Humanities & Fine Arts
Social Sciences & History
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Professional Studies & Enhancement
C of I: 125 Years of Excellence
100
Theatre This Chicagoan known for earthy dialogue in plays like Speed-the-Plow was once an editor at Oui magazine.
What is David Mamet?
100
Psychology A delusion that your life is scripted & being filmed has been named by doctors after this Jim Carrey film
What is The Truman Show?
100
Exercise Science This is the study of the mechanics & anatomy of movement.
What is kinesiology?
100
Journalism Traditionally last in journalism's 5 Ws, it also played left field for Abbott & Costello.
What is why?
100
The 7th and most recent Rhodes Scholar from The College of Idaho.
Who is Amanda Frickle '12?
200
English Literature This British author's 1922 novel Jacob's Room is said to be a fictional biography of her brother Thoby.
Who is Virginia Woolf?
200
History In 1951 this married couple was tried under the Espionage Act of 1917 & found guilty.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
200
Biology It's the 10-letter term for the principle that living organisms are produced only by other living organisms.
What is biogenisis?
200
Accounting Uncle Sam tells business accountants that to be this, an expense must be ordinary & necessary.
What is a deductible?
200
The only C of I student to win a Mellon Scholarship.
Who is Dr. Steven S. Maughan '85?
300
Philosophy In 14 years this 19th century Dane published 30 books, mostly about how to reach God.
Who is Kierkegaard?
300
Political Economy / International Political Economy When Pakistan & India were split in 1947, this troubled state had a Hindu ruler, Hari Singh, but a Muslim majority.
What is Kashmir?
300
Mathematics This 17th century man who at various times in his life was a member of Parliament, Warden of the Royal Mint & Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
300
Pre-Law A legal provision exempting a business from a new regulation.
What is a grandfather clause?
300
Name two of the three C of I alumni to become governor of a U.S. State.
Who are C.L. "Butch" Otter '67, Robert Smiley '38, and Elmo Smith '32?
400
Art Found on an Aegean island in 1820, at 6'8" she'd make a great basketball player if she had arms.
What/who is the Venus de Milo?
400
Criminal Justice Studies Italian for "our thing", it's a criminal syndicate.
What is cosa nostra?
400
Mathematics-Physics If you divide the velocity of galaxies receding from our Milky Way by their distance from us you get this "constant" named for an American astronomer that helps us to determine the 13.8-billion-year old age of the universe
What is Hubble (or Hubble Constant)?
400
Computer Science When it comes to a computer science Ph.D. program, this university in Pittsburgh leads the field
What is Carnegie Mellon?
400
This alumna co-discovered Vitamin B-12.
Who is Dr. Mary Shorb '31?
500
Music Referring to his first "Pomp And Circumstance" march, he said, "I've got a tune that will... knock 'em flat!"
Who is Sir Edward Elgar?
500
Sociology / Anthropology Ruth Benedict's The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is a classic 1946 study of this country's culture.
What is Japan?
500
Chemistry Herbert Evans & Katherine bishop discovered this vitamin, or alpha tocopherol, while studying the diets of rats.
What is Vitamin E?
500
Leadership A leadership of 3 people working jointly; Caesar was in "the first" one.
What is a triumverate?
500
In 1954, this graduate was the first Idaho woman to be admitted to Harvard Law School.
Who is Loretta Warner Holway '53?
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