Academic Grab Bag
GPA is an abbreviation for this.
What is grade point average?
He was a star in the movie Thor has a degree in Classics from Cambridge University.
Who is Tom Hiddleston?
This is the modern country in which the city of Rome is located.
What is Italy?
This person “loves wisdom.”
What is a philosopher?
He put the “glad” in gladiator, according to Disney.
Who is Hercules?
Note: this does not make sense since “gladiator” is a Roman term from the Latin for sword “gladius”.
He is Carleton’s sports mascot.
Who is Rodney the Raven?
He is a pop rock singer, used to be married to Gwenyth Paltrow, and has a degree in Classics from University College London.
Who is Chris Martin of Coldplay?
This is where all roads lead.
What is Rome?
This river horse is native to Africa.
What is the hippopotamus.
The Parthenon is located in this city.
What is Athens?
Also acceptable: London, UK and Nashville, TN
This is the oldest university in Europe.
What is the University of Bologna?
He wrote a world famous children’s book series featuring a Christ-like lion and has a degree in Classics from Oxford University.
Who is C.S. Lewis?
This wall, built in the 2nd century CE, divided the island of Britain in two.
What is Hadrian's Wall?
These are “terrible lizards.”
What are dinosaurs?
He put the “alexander” in the city of Alexandria.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Nota bene: There were about 17 ancient cities with the name “Alexandria”
This is the university in Ottawa with the largest undergraduate student body.
What is the University of Ottawa?
Clearly inspired by the aesthetic of Disney’s "Hercules," the set designer of Lizzo’s "Rumors" music video seems also to have appreciated this kind of pottery.
What is Greek pottery?
(Nota bene: the set designer was Andrea Kollar)
Caesarion was the son of what queen?
Who is Cleopatra VII?
This terrible lizard has winged fingers, according to its etymology.
What is the pterodactyl?
This Greek island gives its name to one of the most technologically advanced ancient artefacts.
What is the island of Antikythera?
This two-time Governor General of Quebec, the 1st Baron of Dorchester, lends his name to this Ottawa institution.
(Nota bene: His name was Sir Guy Carleton)
He served as the previous Prime Minister of Britain, bears a striking resemblance to D. Trump, and has a degree in Classics from Oxford University.
Who is Boris Johnson?
This city also became a capital of the Roman Empire.
What is Constantinople?
(Other acceptable answers: Ravenna, Trier, Thessaloniki)
This academic discipline comes from the Latin for knowledge, but surely it isn’t the only one spreading knowledge.
What is science?
From the Latin scio, scire, to know.
According to the English playwright, Christopher Marlowe, her face “launch'd 1,000 ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium.”
Who is Helen of Troy?