QUIZ! QUIZ! QUIZ!

So, the quarterlies are out. They are comprehensive and long. Read them...

In lieu of content (which will, mind you, be somewhat sparse during the summer), this is an AMS quiz prepared by Sheldon. Google Symbionese... its an interesting read.

Answers in 1 week or five submissions in the comments, whichever comes last. I will buy an AMS meal voucher worth of lunch for the winner.

QUIZ! QUIZ! QUIZ!

How much do you know about the history of the AMS? Not that much? Well, it doesn't matter--you're bound to do well on this quiz anyway.


1. The SRA was: (a) the Symbionese Revolutionary Army; (b)the Shotgun and Rifle Association; (c) the Scottish Republican Army; (d) the Student Representative Assembly, the name of the AMS Student Council between 1976 and 1980.

2. Sherwood Lett was: (a) the first AMS President at UBC; (b) a chancellor of UBC; (c) Chief Justice of British Columbia; (d) the husband of Evelyn Lett; (e) all of the above.

3. Leonard S. Klinck was: (a) a character on Hogan's Heroes; (b) the first head of UBC Parking and Security; (c) the inventor of the jail; (d) the second president of UBC.

4. The Great Trek was: (a) a 1937 Maoist military maneuver; (b) a 1923 Rudolph Valentino movie; (c) the 1922 march of UBC students demanding the construction of the current campus; (d) an early science fiction show by Gene Roddenberry.

5. Before moving onto the current campus, UBC operated (a) in Victoria College; (b) on the ferries between Victoria and Vancouver; (c) in buildings at 12th and Oak, near the current site of the Vancouver General Hospital; (d) in the hearts and minds of right-thinking students everywhere.

6. Mamooks was: (a) the sequel to Nanook of the North; (b) a club for actors who had performed in Mame; (c) a rare tropical disease eradicated by UBC scientists; (d) a poster and sign-painting club active at UBC in the 1940s and subsequent decades and responsible for announcing student activities.

7. In 1968, at the urging of U.S. hippie leader Jerry Rubin, thousands of UBC students occupied (a) B lot; (b) the clock tower; (c) the outdoor swimming pool; (d) the Faculty Club.

8. Human Government was (a) a 1980’s disco band; (b) Alexander Dubcek’s slogan in Czechoslovakia in 1968; (c) a novel jointly written by Balzac and Dante; (d) a left-wing AMS slate that swept the Executive elections in 1971 but was then forced to resign en masse after losing a non-confidence referendum.

9. The first woman president of the AMS was: (a) Evelyn Lett; (b) Janice Boyle; (c) Norah Coy; (d) Kim Campbell.

10. The AMS Insider was called Inside UBC from 1982 through 2003; before that it was called (a) Insight; (b) Out of Sight!; (c) Uptight; (d) Hello Frosh.

11. Bird Calls was: (a) the old UBC Nature Club; (b) the sponsor of the Lady Godiva Ride; (c) a 1933 Bing Crosby recording; (d) the old Student Telephone Directory.

12. UBC first opened its doors in (a) 1915; (b) 1925; (c) 1950; (d) 1867.

13. In its first academic session, the number of students attending UBC was approximately (a) 40,000; (b) 4,000; (c) 400; (d) 40.

14. Before UBC opened, students could take university-transfer courses at a Vancouver college affiliated with (a) Harvard; (b) Ball State; (c) UVic; (d) McGill.

15. Attempts have been made to get quorum at general meetings by (a) holding a free rock concert as part of the meeting; (b) making the meeting part of the Welcome Back BBQ; (c) holding the meeting in the SUB cafeteria at lunchtime; (d) all of the above.

16. Brock Hall, the former Student Union Building, was named after (a) CFL football player Dieter Brock; (b) Isaac Brock, the hero of the Battle of Queenston Heights in 1812; (c) baseball star Lou Brock; (d) Engineering Dean Reginald Brock and his wife, who died in a plane crash in 1935.

17. The Literary and Scientific Department was: (a) a code name for an illegal drug; (b) a column in the Ubyssey; (c) a predecessor of SAC; (d) the old name for the UBC Senate.

18. The "Back Mac" campaign was: (a) a promotion for McDonald's; (b) an attempt to unionize truck drivers; (c) a computer virus attacking only IBM machines; (d) a 1963 student campaign asking the government to provide the funding requested by UBC President John Macdonald.

19. Before the name “Thunderbirds” was finally chosen, what name almost became the one given to UBC sports teams, because it won the first student-wide vote on the issue? (a) Grizzlies; (b) Prowlers; (c) Sea-Gulls; (d) Musqueams.

20. The Yell King was: (a) an early TV series set in Australia; (b) a 1950's rock and roll star; (c) a Swiss chalet; (d) an AMS official in the 1920's responsible for promoting school spirit and organizing demonstrations.

21. David Suzuki is: (a) a well-known environmentalist; (b) a former UBC professor; (c) the host of CBC’s “The Nature of Things”; (d) the person who named the Pit Pub; (e) all of the above.

22. The current Student Union Building opened on September 26 in: (a) 1978; (b) 1968; (c) 1958; (d) 1948.

23. In 1924, Student Council passed motions forbidding students to: (a) talk in the library; (b) loiter in the halls; (c) gamble at cards; (d) write on the walls; (e) all of the above.

24. The Feldhaus Case was: (a) a White House scandal; (b) a type of backpack; (c) John Grisham’s first novel; (d) a legal action challenging the right of student societies to collect fees from students.

25. “Alma Mater Society” is: (a) the name of only one other student society in the entire world; (b) a term that makes most people think of the alumni; (c) the former name of the Students’ Society of McGill University; (d) a term that dates back to before UBC opened; (e) all of the above.

26. In 1975, the election for one member of the AMS executive ended in a tie. The winner was then decided on by: (a) rerunning the election; (b) letting Student Council choose between the two tied candidates; (c) letting the AMS President choose; (d) tossing a coin.

27. In March 1999, the only surviving member of the first AMS Student Council at UBC died at the age of 102. This person, who helped draft the first AMS constitution, was: (a) Pierre Berton; (b) Sherwood Lett; (c) Evelyn Lett; (d) Earle Birney; (e) David Strangway.

28. Which two well-known personalities served together on the AMS executive in 1976-77? (a) Jack Layton and Stephen Harper; (b) Gordon Campbell and Larry Campbell; (c) Moe Sihota and Herb Dhaliwal; (d) Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

29. Before the recent U-Pass referendums, the AMS referendum in which the Yes side won the most votes was (a) in 1982, when students were asked to vote in favour of increasing the AMS fee by $20; (b) in 1984, when students were asked to vote to join the Canadian Federation of Students; (c) in 1987, when students were asked to vote to ban the sale of products from South Africa because of apartheid; (d) in 1996, when students were asked to vote to establish the Evelyn Lett childcare bursary fund; (e) in 1970, when students were asked to make the AMS fee voluntary.

30. The Great Trekker Award (a) is given by the AMS to a worthy UBC graduate; (b) once had the name James T. Kirk engraved on it thanks to the Engineers; (c) has been won by Pierre Berton, Allan Fotheringham, and Byron Hender; (d) was first awarded in 1950; (e) was not awarded for many years in the 1970’s; (f) all of the above.