OT: Are there any questions the answers to which only a Penn Stater would know?

[LionJim]

1. What’s the story with the Obelisk?
2. What is a Penn Stater’s favorite dessert?
3. Who was the first PSU quarterback to go shotgun?
4. Has Penn State ever had names on the back of the uniform? If so, when?
5. Who was PSU’s first All-America at quarterback?
6. What was the penalty that gave PSU another shot for the winning two-point conversion in the 1969 Orange Bowl?
7. What’s the name of PSU’s circular classroom?
8. Who’s the smartest PSU football player ever?

 

[psuro]

1. What’s the story with the Obelisk?
2. What is a Penn Stater’s favorite dessert?
3. Who was the first PSU quarterback to go shotgun?
4. Has Penn State ever had names on the back of the uniform? If so, when?
5. Who was PSU’s first All-America at quarterback?
6. What was the penalty that gave PSU another shot for the winning two-point conversion in the 1969 Orange Bowl?
7. What’s the name of PSU’s circular classroom?
8. Who’s the smartest PSU football player ever?

1. When a virgin graduates from Penn State it will crumble.
2. Grilled stickies? Creamery ice cream?
3. Rashard Casey.
4. Yes. 2012 and 2013.
5. Richie Lucas
6. Too many men in the field for Kansas
7. The Forum
8. John Urschel.

 

[83wuzme]

1. What’s the story with the Obelisk?
2. What is a Penn Stater’s favorite dessert?
3. Who was the first PSU quarterback to go shotgun?
4. Has Penn State ever had names on the back of the uniform? If so, when?
5. Who was PSU’s first All-America at quarterback?
6. What was the penalty that gave PSU another shot for the winning two-point conversion in the 1969 Orange Bowl?
7. What’s the name of PSU’s circular classroom?
8. Who’s the smartest PSU football player ever?

1. Something created by the Dirt People ( geologists )
2. Creamery ice cream
3. Rashard Casey ( unless somebody in the 50’s did it ).
4. 2012 - 2014
5. Richie Lucas
6. Offsides
7. Forum
8. John Urschel

I realize I got 6 wrong. I think the Kansas coach complained about an offsides he didn’t get.

 

[LionJim]

1. When a virgin graduates from Penn State it will crumble.
2. Grilled stickies? Creamery ice cream?
3. Rashard Casey.
4. Yes. 2012 and 2013.
5. Richie Lucas
6. Too many men in the field for Kansas
7. The Forum
8. John Urschel.

I was thinking ice cream. Would a non-Penn Stater get these? I guess not.

Actually, since I didn’t graduate from PSU the crumbling bit makes a little more sense. (I had thought it was enough to just walk by it.)

 

[psuro]

I was thinking ice cream. Would a non-Penn Stater get these? I guess not.

Bonus questions:

Two Penn State quarterbacks have worn the #22 while playing in a game.

Who are they?

Coming back from an away game the charter company was not allowed to fuel up at the airport due to poor credit for the flight home so a PSU administrator had to buy fuel for the flight home on his credit card.

Who was the opponent Penn State played and was coming home from?

 

[CF LION]

I thought maybe 3 and 5 were both Richie Lucas....

I was stuck between stickies and Peachy Paterno for 2.

 

[Pinkhippo PeanutButter]

Who is Betsy Aardsma?

What's a chicken cosmo?

Where's the statue?

Who's buried in Atherton's tomb?

What's the name of the Willard preacher?

What is a PHI PSi 500?

 

[We Are . . .]

Who was the first Heisman Trophy winner Penn State faced in a bowl game? What Bowl and what was the final score?

What position did Joe Paterno play at Brown? Who was his coach? Who was the fullback on that team?

What Penn State All American also won a Grammy Award?

What Penn State football player was with RFK when he was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan?

What Penn State president was the brother of the President of the United States?

What iconic State College business is located at the corner of College Avenue and South Garner Street?

 

[john4psu]

Name the current PSU president and a Board of Trustee member.

 

[BudatPSU]

Name the current PSU president and a Board of Trustee member.

All the other questions and answers were interesting and intriguing. The answers to these questions will have rot in a mayonnaise jar in the hot sun on the front porch for a long time to reach the same standard.

 

[Delco Lion]

Bonus questions:

Two Penn State quarterbacks have worn the #22 while playing in a game.

Who are they?

Coming back from an away game the charter company was not allowed to fuel up at the airport due to poor credit for the flight home so a PSU administrator had to buy fuel for the flight home on his credit card.

Who was the opponent Penn State played and was coming home from?

One was Chuck Burkhart.

 

[psuro]

One was Chuck Burkhart.

The other was Matt Nardolillo.

Know the answer to the other question?

 

[cvilleelkscoach]

1. Something created by the Dirt People ( geologists )
2. Creamery ice cream
3. Rashard Casey ( unless somebody in the 50’s did it ).
4. 2012 - 2014
5. Richie Lucas
6. Offsides
7. Forum
8. John Urschel

I realize I got 6 wrong. I think the Kansas coach complained about an offsides he didn’t get.

Number 6 should be 12 men on the field.

 

[Nittanyfarmer]

Name all the places where the football field used to be on campus.

Where's the place to do a "case study"?

Who is "Old Coaly"?

 

[rmem]

What was AustinNitt's problem with his female friend?

 

[L.A.Lion]

Did McQueary testify under oath that he saw anal sex?

 

[LionJim]

What was AustinNitt's problem with his female friend?

Game, set, match.

 

[Big 0]

Who is Betsy Aardsma?
What's a chicken cosmo?
Where's the statue?
Who's buried in Atherton's tomb?
What's the name of the Willard preacher?
What is a PHI PSi 500?

Good ole Bro Cope.

Phi Psi - the leisurely stroll on a Saturday afternoon where I consumed mass quantities at multiple adult beverage establishments while competing in the anything goes competition.

 

[psu skp]

Bonus questions:

Two Penn State quarterbacks have worn the #22 while playing in a game.

Fun fact: Chuck Burkhart was also the first PSU QB to operate out of the shotgun formation in the modern era (first play of 1970 Orange Bowl).

 

[NittPicker]

Who was the first African American astronaut to go into space?

How far is the walk from Old Main to Beaver Stadium?

What is the name of the alley which runs parallel between College and Beaver Aves.?

What building is adjacent to Atherton's tomb?

 

[Nitt1300]

Who is buried on campus?
What dorm is the oldest on campus?
Where was the Armory located?

 

[PSU77sh]

What were Penn State's original colors?

Which Penn State coach has a bench with his/her name on it outside Rec Hall?

Which toy company founder has a plaza named after him at Penn State?

What was the nickname of the parking lot next to East Halls that is now the site of the Creamery, East Parking Deck, etc.

 

[Nittanyfarmer]

Where was the Regatta held each Spring?

What's the dress code for the Mifflin Streak?

Who was "The Witch Doctor"??

 

[psuro]

Why did I ever bother to graduate and leave?

 

[fairgambit]

What is a "dink"?

 

[phillybillyreprise]

What is a "dink"?

Button, Frosh!

 

[nittany119]

Good ole Bro Cope.

Phi Psi - the leisurely stroll on a Saturday afternoon where I consumed mass quantities at multiple adult beverage establishments while competing in the anything goes competition.

I sure remember him

I "ran" it in 1980. You?

Bonus question:
Who played with the Njghthawks when they headlined the free weekend of concerts in the IM fields,

 

[nittany119]

Who was the first African American astronaut to go into space?

How far is the walk from Old Main to Beaver Stadium?

What is the name of the alley which runs parallel between College and Beaver Aves.?

What building is adjacent to Atherton's tomb?

Calder Alley, formerly known as Calder Way and home of the Gaff

What was the weekly Thursday night event that packed us into to that sweaty place? And who was the DJ before Gran Stan?

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

Who is Betsy Aardsma?

What's a chicken cosmo?

Where's the statue?

Who's buried in Atherton's tomb?

What's the name of the Willard preacher?

What is a PHI PSi 500?

Perhaps, your best work ever. No, not perhaps!

 

[Nitwit]

I think the obilisk crumbles when a virgin walks by it, not when she graduates.

 

[Big 0]

I sure remember him

I "ran" it in 1980. You?

Bonus question:
Who played with the Njghthawks when they headlined the free weekend of concerts in the IM fields,

1979 and 1980.

Gregg Allman played with the Nighthawks at the Movin’ On concert. I was front row, center for the performance. A guy from our dorm floor was the original bass player for the Nighthawks and hung out with the band and Gregg Allman the night before the Nighthawks performance on Saturday night. He told us to make sure we were in front when the Nighthawks began (he was with us). It was absolutely no surprise to us that Gregg came on stage after a couple of songs, although it had been rumored earlier in the week.

 

[Pinkhippo PeanutButter]

Perhaps, your best work ever. No, not perhaps!

What is a stand up Joe?

Where is the National Cable TV museum located?

What Penn State football player is a brother-in-law to a former US President?

What flavor of ice cream was named after the defensive coordinator of the Nat Championship 1982 & 86 teams?

How many times does the Student section say "Penn State" during the "We Are! Penn State! Cheer? How many times overall is "We Are!" Chanted?

What is the oldest continuously operating bar in State College? [I Don't know this one anymore]

Who's the only Penn Stater in the Baseball hall of fame?

Which team has Penn State lost in Football to (beating or tying the others)?

• Harrisburg Athletic Club
• Wyoming Seminary
• Wissahickon Barracks
• Steelton YMCA

 

[nittany119]

1979 and 1980.

Gregg Allman played with the Nighthawks at the Movin’ On concert. I was front row, center for the performance. A guy from our dorm floor was the original bass player for the Nighthawks and hung out with the band and Gregg Allman the night before the Nighthawks performance on Saturday night. He told us to make sure we were in front when the Nighthawks began (he was with us). It was absolutely no surprise to us that Gregg came on stage after a couple of songs, although it had been rumored earlier in the week.

I was almost as close as that was the rumor all week and I'm a huge ABB fan. I remember the set started and he wasn't there. 5th or6th song in, the curtain back of the stage opened as they broke into Statesboro Blues, and there he was at the organ. I believe he played on the first few songs, all from behind the stage

 

[PSU77sh]

Prior to 2012, what were the words of the alma mater sung at Beaver Stadium?

 

[phillybillyreprise]

Prior to 2012, what were the words of the alma mater sung at Beaver Stadium?

I don’t know...

I still sing the words as originally written. I don't sing the 1975 changes.

 

[MtNittany]

If there were, you just gave them all out.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

LJ - Bad question, Kansas fans certainly know that answer as well as or even perhaps even more so than PSU fans!

 

[PSUQBKeeper]

I thought all the hubbub at the time was that Rashard Casey wasn't allowed to line up in shotgun....everyone clamored for it

 

[katchthis]

Who is JoePa's wife? Nickname answer preferred.
What's her favorite candy ? (Bonus)
What's the name for our top baton twirler ?
Name a director of our marching band ?
The school year is now two 15 week semesters . What was the prior format?

 

[MrDibbs]

Betsy Aardsma was the Pattee Library murder victim back in November of 1968. I believe that the murder happened over Thanksgiving weekend and 99% of the student population was home for the holiday weekend.