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Polls and Quizzes (Informal Online)

01/22/08

Student Trivia Results

Tests taken: 372
Average score: 57.26%

What role did Kerry Romesburg have at UVSC?

  • Chief of Police
  • Board of Trustees Chair
  • President [correct]
  • Faculty Excellence Award Recipient

Percentage Correct: 50.3%

What role did J Marvin Higbee have at UVSC?

  • Chief of Police
  • Board of Trustees Chair
  • President [correct]
  • Faculty Excellence Award Recipient
Percentage Correct: 37.6%

The beautiful cliffs exposed at Zion National Park are made mostly out of:

  • Jurassic dune sandstone that accumulated about 185 million years ago [correct]
  • Precambrian granite that crystalized about 2500 million years ago
  • Oligocene marine limestone that accumulated about 30 million years ago

Percentage Correct: 58.6%

The "benches" area of Salt Lake was:

  • Terraced farm land which allowed for flood irrigation
  • Nicknamed "benches" because in 1920 city benches were placed in every neighborhood
  • The shoreline of the ancient Lake Bonneville [correct]

Percentage Correct: 82.5%

Faculty and Staff Trivia Question Results

Tests Taken = 84
Average Score = 62.5%

What role did Kerry Romesburg have at UVSC?
  • Chief of Police
  • Board of Trustees Chair
  • President [correct]
  • Faculty Excellence Award Recipient

Percentage Correct: 67.9%

What role did J Marvin Higbee have at UVSC?

  • Chief of Police
  • Board of Trustees Chair
  • President [correct]
  • Faculty Excellence Award Recipient

Percentage Correct: 47.6%

The beautiful cliffs exposed at Zion National Park are made mostly out of:

  • Jurassic dune sandstone that accumulated about 185 million years ago [correct]
  • Precambrian granite that crystalized about 2500 million years ago
  • Oligocene marine limestone that accumulated about 30 million years ago

Percentage Correct: 58.3%

The "benches" area of Salt Lake was:

  • Terraced farm land which allowed for flood irrigation
  • Nicknamed "benches" because in 1920 city benches were placed in every neighborhood
  • The shoreline of the ancient Lake Bonneville [correct]

Percentage Correct: 76.2%

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