The Oscars
U.S Presidents
British Literature
The Big Ten Conference
Famous Eliots / Elliots / Elliotts
100

His 3 Oscar wins are the most of all time for Best Actor

Who is Daniel Day Lewis

100

He won a record 4 presidential elections

Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

100

John Milton wrote this epic poem about the fall of man (among other narrative arcs) in 1667

What is Paradise Lost

100

Founded in 1878 as Queen's College, it is the oldest school in the Big Ten, although one of the newest members of the conference

What is Rutgers

100

Elliott was the name of a young boy in this 1982 Spielberg classic

What is E.T.

200
A 1991 film starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins is the most recent winner of the Big Five (Picture / Director / Screenplay / Actor / Actress)
What is Silence of the Lambs
200

The last incumbent president NOT to win his re-election bid for a 2nd term

Who is George H.W. Bush

200

Written in the last 1300s, this collection of 24 "tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer is suggested to have introduced the English language to mainstream literature

What is the Canterbury Tales

200

The NCAA men's basketball champions in 2000 - The last time a Big Ten team won March Madness

Who is Michigan State

200

The founder of renowned activist and distressed hedge fund Elliott Management

Who is Paul Singer

300

The 3rd installment in a hugely successful franchise, this 2003 film won all 11 awards it was nominated for, including the year's Best Picture

What is The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King 

300

The 4th face on Mt. Rushmore, alongside Washington / Jefferson / Lincoln

Who is Teddy Roosevelt

300

Percy Blythe Shelley was a well-accomplished poet...his 2nd wife...an accomplished writer, made famous for this story of a young scientist and his monstrous creature, written in 1818

What is Frankenstein

300

3 Big Ten schools boast football stadiums that seat over 100,000...but with a capacity of 107,420...this venue is the largest in the country

What is the Big House (Michigan also acceptable)

300

This Federal agent was made famous for his efforts to take down Al Capone, as memorialized in "The Untouchables"

Who is Eliot Ness

400

In 1995, a battle of several all-time classic saw this move beat out Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption for Best Picture

What is Forrest Gump

400

The 22nd AND the 24th President, the only instance of a U.S. President serving 2 non-consecutive terms

Who is Grover Cleveland

400

In Jonathan Swift's Gulliver Travels, the tiny inhabitants of the island nation Gulliver arrived upon

Who are the Lilliputians

400

This Big Ten school not only produced the all-time NCAA rushing leader, it also boasts 14 Fortune 500 CEOs amongst its alumni base, most in the nation

What is Wisconsin

400

Former NY attorney general and NY governor, supposed tough guy to Wall Street, resigned amidst a prostitution scandal

Who is Eliot Spitzer

500

Until Titanic tied its total of 11 in 1997, this movie held the record for Oscar wins for 38 years

What is Ben-Hur
500

The 9th U.S President and the 1st to die while in office, he lasted only 31 days of his elected term before succumbing to typhoid fever

Who is William Henry Harrison

500
The famous St. Crispin's Day speech, an inspiring wartime call to battle, is from which if Shakespeare's 7 historical plays about 3 different, mid-single digit, kings named Henry

What is Henry V

500

The Big Ten conference was founded in 1895, this Illinois school is the only one of its original 7 members no longer in the conference after leaving in 1946

What is The University of Chicago

500

The 1st two initials of the Poet Eliot, whose famous works include "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

What are T, S

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