- Jack Carney is a native of Lowell, Mass., which is the hometown of another famous Jack who also hit the road. Can you name him?
Your answer:
Jack Benny
Jack Kerouac
Jack Paar
Jack Nicholson
- A strong advocate of sabbaticals for faculty, Carney has taken two sabbaticals in his academic career. Where did he go during these years away from the U.S.?
Your answer:
Technical University of Munich and Humboldt University of Berlin
Dublin Institute of Technology and the University of Oxford
The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge
Middlesex University and the International University of Japan
- This past summer, Carney and his family vacationed where?
Your answer:
Cape Cod
Martha's Vineyard
Kennebunkport, Maine
Branson, Mo.
- Carney’s favorite musical style is:
Your answer:
Classical
Country
Classic rock
All of the above
- Though not as voracious a reader as his wife, Pat (who, Carney says, “has read every book ever written in the Western world”), Carney enjoys reading and often listens to books on tape. At the time of this interview with UMR Magazine, he was in the middle of:
Your answer:
The World Is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman
My Life, by Bill Clinton
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell
The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
- When he was interviewed for this article last spring, Carney had “finally gotten caught up with renting movies.” Which two releases had he most recently watched?
Your answer:
The Aviator and Chicago
Sideways and Ray
Sin City and Sideways
The Incredibles and Napoleon Dynamite
- An accomplished athlete in high school, where he excelled at baseball and basketball, how does Carney stay fit these days?
Your answer:
Practicing yoga
Playing tennis and running
Pilates
Noon basketball
- During his baseball-playing days, Carney:
Your answer:
Batted left, threw right
Batted right, threw right
Batted right, threw left
Batted left, threw left
- During a conference in England, Carney sat in on a presentation by a young faculty member who would later become a department chair at UMR. That young faculty member was:
Your answer:
Ashok Midha, chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering
Judy Raper, chair of chemical and biological engineering
Richard Brow, chair of materials science and engineering
William P. Schonberg, chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
- Carney’s favorite food is:
Your answer:
Italian
Seafood
Indian
Mexican