Q 01/05

Case graduate M. Frank Rudy, an aeronautical engineer, invented which shoe brand's air sole?

A) Adidas

B) Reebok

C) Nike

D) Puma

Answer · why

C) Nike

Nike first used his cushioning in the 1978 Air Tailwind, and every Case Western Reserve varsity team wears a patch on its uniform in his honor.

Q 02/05

Case Western Reserve alumni Anthony and Joe Russo directed which 2019 superhero blockbuster?

A) Avengers: Endgame

B) Captain Marvel

C) X-Men: Dark Phoenix

D) Spider-Man: Far From Home

Answer · why

A) Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame briefly became the highest-grossing film of all time; the brothers had paid for their first feature with student loans and credit ca...

Q 03/05

Which website began in 1995 as a Case Western Reserve graduate's emails to friends?

A) Classmates.com

B) Craigslist

C) Match.com

D) Geocities

Answer · why

B) Craigslist

Craigslist grew out of Craig Newmark's messages about San Francisco events; he had earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Case Western Reserve in t...

Q 04/05

Which physicist visited the Case campus in 1921 during his first trip to the United States?

A) Niels Bohr

B) Max Planck

C) Ernest Rutherford

D) Albert Einstein

Answer · why

D) Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein came out of respect for the physics done at Case, and sat down with professor Dayton Miller to discuss his research.

Q 05/05

Case Western Reserve graduate Paul Buchheit created which Google service, launched on April 1, 2004?

A) Gmail

B) Orkut

C) Picasa

D) Blogger

Answer · why

A) Gmail

Gmail launched with one gigabyte of storage, far more than rivals offered; Buchheit had begun building it at Google in 2001.