AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY
b.p.:
For water it's 212 degrees Fahrenheit
Boiling point
In 1968 tuition was free for state residents at the U. of Cal., including this Bay Area flagship campus; it was $14,000 in 2023
Berkeley
J.K. Rowling stunned fans when she admitted this character should have married Harry Potter, not Ron
Hermione
In "La La Land" this actor asks, "Why do you say 'romantic' like it's a dirty word?"
Ryan Gosling
A place of little rain & to abandon completely
Desert and Desert
Washington grows more of these than any other state; about a third of them are Red Delicious
Apples
SHDC:
In order of rank at the bridge table
Spades Hearts Diamonds Clubs
It may get your Irish up to know in 1977 this Indiana private U. cost about $3,000 but tuition & fees now go for 62 grand
Notre Dame
Rowling said the only character her editor saw her cry over killing was Remus Lupin, who was one of these monsters
Recounting a memory of his father, Heath Ledger as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" utters this 3-word question
"Why so serious?"
One who displays & a downpour of rain
Shower and Shower
This biggest Washington city is pretty wet with Elliott Bay to the west, Lake Washington to the East
Seattle
SATB:
They're the 4 main voices in a choir
Soprano, Alto, Tenor & Bass
1985 tuition was a bit over $7,000 at this Durham, North Carolina university; in 2024, the cost will be north of $63,000
Duke
Rowling said one question she hates being asked is why this smallest ball in Quidditch is worth 150 points
A snitch
Princess Leia snarkily asks, "Aren't you a little short for" one of these?
Stromtroopers
Multiple female deer & a third person action verb conjugation
Does and Does
An Alaskan Malamute named Dubs is the mascot of this University of Washington football team
Huskies
FAANG:
Coined in 2017 by Jim Cramer to denote 5 top tech companies at the time
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google
Tuition at this private univ. in Houston from its opening in 1912 to 1965? Deliciously free! Today... a bit more, at $57,000
Rice
Rowling revealed she created these cloaked Azkaban guards after her own battles with depression
Dementors
In a 2015 biopic this guy is told, "you can't write code, you're not an engineer, you're not a designer... what do you do?"
Steve Jobs
Trash & to decline to accept something
Refuse and Refuse
Until 1853 Washington was part of this territory bearing the name of the next state south
Oregon
DDPVCCDB:
Santa's reindeer, minus Rudolph
Rudolph, then Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen
This Big Ten school kept things steady for in-state Indiana residents; general service tuition was $9,992 in 2012 & in '23
Purdue
Not one, not two, but three heads on this dog that guards the Sorcerer's Stone
Fluffy
In "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Indiana Jones gazes into a pit & asks, "Why'd it have to be" these
Snakes
Dove and Dove
The Cascade Mountains divide Washington east from west; North Cascades is one of these ways through them
A pass