
2002 November -
20-20 Vision plan for MSU October - History of our Green & White colors August 14 - Cisplatin
and Carboplatin discovered at MSU July 5 - Johnny
Marzetti, the notorious food served by MSU residence halls May 24 - Director of block-busting
movie Spiderman April 18 - MSU
professor who had previously been a kamikaze bomber for Japan March 14 - Federal
law enforcement office currently headed by a Spartan Febrary 18 - former
Spartan current CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee February
- Highest television rating college basketball
game January
- MSU football coach considered top collegiate
punter
2001 November - Football All Stars - George Webster,
Ed
Budde, Fred
Arbanas, George
Saimes October - Raising too much hell -
Forest H. Akers September
- Fear of Flying - Jim Cash June 29th - Fay
Gillis Wells, No
Fear of Flying
June 1st - Ryan Miller - NCAA record setter May - Got Milk? Inventor of homogenization
process April - Auto industry VIP alums March 28th - Better Popcorn March 5th - Cisplatin&
Lance Armstrong February 5th - Spartan Fight Song January 29th - Monster Cucumbers January 8th - Beaumont Tower facts January 1, 2001 - Demonstration Rock