LA Staff (i.e. Jack, Isabel, & George)
Jack got his masters degree when studying in this city
What is London, England
The Leadership Academy is named after this couple, whose donation create the academy
Who is M.A. (Al) and Lila Self
This 2014 action/sci-fi movie filmed a handful of scenes on the IIT campus
What is Divergent
This nickname for Chicago was created because it's politicians were said to be talkative and boastful
What is The Windy City
This is the largest ocean on Earth
What is the Pacific Ocean
This field of psychology is what Isabel & Jack are getting their PhD in and is the field George has his PhD in
What is Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology
This leadership philosophy, which the Leadership Academy follows, consists of people who stay true to themselves and follow a self-guided moral and ethical code
What is authentic leadership
This building on IIT campus is a National Historic Landmark—and is considered by many to be one of the iconic buildings designed by legendary architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
What is S. R. Crown Hall
This city sued Chicago after the reversing of the river sent sewage towards them
What is St. Louis, Missouri
This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803
What is the Louisiana Purchase
This town/village in Illinois is where Isabel is from/currently lives
What is Huntley, Illinois
In order to receive a Certificate in Leadership a student needs X amount of leadership hours, with seminars being worth X hours, SLR being worth X hours, and LEAD being worth X hours.
What is 40 (total hours), 4 (seminar), 16 (SLR), and 7 (LEAD)
This business person, who received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1946, was listed as #47 in 2004 on Forbes' ranking of the wealthiest people in the world
Who is Robert Pritzker
These two Chicago sports teams have each won 6 "championships" in their respective sports
What is the Bulls (NBA) and the Blackhawks (NHL)
The medulla oblongata is the lower portion of this part of the brain
What is the brainstem
These are the types (i.e. breed) of dog that Jack owns
What is Corgi and Rough Collie
This is the meaning of the name that is used for the Leadership Academy selection process
What is the Leadership Experience for Assessment and Development process
This method of preserving sounds, pictures, and data in the form of electrical signals is one of the innovations associated with Illinois Tech faculty and alumni
What is magnetic recording
This dessert was created at Chicago’s Palmer House, when Bertha Palmer, wife of millionaire hotelier Potter Palmer, requested a new dessert to serve at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
What is the brownie
This element has the highest atomic number that occurs naturally
What is uranium
This is the occupation George almost had before deciding to pursue his current field of work
What is a priest
This is the current number of Alumni from the Leadership Academy
What is 212
Illinois Tech was created in 1940 by the merger of these two institutes
What is the Armour Institute and the Lewis Institute
The name Chicago comes from the word for this vegetable in a Native America (Algonquian) language
What is onion (onion field)
This film won the Best Picture Oscar in 2003, becoming the first fantasy film to do so
What is “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”