Potpourri
Literature
American History
Science
Colleges and Universities
100
The Microsoft program was originally called presenter
What is Power Point
100
The Raven, the pit and the pendulum, The tell-tale heart, and the cask of amontillado
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
100
What is the Pony Express
100
Seems counterintuitive but the Earth is farthest from the sun during this month
What is July
100
A full time student usually graduates from a junior college in this number of years
What is 2
200
Jimmy Garoppolo had to start at QB to begin the 2016 NFL season because this other Patriot was suspended
Who is Tom Brady
200
A young girl becomes increasingly aware of the hypocrisy and prejudice in her small southern town in the coming-of-age story by Harper Lee
What is To Kill a Mockingbird
200
Leaked to the press in 1971 the Pentagon Papers detailed America's involvement in this conflict
What is the Vietnam War
200
It can't fly or breathe fire but this largest living lizard has a venomous bite that inhibits blood clotting
What is Komodo Dragon
200
This Washington D.C. univ. is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the U.S.
What is Georgetown
300
The skunk ape is Florida's version of this legendary humanoid
What is Bigfoot
300
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and 1984 by George Orwell are considered to be this type of novel
What is dystopian
300
In 1590 English explorer John White returned with supplies to this colony only to find it gone
What is Roanoke Colony
300
It's the largest blood vessel in the body
What is the aorta
300
Moor's Indian Charity School founded about 1750 is the ancestor of this N.H. Ivy League college
What is Dartmouth
400
This hairstyle got its name from its popularity among rowers especially in the Ivy League
What is crew cut
400
A disillusioned teen is fed up with all the "phoniness" in the world in this novel often assigned by English teachers
What is catcher in the rye
400
Pres. Lincoln said I never in my life felt more certain that I was doing right than I do in signing this paper
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
400
This hardest tissue in the body covers the crown of a tooth in mammals
What is enamel
400
The University of Georgia, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the College of William and Mary
What are the oldest public colleges in the US
500
AKA ascorbic acid this vitamin helps form collagen in bones & aids in the absorption of iron
What is Vitamin C
500
This beloved novel whose first word is "Christmas" has been adapted for a Christmas 2019 movie, with Meryl Streep as Aunt March
What is Little Women
500
The unexplained sinking of the USS Maine led the U.S. to declare war on this country on April 25, 1898
Who is Spain
500
Iron is Fe, not Ir which belongs to this metallic element impervious to almost all acids
What is Iridium
500
The women's eating houses at Davidson take the place of these social groups found at other colleges
What are sororities