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100

This Northwestern grad and TV host most recently won an Emmy for his show "The Late Show".

Who is Stephen Colbert?
100

Elle Woods attends this prestigious law school in "Legally Blonde".

What is Harvard Law School?

100

This Big Ten school's teams are known as the Wildcats.  

What is Northwestern University?

100

This Massachusetts town is home to Harvard University and is known for its intellectual atmosphere.

What is Cambridge?

100

This Microsoft co-founder dropped out of Harvard to start his computer company.

Who is Bill Gates?

200

This University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alum played Ron Swanson on "Parks and Recreation".

Who is Nick Offerman?

200

In "High School Musical," Gabriella gets accepted to this California university.

What is Stanford University?

200
The 'Hoosiers' represent this Big Ten school in the Midwest. 

What is Indiana University?

200

This Indiana town is home to Purdue University and its Boilermakers.

What is West Lafayette?

200

The famous 'New York' singer dropped out of Columbia University after being signed to Columbia Records at the age of 15.

Who is Alicia Keys?

300

This University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alum founded the "Playboy" magazine empire.

Who is Hugh Hefner?

300
In the prequel to "Monsters Inc.", Mike Wazowski and Sully meet at this fictional campus.

What is Monsters University?

300

This West Coast school prides themselves as the 'Trojans'. 

What is USC (The University of Southern California)?

300

Home to the University of North Carolina, this town shares its name with a geographic feature.

What is Chapel Hill?

300

This Apple co-founder dropped out of Reed College after just one semester.

Who is Steve Jobs?

400

This billionaire briefly attended the University of Chicago before co-founding Oracle.

Who is Larry Ellison?

400

In "Good Will Hunting," the main character solves math problems at this Boston university.

What is MIT?

400

The Blue Devils hail from this North Carolina university.

What is Duke University?

400

This Connecticut town houses Yale University and is known for its pizza.

What is New Haven?

400

This "Titanic" and "Avatar" director left Cal State Fullerton to work in film.

Who is James Cameron?

500

This supermodel from the 90s attended Northwestern University before becoming famous.

Who is Cindy Crawford?

500

In "The Great Gatsby," narrator Nick Carraway attended this Ivy League school.

What is Yale University?

500

This Texas university's mascot is Bevo the longhorn.

What is the University of Texas at Austin?

500

The University of Georgia calls this classic Southern college town home.

What is Athens.

500

This media mogul dropped out of the Tennessee State University to pursue broadcasting.

Who is Oprah Winfrey?

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