Φ  = 50

Here's a look at the trivia answers: 

Year Harvey Seeley Mudd was born: 1888

Year that HMC opened its doors to students: 1957

Year that the Nobel Prize was awarded to the “hero” of Joe Platt’s famous campfire song, “It Ain’t the Money”: 1944

Year HMC stole the Caltech Cannon: 1986

Student body fee (in dollars) for 2005–06: 202

Length in feet of the HMC Shields sloop “Mildred”: 30

Current fee charged for each official HMC transcript:  2

Length (in feet) of a relativistic rhino, in the stationary frame of a frosh, if the rhino’s rest-length is 10 feet and it is charging past the frosh at 4/5c:  6

# of alumni known to have won an Academy Award: 1 

Current edition of “Life: The Science of Biology” by Purves, Sadava, Orians and Heller: 7

# of years Henry T. Mudd served as chair of the HMC Board of Trustees: 23

# of years Jon Strauss served as president of HMC: 9

College’s main street number on Platt Blvd: 301

The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything (in appropriate units): 42

Legal room capacity of Galileo Hall (all sections): 634

# of warts on F.W. Olin Science building: 0

HMC record # of blackboards filled by Prof. Sly in a single lecture (source: Gerald Van Hecke): 17

# of questions on Van Hecke’s P-chem final exam (post 1972): 1

Average starting salary (in dollars) of a 2005 graduate (to 3 sig figs.): $59,800

Number of ASHMC presidents (including co-presidents) or course # of Introduction to Biology: 52

# of students in HMC’s first graduating class: 2

# of organizations participating in the 2004-05 Clinic Program: 27

# of math professors at HMC when the college opened: 1

Cost (in dollars) of tuition in 1957: $800

Model # of the first VAX computer available for general use at HMC: 780

Birthday Joseph Platt celebrated in 2005: 90

# of students in first four-year class: 48

Percentage of 2005 graduates going on to graduate school (2005 HMC Annual Report): 42

# of wheels on the Gonzo mode of Mudder transportation used for the annual Foster’s Run: 1

Minimum number of course credit hours required to earn a bachelor of science degree at HMC: 128

# of faculty when college opened: 7

# of items Harvey Mudd is juggling in the Galileo Hall portrait: 5

# of years that Al is older than Bertha at the end of the following scenario: Al and Bertha are identical twins. Al stays home, and Bertha travels to Alpha Centauri (4 light years away from Earth) at 4/5 c, and immediately turns around and returns to Earth at the same speed: 4

Current # of HMC residence halls: 8