COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES
MAMMALS
LANGUAGES
PROVERBS
ODDS & ENDS
100

The Crimson Tide

Alabama

100

Mohair comes from the angora species of this mammal

a goat

100

The 2 official languages of Canada — eh?

French and English

100

A Chinese proverb tells us, "A hasty man drinks" this steeped beverage "with a fork"

tea

100

Originally made from the bark of the willow tree, take 2 & call me with the answer

aspirin

200

The Nittany Lions

Penn State

200

The slowest of all mammals is the three-toed species of this

a sloth

200

Thousands of Austrians speak Slovene, but a whopping 98% of them speak this official language

German

200

This can be "bliss", or "the night of the mind"

ignorance

200

Feb. 2 could also be called "Woodchuck Day", since it's the same animal

groundhog

300

The Cornhuskers

Nebraska

300

They range in size from the royal, probably the smallest hoofed mammal, to the giant eland

antelopes

300

Most courses at the University of Helsinki are taught in Swedish or this language

Finnish

300

"God made the earth but" these people "made Holland"

the Dutch

300

1942 cartoon feature noted for its forest fire sequence

Bambi

400

The Razorbacks

Arkansas

400

The extinct quagga was a relative of this African mammal, but was striped on only part of its body

a zebra

400

Haitian Creole is the native language of the many people who live on this island

Hispaniola

400

"Never marry for" this, "Ye'll borrow it cheaper"

money

400

The U.S.A.'s 1st federal wood research center was established in 1910 in this Wisconsin capital

Madison

500

The Boilermakers

Purdue

500

The smallest of these mammals is the Kitti's hog-nosed or bumblebee species

bats

500

The Tosk dialect is spoken widely in the southern part of this country, which borders Greece

Albania

500

This "mother of invention" "and opportunity may make a coward valiant"

necessity

500

Author who wrote about "The murmuring pines and hemlocks" in "the forest primeval"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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