Challenge yourself to Tom’s Trivia!

See if you know as much as King of UConn Trivia and University Deputy Spokesperson Tom Breen ’00 (CLAS).

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Tom's Trivia

Before Lodewick Visitors Center opened in August 2000, where did UConn Storrs campus tours begin?

A: Parking Services
B: The Student Union
C: Gampel Pavilion
D: Wilbur Cross

In 2008, UConn launched a social networking site Always Part of U, which offered users the chance to do what?

A: Download UConn’s fight song to an iPod
B: Superimpose a selfie into campus scenes
C: Send an email to Jonathan
D: Join a web forum for alumni called the Cyber Jungle

Extension educator Evan Lentz ’19 (CAHNR), ’22 MS is reestablishing fruit orchards at UConn after a long hiatus. From the 1950s to 2000, Cold Spring Orchard in Mansfield was the site of research projects, teaching, and commercial fruit sales. Where was UConn’s main orchard prior to that?

A: Where Gampel Pavilion is located now
B: Horsebarn Hill
C: North Campus, before residence halls were built there
D: A field on campus that eventually became the site of Hawley Armory

In August, Sue Bird’s record as the winningest basketball player in the history of the Olympics, with five consecutive gold medals, was surpassed by which player on Team USA’s winning Paris squad?

A: LeBron James
B: Breanna Stewart
C: Diana Taurasi
D: Brittney Griner

The new 'Sue Bird' Barbie doll poses with a basketball

The New Sue Bird Barbie

Answers

1: B With no true “front door” for visitors, UConn Storrs campus tours for new and prospective Huskies in pre-Lodewick days typically began at the Student Union, although occasional visitors would find themselves at Parking Services.

2: A Downloading songs to iPods was cutting-edge stuff in 2008, and along with that, the website featured downloadable wallpaper and screen savers, short video clips, and the chance to join networking groups.

3: A By the 1930s, a large orchard was flourishing in the center of campus, approximately where Gampel Pavilion is located today. As the University grew in size, the orchard was moved to the Cold Spring site in Mansfield by the 1950s.

4: C After winning gold in Tokyo in 2021, UConn greats Taurasi and Bird had five gold medals each. When asked if she planned to be at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, Taurasi said she did: “With a beer, sitting on the beach next to Sue.”

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