Authors' Alma Maters
A Buckeye by birth, R.L. Stine also attended this university where he edited the Sundial
Ohio State University
Matt Groening drew his own initials in the design of this TV character--the "M" is in his lower hairline, the "G", his ear
Homer Simpson
Conveniently based in this U.S. city, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting provides uncensored information to the island
Miami
A vaulting staff & a survey of voters
pole/poll
This 20th c. British physicist said, "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can & will create itself from nothing"
Stephen Hawking
Growing up in an LDS family, it's not surprising that Stephenie Meyer attended this university in Provo
BYU (Brigham Young)
In 1505 this 1-named artist planned to make 12 marble Apostles for a local cathedral, but he'd be called to Rome by pope-ular demand
Michelangelo
The Off. of Minority Health says disease of this organ, the USA's top killer, takes 30% fewer Hispanics & 30% more African Americans than Caucasians
The heart
Your physical debut & a bed on a train
birth/berth
This "nutty" professor and agricultural advisor to Theodore Roosevelt is named for a different US president
George Washington Carver
Nicholas Sparks provides scholarships to & internships at his alma mater, this school, home of the Fighting Irish
Notre Dame
Used as a doorstop in Long Island, a vase from this Chinese dynasty eventually sold for $1.3 million at auction in 2012
Ming Dynasty
The Wall of Honor at the Office of Personnel Management honors five employees of this service that delivers for you
The postal service
Brahmins, for one & to throw out a lure when angling
In 1957, long before she had her own institute, she met Louis Leakey, who guided her to Gombe Stream to study chimps
Jane Goodall
He modeled Gravesend Academy in "A Prayer for Owen Meany" after his alma mater, Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire
Praise this painting from the early 1500s on its use of sfumato, the use of fine shading, but please don't tell her to smile more
Mona Lisa
The Office of Career, Technical & Adult Education has initiatives for this read ability
literacy
A particular manner of walking & a waiting area inside an airport terminal
gait/gate
Once a resident of Smiljan, he immigrated to the U.S. with 4 cents & later patented a polyphase system of A.C. dynamos
Nikola Tesla
This Pulitzer winner for "The Underground Railroad" has a degree from Harvard & received the 2018 Harvard Arts medal
Colson Whitehead
Victor Hugo didn't want to pose for a bust, so this French sculptor made some quick sketches, &, voilà, a bust was born
Rodin
During WWII, the Office of Strategic Services pulled off ops like dropping Jewish spies into the Innsbruck area of this country
Austria
To take from someone by force & to take a break
wrest/rest
He had a pretty good 19th century run, including saving France's beer, wine & silk industries
Louis Pasteur