WORLD UNIVERSITIES
____ THE ____
SCIENCE & NATURE
MYTHOLOGY
TV ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS
GEOVERLAPS
400
It's a 10- to 15-minute walk from the university of this city, established in the 1300s, to the famous Leaning Tower
Pisa
400
Making reference to a timepiece, it means continuously, 24 hours a day
around the clock
400
The isolation of this hormone in the 1920s led to the first effective treatment for diabetes
insulin
400
According to one story, after he was killed by a scorpion, this hunter ended up as a constellation in the heavens
Orion
400
The "H" in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stands for this, a word in the name of a Cabinet dept. founded in 2002
Homeland
400
Please capital-ize: For the Netherlands
+
for Syria
Amsterdamascus
800
Founded by Henry VIII, Trinity is the largest college, in number of undergraduate students, at this English university
Cambridge
800
Ponder over, or what cows literally do
chew the cud
800
Kalium is the old name for this element
potassium
800
Stronger than dirt, this great warrior eventually went mad & killed himself
Ajax
800
A smellier version of Anderson Cooper, Oscar on "Sesame Street" irritably hosts GNN, short for this
the Grouch News Network
800
Nobel's homeland
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a U.S. city with a mint
Swedenver
1200
USP for short, the University of this city has ranked No. 1 in Brazil & in Latin America
São Paulo
1200
Debuting in 1947, it's the longest-running program on network TV
Meet the Press
1200
This hard, dark-colored volcanic rock is the most common type found in the Earth's crust
basalt
1200
In Egyptian myth, after he was murdered by his brother Set, he was brought back to life & became ruler of the underworld
Osiris
1200
On "24" Jack Bauer worked for this 3-letter group whose goal was to thwart evildoers
CTU
1200
The world's largest island
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a 4,300-mile South American mountain range
Greenl-andes
1600
In Bangladesh, European & Mughal influences can be found in Curzon Hall at the University of this city
Dhaka
1600
Referring to part of her habit, it means to become a nun
take the veil
1600
As well as a unit of work, this 3-letter word is also a large area of desert covered by wind-blown sand
an erg
1600
Galatea was the name later given to the statue-turned-real woman whom this king sculpted, fell in love with & married
Pygmalion
1600
"JAG", short for this, followed lawyers in that Navy division
Judge Advocate General
1600
A nation on Afghanistan's eastern border
+
a big port city in northern Morocco
Pakistangier
2000
2025 marks the 450th anniversary of the Netherlands' oldest university, located in this city, 10 miles northeast of The Hague
Leiden
2000
9th century king of Wessex who defeated invaders & promoted learning
Alfred the Great
2000
Bats use this method of detecting objects by bouncing high-frequency sound waves off them
echolocation
2000
This beautiful & beloved but doomed Norse god was the son of Odin & Frigg
Balder
2000
Alison Brie was a bad mama jama in the ring as one of these women, GLOW for short
the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
2000
Newfoundland's partner
+
a German harbor city in the Ruhr Valley
Labradortmund
