8 gigabyte USB drive attached to key ringThe winner of today’s trivia contest will receive this beautiful key ring USB drive, imprinted with the UWindsor logo.

Trivia quiz tests knowledge of honorary degree recipients

To help celebrate the University of Windsor’s 50th anniversary, the University Bookstore is offering DailyNews readers chances to demonstrate their knowledge of the institution and its history.

Today’s quiz, the fifth in a series, offers one lucky winner a beautiful eight-gigabyte key ring USB drive, imprinted with the UWindsor logo. It is also available for purchase from the Bookstore kiosk in the CAW Student Centre at a cost of $9.25.

To enter the contest, just send your answers to the following trivia questions on some of the illustrious individuals awarded honorary degrees by the University of Windsor. The winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 9.

  1. All of these Supreme Court justices received honorary degrees; which received hers before she was named to Canada’s highest court?
    a) Rosalie Abella
    b) Louise Arbour
    c) Claire L’Heureux-Dubé
    d) Beverley McLachlin
    e) Bertha Wilson
     
  2. Which of these giants of Canadian literature received an honorary doctor of letters degree?
    a) Pierre Berton
    b) Robertson Davies
    c) Northrop Frye
    d) Marshall McLuhan
    e) all of the above
     
  3. Which of these statesmen received a doctor of laws while serving as secretary-general of the United Nations?
    a) Kofi Annan
    b) Dag Hammarskjöld
    c) Stephen Lewis
    d) Trygve Lie
    e) U Thant
     
  4. Each of these athletes received an honorary degree. Which one never competed as a Canadian Olympian?
    a) Cassie Campbell
    b) Ken Dryden
    c) Silken Laumann
    d) Richard Pound
    e) Andrea Steen
     
  5. Which of these Windsor mayors received an honorary doctorate while in office?
    a) David Burr
    b) Michael Hurst
    c) Elizabeth Kishkon
    d) John Millson
    e) Bert Weeks
     
  6. Which of these honoured churchmen never held the position of Roman Catholic bishop?
    a) Gerald Emmett Carter
    b) George Bernard Flahiff
    c) Henry Gordon Hill
    d) Robert Baird McClure
    e) John Michael Sherlock
     
  7. CAW national president Ken Lewenza received an honorary doctor of laws degree in June. Which of these labour leaders received a similar honour while serving as president of the Canadian Labour Congress?
    a) Ed Baillargeon, 1983
    b) Buzz Hargrove, 2003
    c) Donald MacDonald, 1974
    d) Gary Parent, 1996
    e) Bob White, 1989

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to uofwnews@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please. Note: the decision of the judge in determining the most correct response is inviolable.

For more information on the 50th Anniversary Weekend, visit www.uwindsor.ca/anniversary.

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