Q 01/05

Which Texas Tech quarterback, the son of a Major League pitcher, was named MVP of Super Bowl LIV?

A) Patrick Mahomes

B) Graham Harrell

C) Billy Joe Tolliver

D) Davis Webb

Answer · why

A) Patrick Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes once threw for 734 yards in a single game for Texas Tech, and he also pitched in relief for the Red Raiders baseball team.

Q 02/05

Which future folk star studied architecture at Texas Tech before dropping out in 1963 for Los Angeles?

A) Buddy Holly

B) Waylon Jennings

C) John Denver

D) Mac Davis

Answer · why

C) John Denver

John Denver sang with a campus folk group called the Alpine Trio while at Texas Tech, then left to try his luck in the folk clubs of California.

Q 03/05

Texas Tech engineering graduate Rick Husband commanded which Space Shuttle on its final flight in 2003?

A) Challenger

B) Columbia

C) Discovery

D) Atlantis

Answer · why

B) Columbia

Columbia broke apart over Texas during reentry, killing Husband and his crew; he had flown to space once before, as a shuttle pilot.

Q 04/05

Which humorist sits on horseback in Riding into the Sunset, the bronze statue at the center of Texas Tech?

A) Mark Twain

B) Gene Autry

C) Buffalo Bill Cody

D) Will Rogers

Answer · why

D) Will Rogers

Will Rogers was a longtime friend of Amon Carter, who dedicated the statue in 1950 and called Texas Tech the ideal setting for it.

Q 05/05

Which Texas Tech hand sign was created in 1971 as an answer to the Longhorns' Hook 'em Horns?

A) Guns Up

B) Gig 'em

C) Sic 'em

D) Pony Up

Answer · why

A) Guns Up

Guns Up was the idea of alumnus Glenn Dippel, who was living in Austin and wanted a reply to the Longhorn sign he saw every day.