Q 01/05

What did NC State's wolf mascots, Mr. and Ms. Wuf, do at halftime of a 1981 home basketball game?

A) Made their debut

B) Got married

C) Retired from duty

D) Swapped costumes

Answer · why

B) Got married

Mr. and Ms. Wuf got married on court, and the visiting team's mascot, Wake Forest's Demon Deacon, fittingly presided over the ceremony.

Q 02/05

NC State's Memorial Belltower stood for more than 80 years without which feature, finally installed in 2021?

A) A clock face

B) A lightning rod

C) Real bells

D) A cornerstone

Answer · why

C) Real bells

Real bells were in the original plan, but money ran short and an electronic carillon was fitted in 1947; the full set of 55 bells gave its first recit...

Q 03/05

Which championship ritual did NC State coach Everett Case bring from Indiana high school basketball in 1947?

A) Raising title banners

B) Retiring jersey numbers

C) Storming the court

D) Cutting down the nets

Answer · why

D) Cutting down the nets

Cutting down the nets was an Indiana high school custom; Case's team did it after winning the 1947 Southern Conference title, and he is credited with ...

Q 04/05

Which top-ranked team, led by Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, did NC State stun in the 1983 NCAA championship game?

A) Houston

B) Louisville

C) Georgia

D) Virginia

Answer · why

A) Houston

Houston saw Olajuwon leave the game several times for oxygen in Albuquerque's mile-high air, slowed the pace to protect its lead, and lost 54–52.

Q 05/05

Which NC State engineering graduate became the first woman to fly around the Moon, aboard NASA's Artemis II?

A) Jessica Meir

B) Christina Koch

C) Kathryn Sullivan

D) Anne McClain

Answer · why

B) Christina Koch

Christina Koch earned three degrees in Raleigh, and after her 2026 flight the university renamed an engineering building Koch Hall in her honour.