UWindsor T-shirt This UWindsor T-shirt awaits the winner of today’s trivia quiz on Tessa Virtue.

Quiz tests knowledge of UWindsor Olympian

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 33rd in a series, offers one lucky winner a beautiful UWindsor T-shirt. In heavy 100 percent cotton imprinted with the UWindsor logo, it is available for purchase from the Bookstore at a cost of $9.95.

To enter the contest, just answer the questions below about UWindsor’s own Olympian, ice dancer/psychology student Tessa Virtue. The winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 25.

  1. Virtue and her partner Scott Moir shared two silver medals in Sochi: ice dance and in what other competition?
    a) Finnstep
    b) pairs figure skating
    c) team figure skating
    d) twizzles
     
  2. What was Virtue’s birthplace?
    a) London, Ontario
    b) London, UK
    c) Waterloo, Ontario
    d) Windsor, Ontario
     
  3. In the ice dance finals, the American team of Meryl Davis and Charlie White scored a new world record of 116.63 points in the free dance to best Virtue and Moir. What team had held the record until the skate by Davis and White?
    a) Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford
    b) Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov
    c) Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
    d) Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

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.

50th Anniversary logo

The University Bookstore has marked down the T-shirt offered as today’s prize. The February 25 True Savings Tuesday value offers this style, which normally sells at $9.95, at the discounted price of $7.95 from the kiosk located in the CAW Student Centre.