1-Minute CSUN Trivia Quiz

1. What was the mascot name considered for the new school when crews worked to clear the property of its original orange groves?

2. Who was the early assistant baseball coach who went on to become a famous sportscaster?

3. Who was the now prominent LAPD figure who played for the campus baseball team in the mid-1960s that won the school’s first major sports championship?

4. Who was the entertainer who declined to accept an honorary degree at the campus in the early 1970s because of opposition to his support for U.S. policy in Southeast Asia?

5. What Chinese actress attended CSUN in the early 1980s, and what is the Chinese name for CSUN?

Answers:

1. The Woodchoppers.

2. Dick Enberg

3. Devonshire Division Capt. Vance Proctor

4. Bob Hope

5. Joan Chen who appeared in “The Last Emporer,” and “Beiling,” meaning “North Ridge.”

Source: John Broesamle’s book “Suddenly a Giant,” a history of Cal State University, Northridge.