College Board History
The College Entrance Examination Board was founded in this year.
1899
This Elvis hit says, "you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine"
Hound Dog
On its 2,300-mile course from its source in Minnesota, this river flows through or borders 10 states
Mississippi
In Connecticut a white male needed land worth 2 pounds a year in rent or livestock worth 40 pounds to be able to do this
Vote
Victor Hugo urged the preservation of medieval architecture & his writing led to the restoration of this building from 1844
Notre Dame
This exam for college admissions was first offered by the CEEB in 1926.
The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
In the comics, he was the first beagle on the moon
Snoopy
Named for the color of its sediment, it forms much of the border between Oklahoma & Texas
Red River
Exiled from the Massachusetts Bay colony, this Puritan dissenter helped found Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson
The riverboat in Frontierland at Disneyland is named for him
Mark Twain
By 2024 the College Board had largely transitioned away from paper tests to this new proprietary app.
Bluebook
This sports capable pup spawned a franchise in the early 2000s.
Air Bud
This river that flows through a valley of the same name is the main tributary of the Potomac
In mid-Atlantic states, leaves of this New World crop were often used as currency
Tobacco
In Switzerland, you can visit the schoolhouse of little Johanna Spyri, best known as the author of this novel
Heidi
This exam had the highest number of test takers in 2023, with over half a million students sitting for the exam.
AP English Language and Composition
In TV cartoons, Don Messick was the voice of Scooby-Doo as well as this dog of the Jetsons
Astro
Restored as a museum, historic Fort Ticonderoga is on the shores of this lake that's named for an explorer
Lake Champlain
This 3-letter cap sounds like it was for an unruly crowd, but it was a bonnet for women to wear indoors
mobcap
"Persuasion", the last book she completed before her death in 1817, was published posthumously
Austen
This exam carried the highest pass rate, despite the relatively low number of test takers, keeping its ranking at the highest pass rate the past three years.
AP Chinese Language and Culture
This John Grogan bestseller is subtitled "Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog"
Marley and Me
It flows nearly 2,000 miles from British Columbia & through Alaska before emptying into the Bering Sea
The Yukon
Patrick Henry slept at the governor's palace in what's now this Virginia tourist mecca
Williamsburg
In her Victorian retelling of the Faustian pact, this author cemented her legacy among the great horror/mystery authors of the 19th century.
Shelley