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Trivia concerning Auburn University sports and history.
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1
While a college player at Auburn, NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley's nickname was __________.
"The Refrigerator"
"Round Mound of Rebound"
"Bread Truck"
"Wide Load"
2
Auburn swimming legend Rowdy Gaines won
three
gold medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics here.
London
Los Angeles
Seoul
Barcelona
3
Auburn once appeared in the same bowl twice in the same calendar year. What bowl game was it?
Gator Bowl
Sun Bowl
Sugar Bowl
Citrus Bowl
4
Which Auburn building is, at nine stories, the tallest structure in Lee County, Alabama?
Samford Hall
Langdon Hall
Mary Martin Hall
Haley Center
5
The Barn, AU's old basketball arena, burned on national TV during the AU-LSU football game in:
1978
1996
1989
1999
6
Bo Knows
, but do you know Bo Jackson's actual first name?
Vincent
William
Hiram
Robert
7
How many college students made up Auburn's first class when it opened on October 1, 1859?
126
80
17
33
8
This iconic campus building was originally funded by the Carnegie Foundation as the AU library.
Cater Hall
Langdon Hall
Mary Martin Hall
Hargis Hall
9
Auburn won its very first basketball game 27-7 in January 1905 against _______.
Kentucky
Alabama
Georgia Tech
Tulane
10
Auburn's athletic teams are Tigers, but the official AU mascot is a golden eagle named ______.
Nova
Tiger
War Eagle
Spirit
11
The oldest public building in Auburn, it served as a Confederate hospital during the Civil War.
The Auburn University Chapel
Langdon Hall
Samford Hall
Mary Martin Hall
12
The first sorority at Auburn, its campus chapter was chartered in 1922.
Alpha Gamma Delta
Phi Mu
Delta Zeta
Kappa Delta
13
According to the famous
Auburn Creed,
Auburn men and women believe in all the following
EXCEPT:
Obedience to Law
The Military
The Human Touch
Hard Work
14
Auburn won the first Iron Bowl played on the plains, beating 2nd-ranked Alabama 30-20 in ____.
1983
1991
1989
1993
15
When it first opened in 1939, Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium was called _________.
Auburn Stadium
Plainsman Field
Tiger Stadium
War Eagle Stadium
16
This former Tiger football coach was best known by his nickname, "Shug."
Earl Brown
Carl Voyles
Jack Meagher
Ralph Jordan
17
The 2013 AU football team became the only SEC squad to ever lead the nation in this statistic.
Rushing
Passing
Kickoff Returns
Punting Average
18
Tim Cook, a 1982 Auburn engineering graduate, is currently CEO of this major U.S. tech company.
Google
Apple
Facebook
Microsoft
19
When Auburn University was first chartered in 1856, it was called ____________.
East Alabama Male College
Alabama Mechanical & Technical College
Auburn College
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
20
This AU professor was the first Alabamian to get a Ph.D. when he finished John Hopkins in 1891.
Charles Thach
Patrick Mell
John Drake
George Petrie
21
Harold Franklin, AU's first African-American student, enrolled in the graduate school in _____.
1958
1964
1962
1967
22
This AU basketball legend was the first player from Alabama put in the College Basketball HOF.
Mike Mitchell
Charles Barkley
John Mengelt
Chick Person
23
In what year was the university's named changed from Alabama Polytechnic Institute to Auburn?
1951
1946
1960
1938
24
All of the following NASA astronauts and space flight veterans are Auburn graduates
EXCEPT:
Michael Collins
Jan Davis
Ken Mattingly
James Voss
25
This Tiger lineman was the first SEC player to win both the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award.
Takeo Spikes
Tracy Rocker
Rodney Garner
David Rocker
26
Which year's Auburn football team set the all-time SEC record for most yards rushing?
2004
2013
2010
1983
27
Auburn remained male-only for more than 30 years before enrolling its first women students in:
1901
1898
1889
1892
28
In 1872, Auburn's named changed from the East Alabama Male College to this:
Auburn Technical and Mechanical Institute
Alabama Technical College
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
29
East Alabama Male College, which was Auburn's original name, was first affiliated with the:
Episcopal Church
Baptist Church
Catholic Church
Methodist Church
30
Auburn's award-winning mascot
Aubie
first appeared at a Tigers football game in _____.
1979
1968
1984
1973
31
This 1972 AU grad has flown 5 space missions & holds the NASA record for the longest spacewalk.
Kathryn Thornton
Ken Mattingly
James Voss
Dick Scobee
32
Due to a special agreement, this state's students attend the AU Vet School at in-state rates.
Georgia
Mississippi
Florida
Kentucky
33
AU played its first intercollegiate baseball game in Montgomery in 1892 against this old rival.
Georgia
Mercer
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
34
Home to the Auburn president's office, it is the university's most beloved building.
Samford Hall
Noble Hall
Langdon Hall
Hargis Hall
35
This 1966 Auburn math graduate was CEO of Time-Warner Communications from 1994-2005.
Don Logan
Michael Eisner
Mark Zuckerberg
Jimmy Rane
36
Auburn opened its first branch campus in 1967 in this Alabama city.
Montgomery
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
37
Nick Marshall threw it, but who caught the 2013 "miracle at Jordan-Hare" pass to beat Georgia?
Quan Bray
Ricardo Louis
Emory Blake
Sammie Coates
38
The first college fraternity at Auburn, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, was organized in _____.
1856
1878
1894
1901