General Trivia Flashcards
What grant was signed by President Lincoln on 2 July 1862?
Morill Land Grant Act
What Virginian Governor signed the legislation that started Virginia Tech and what date? (governor name-dd/mm/year)
Gilbert Walker-19-03-1872
Virginia Tech was first called?
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
What was the name of the first student to attend Virginia Tech?(Entire Name/Rank)
Cadet William Addison Caldwell
What is the rank and name of the first commandant of Virginia Tech?
Brig Gen Lane
What was Brig Gen Lane responsible for at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
Mortal wounding of Jackson
What university president was a confederate general?
Thomas Conrad
Who is the father of modern VPI? (Title/Full Name)
President John McBryde
What two former university presidents commanded Echo as cadets? (Last name of first/last name of second)
Burruss/Hutcheson
What cadet functioned as the commandant of cadets from 1880-1882? (Title First Name Last Name)
Cadet James Clark
What person was the only Naval Academy graduate to be the commandant of cadets? (Title Last Name)
Lieutenant Anding
Who wrote Old Holkie for a contest for five dollars? (Title Last Name)
Cadet Stull
Who wrote the words for ‘Tech Triumph’?
Cadet Maddux
For many years the football team was known as the ___. In 1962 a costumed student replaced the live turkey
Fighting Gobblers
What are Virginia Tech’s official school colors? (Color One and Color Two)
Chicago maroon and burnt orange
The bushes around what complex turn orange and maroon?
Lane Stadium
What building had the largest university seal on campus that was then moved to the Holtzman Alumni Center?
Shultz Hall
What building has the largest compass on campus?
McBryde
The flagpole at Burruss leans ____ degrees N-NW?
4.5
There are how many gargoyles on campus?
14
The mall is how many miles from N. Main St. to the Pylons?
.25
What is the oldest academic building still in use?
Henderson Hall
What is the name of Virginia Tech’s oldest fraternity that was originally founded as the Cadet Dancing Club in 1887?
German Club of Virginia Tech
The bookstore is shaped like what state?
Virginia
The longest pipe on the organ in the Chapel is __? (number unit of measure)
16 feet
How many bells in the Carillon?
61
Virginia Tech is located at _______? (exact coordinates as in guidon, use ‘ and ‘’)
80.5 25’ 16’‘W-37.5 13’54’’ N
How many Virginian governors were born at Smithfield Plantation?
2
Women were not allowed into the Bugle until ___?
1935
The first female cadet was admitted to the Corps in ___?
1973
What three universities have a Corps of Cadets? (As in order of guidon)
Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, North Georgia College & State University
The creek under the drillfield is called?
Stroubles Creek
The first three professors were…?
Lane, Martin, and Carrol
Virginia Tech’s only Noble Prize winner is ____, was a former Regimental S-1 and discovered Liquid Helium 3? (Full name)
Robert Richardson
The movie ‘October Sky’ is about who?
Homer Hickam
Who dedicated ‘Hands Across the Seas’ to the Highty-Tighties? (Last and first name)
John Sousa
What years did the regimental band win the Presidential Inaugural Parade?
1953, 1957, 1961
What President awarded the Highty-Tighties in 1936 for their service in the 1898 Spanish-American War?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
How many times did the Highty-Tighties go to the Presidential Inaugural Parade?
11
What General built the Burma Road (Pick’s Pike), ‘the road that could not be built’ (Full tile first and last name)
General Lewis Pick
Virginia Tech has over how many Generals and Admirals?
100
Virginia Tech’s highest ranking alumni are:?
General Richards and General Smith
Virginia Tech lost how many members in WWII?
323
Virginia Tech lost how many members total?
428
Virginia Tech lost how many members in Enduring Freedom?
9
General Eisenhower’s ranking engineer in the World War II European Theater was_____ class of 1916
Major General Moore
How many Virginia Tech members were lost on D-Day?
6
What are the names of the two VTCC war dead in the Gulf War?
Machinist’s Mate 3rd Mann and Lieutenant Tillar
How many names are on the rock?
11
The term ‘rat’ was used in 1873, then dropped, who is lower than a ‘rat’ at VTCC?
senior at VMI
Who was NASA’s Director of Flight Operations when the crew of Apollo 11 landed on the moon? (Last name)
Kraft
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?
Duckpond
Original Skipper was partially made from what donated by the classes from 64-67?
Brass
The skipper was named after…a former skipper of patrol Torpedo Boat 109?
President Kennedy
Who said ‘Retreat? Hell! We just got here! ?
Major Lloyd Williams
