Q 01/05

A 1985 smuggling flight by EKU law enforcement graduate Andrew Thornton inspired which 2023 film?

A) American Made

B) Cocaine Bear

C) The Mule

D) Pain Hustlers

Answer · why

B) Cocaine Bear

Cocaine Bear is based on the black bear found dead after eating drugs dropped from Thornton's plane. He died the same night when his parachute failed ...

Q 02/05

Which 1962 EKU graduate starred in the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Fall Guy?

A) Burt Reynolds

B) Tom Selleck

C) David Hasselhoff

D) Lee Majors

Answer · why

D) Lee Majors

Lee Majors came to Eastern as a football player, but a severe back injury ended his athletic career and turned him toward acting.

Q 03/05

EKU criminal justice graduate Thaksin Shinawatra became prime minister of which country in 2001?

A) Thailand

B) Malaysia

C) Cambodia

D) Singapore

Answer · why

A) Thailand

Thailand elected the former police officer in 2001, and after he was overthrown in 2006 he bought the English football club Manchester City.

Q 04/05

Which SportsCenter anchor attended EKU on a basketball scholarship before transferring to Dayton?

A) Dan Patrick

B) Keith Olbermann

C) Chris Berman

D) Stuart Scott

Answer · why

A) Dan Patrick

Dan Patrick spent two years at Eastern, then went on air in Dayton under his real surname, Pugh, before anchoring SportsCenter from 1989 to 2006.

Q 05/05

Eastern Kentucky alumnus Earle Combs batted leadoff for which baseball team's fabled 1927 lineup?

A) Boston Red Sox

B) Chicago Cubs

C) New York Yankees

D) St. Louis Cardinals

Answer · why

C) New York Yankees

New York Yankees fans knew that lineup as Murderers' Row, with Combs in center field beside Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. His own nickname was the Kentuck...