History of Southeast Missouri State University Quiz

Question 1

Which president acquired the light fixture in Academic Hall from the 1904 World’s Fair?

Accepted Answer

Louis Houck

Question 2

What year was the Third District Normal School founded?

Accepted Answer

1873

Question 3

Where is Louis Lorimier buried?

Accepted Answer

Old Lorimier Cemetary

Question 4

During President Mark Scully’s tenure, when were women allowed to wear pants?

Accepted Answer

After 4 pm or if the temperature fell below freezing.

Question 5

What was the prize for writing the lyrics to our Alma Mater in 1931?

Accepted Answer

$5

Question 6

What famous author mentioned Cape Girardeau in his memoir, Life on the Mississippi?

Accepted Answer

Mark Twain

Question 7

Which Southeast president said, "I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."

Accepted Answer

Willard Vandiver

Question 8

Louis Lorimier met with Lewis and Clark when they explored the lands west of the Mississippi.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 9

In 1904, Southeast fielded what team for the first time?

Accepted Answer

Football

Question 10

In what year did the first African-American students enroll at Southeast?

Accepted Answer

1954

Question 11

What year was construction completed on Academic Hall?

Accepted Answer

1905

Question 12

What month and year did our final name change take place?

Accepted Answer

April 1972

Question 13

Who is considered the founding father of Cape Girardeau?

Accepted Answer

Louis Lorimier

Question 14

Which Southeast president died while working an archaeological dig?

Accepted Answer

Lucius Cheney

Question 15

Who was known as the “president who got punched?”

Accepted Answer

Washington Dearmont

Question 16

As of 2016, how many international students attended Southeast?

Accepted Answer

Almost 1000

Question 17

What travel helped Lorimier’s small settlement transform into an active commercial town?

Accepted Answer

Steamboat

Question 18

What year did students start sticking their gum on the tree at the top of Cardiac Hill?

Accepted Answer

1967

Question 19

What Frenchman established a trading post in what we now know as Cape Girardeau in the 1730s?

Accepted Answer

Jean Jacques Girardot

Question 20

How many forts did the Union Army construct during the Civil War to fortify Cape Girardeau?

Accepted Answer

Four

Question 21

In what year did Southeast retire Chief Sagamore as a mascot?

Accepted Answer

1985

Question 22

A normal school served as a training ground for elementary and high school teachers.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 23

Who was the first African-American student to play intercollegiate sports for Southeast?

Accepted Answer

Curtis Williams

Question 24

Southeast Missouri State Teachers College became Southeast Missouri State College in 1946.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 25

What was the original Southeast mascot?

Accepted Answer

Indians

Question 26

Louis Houck acquired statutes from the World’s Fair. Where can you still view those on campus?

Accepted Answer

Wehking Alumni Center

Question 27

The Board of Regents were burned in effigy when this president was fired.

Accepted Answer

Washington Dearmont

Question 28

Who was the first “president” of the Third District Normal School?

Accepted Answer

Lucius H. Cheney

Question 29

What federal plan during the 1930s provided funding for a new library?

Accepted Answer

The New Deal

Question 30

Which Southeast president was known for patrolling campus to break up couples who were kissing?

Accepted Answer

Mark Scully

Question 31

Which army occupied Cape Girardeau during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Union Army

Question 32

In 1957, the college offered what for the first time?

Accepted Answer

Graduate classes during summer sessions

Question 33

In 1910, what class did students have to pass in their first 2 years in order to continue?

Accepted Answer

Gym Class

Question 34

What Southeast building stands on the land where Fort B was built during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Kent Library

Question 35

What year did Rowdy the Redhawk "hatch?"

Accepted Answer

2005

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