Unexpected Degrees
2003 NBA Draft
Bridges
Bridger(s)
U.S. Airports
200

This Community actor was a practicing physician with a medical degree from UNC Chapel Hill

Ken Jeong

200

He was the first pick in the 2003 NBA draft, going to the Cleveland Cavaliers

Lebron James

200

This bridge crosses the Alabama River in Selma

The Edmund Pettus Bridge

200

Jim Bridger claimed to be the first European-American to see this lake known as "America's Dead Sea"

The Great Salt Lake

200

The Washington National Airport was renamed in 1998 after this president

Reagan

400

This singer who wrote All of Me's English degree from UPenn helped him land a job at Boston Consulting Group before he decided to pursue a music career full time

John Legend

400

The 3rd pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, he's a 10-time all-star with the Nuggets and Knicks but has never won an NBA Title

Carmelo Anthony

400

This Boston bridge right next to TD Garden was completed in 2003

Zakim Bridge

400

The Bridger-this National Forrest is adjacent to a Wyoming mountain range and national park from which it gets its name

Teton
400

It's the second largest airport in the state of Illinois by passenger traffic

Midway International Airport

600

He's a legendary rock guitarist, but also a physics friend who studied at Imperial College London

Brian May

600

The 5th pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, this now-retired Miami Heat superstar is a 3 time NBA champion

Dwyane Wade

600

The world's longest continuous bridge over water crosses this Louisiana Lake

Lake Pontchartrain

600

Jim Bridger discovered a shortcut to the Oregon Trail now known as this; it's also what happens when Bridger barely pulls a D- in a class

Bridger Pass

600

It's the busiest airport by passenger traffic in the New York metropolitan area

JFK International Airport

800

His sitcom "Mr. Bean" in which he played the titular Mr. Bean was developed while we was studying Electrical Engineering at Oxford

Rowan Atkinson

800

The 4th pick in the 2003 NBA draft, he led the Raptors before joining a superteam in the Miami Heat

Chris Bosh

800

This Washington bridge which collapsed on the same year it was built has attracted the attention of engineers, physicists, and mathematicians in the decades since

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge

800

This is the title of Phoebe Bridgers' debut album

Stranger in the Alps

800

DAILY DOUBLE

Logan Airport is named after Major General Edward Lawrence Logan who first enlisted (while still a student at Harvard College) in the Massachusetts 9th Infantry in this 1898 war

1000

This strange dude studied architecture at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo before beginning a lengthy music career in which the accordion played a prominent role

Weird Al

1000

The 2nd pick in the 2003 NBA Draft and one of the worst draft picks of all time, this Serbian went on to work as a kickboxer and a farmer in his home country

Darko Milicic

1000

This Hudson River bridge was renamed after former governor Mario Cuomo after it was rebuilt in 2017

The Tappan Zee Bridge

1000

Phoebe Bridgers' albums have both been released under this American independent record label

Dead Oceans

1000

This city has the busiest airport in the U.S. by passenger traffic

Atlanta

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