Watch Out for the Ivy!
Ornithological Sports
Olympic Destinations
Scientific Homophones & Homographs
100
Lions, tigers, bears, oh my! This university is not represented by one of the aforementioned animals but boasts a ferocious dog of its own.
What is Yale?
100
Although best known for his connection with dogs, Michael Vick reinvented himself and his image under this team, incidentally the second team for which he played that had an avian creature as mascot.
Who are the Philadelphia Eagles?
100
Of the five continents represented by the Olympic rings, this one will become the last to host the Games.
What is Africa?
200
The greatest number of American presidents can lay claim to this Ivy League school as its alma mater with five.
What is Harvard?
200
An Indiana State University and Boston Celtics product, this man left his mark on the game of basketball while also playing out one of the greatest rivalries with Magic Johnson and his Lakers.
Who is Larry Bird?
200
This country is third all-time in Olympic medals won but has not hosted a Game since 1972 in Munich.
What is Germany?
200
This drug cocktail treatment serves to reduce the viral load of HIV+ patients -or- the muscular pump vital to the function of our cardiovascular system.
What is HAART?
300
College football got its start in a game between Rutgers and this rival Ivy League school.
What is Princeton?
300
This city once contained three bird mascots before the NHL's Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg.
What is Atlanta?
300
The US Men's Basketball "Dream Team" brought their talents here in the summer of 1992, the second largest city in Spain.
What is Barcelona?
300
This biochemical assay is useful for determining the presence of a particular antigen in your sample -or- a female's name.
What is ELISA?
400
This Ivy League school, founded in 1865, is the only one to be founded after the American Revolution.
What is Cornell?
400
This Pittsburgh Penguins superstar flew, or should I say waddled, to the league lead in points during the 2011-12 NHL season, capturing the Hart Trophy as league MVP along the way.
Who is Evgeni Malkin?
400
The 2016 Summer Olympics will be a first in many respects. This city will host the first Games in South America and the first Games in a Portugese-speaking country.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
400
These two laws describe diffusion in terms of time, position, concentration and flux -or- the end result of a repair man's work.
What are Fick's?
500
This university, originally named King's College, is one of several Ivy League universities to have changed its name.
What is Columbia?
500
Originally of Portugese and Arabic descent, this bird's etymology was influenced by the Latin word for "white"; undisputed though is it's good fortune - sailors treat its sight as a sign of good luck and golfers covet how its three-under-par affects their score.
What is an albatross?
500
Although the Modern Olypmics originated in Athens and draw their primary influenced from Ancient Greek culture, it is this city which has hosted the most Games.
What is London?
500
This biological second messenger is central to many signal transduction pathways and also reverses the inhibition of protein kinase A -or- a place at which a kid might spend part of his childhood summers.
What is cAMP?
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