FWC History
Alexander the Great
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
The Pen Is Mightier
In The NESCAC
100
This long ago, in the hazy mists of time, Samah Mahmoud was AD of the Writers' Center.
What is 3 years?
100
Your beloved AD is named after Alexander the Great of Macedon, son of this famed warrior and horse lover.
Who is King Phillip of Macedon
100
Paula is abroad in Paris, France...home of the Eiffel Tower. Initially hated by the Parisians, the Eiffel Tower was built for this international event.
What is the World's Fair?
100
This White Guelph put pen to paper after his exile from Florence in 1302, condemning his enemies to wonderfully detailed punishments in hell.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
100
Tufts University's mascot, the Jumbo, worked here prior to being stuffed and mounted.
What is P.T. Barnum's Circus?
200
Don't get entangled in this, the name of the AD preceding Samah Mahmoud.
Who is Laura Webb?
200
Alexander was saved in battle many times by this trusty steed.
Who is Bucephalus?
200
Olivia Biagetti, Sammy Draper, and Josephine Liang are all abroad in Denmark right now. In addition to being the first European nation to abolish slavery and the country with the oldest national flag, Denmark ALSO beat us all to the punch with this beloved interlocking toy.
What is Lego.
200
In an instance of "the pen is mightier than the sword" but other things are even still mightier, Lord Byron responded to a new "No Dogs Allowed" rule at Cambridge by purchasing this animal.
What is a bear?
200
Williams College has the purple cow as a school mascot, but the official mascot name is this, a diminutive of the cow's name.
What is the "Ephs"?
300
It would be doubleplusgood if you could remember this, the year in which the FWC was founded.
What is 1984?
300
In the Hollywood film on the life of Alexander the Great, this actor played the great conqueror.
Who is Colin Farrell.
300
Anna Hess is studying abroad in Morocco. Sharing a belief with bartenders all over the world, Moroccans believe that this organ--rather than the heart--is where love originates.
What is the liver?
300
95 theses but a Pope 'aint one. This tubby German monk became famous overnight for tacking a handwritten piece of paper to a door.
Who is Martin Luther?
300
Amherst College was founded by Lord Jeffrey Amherst, a land speculator who made his fortune through what ingenious device.
What are smallpox infected blankets?
400
This is the oldest thing in the FWC.
What is the clock.
400
Always fond of leaving his mark, Alexander the Great named this many cities "Alexandria" after himself.
What is 20
400
From his crenellated perch, Lucas Killcoyne can probably see why the Czech Republic is the world capital of this kind of building.
What are castles?
400
The CIA developed a hypodermic syringe disguised as a ballpoint pen in an attempt to kill this person.
Who is Fidel Castro?
400
In 2006, on a college road trip, Alexander visited Wesleyan University; these two items, worn by each of the first four people he saw on campus, made him confident that Wesleyan was not the place for him.
What are Birkenstocks and acoustic guitars?
500
One of the two names on the FWC dedication plaque
What are Margaret Davis and Roderick Ewan Farnham
500
After Alexander's death, the Macedonian empire broke down into four major satrapies: Macedon, Pergamon, the Ptolmaic Kingdom, and this Eurasian empire.
What is the Seleucid Empire?
500
Laura Parris is abroad in Scotland. Though the country does not have a Candy Mountain, it does consider this fantastic beast to be its official animal.
What is the unicorn?
500
This author had his ultimate revenge upon his rival, Thomas Shadwell, when he wrote the wildly popular satire Mac Flecknoe.
Who is John Dryden?
500
This NESCAC institution was mentioned in the opening scene of Jaws
What is Trinity College?
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