It Happens Once a Year
Every year since 1988, Discovery has had this, 7 nights of programming devoted to great whites & their brethren
Shark Week
What began as a small school that opened in 1838 in Randolph County, N.C. became this university named for a tobacco magnate
Duke University
Microsoft introduced this spelling feature in 1993; we still use it today, even though sometimes it drives us nits
autocorrect
We could say it's not the animal appearing most frequently on U.S. state flags... but that would be a bald-faced lie
the eagle
In Ancient Egypt, locals often called it Iteru, meaning "river"
the nile
A critter named Punxsutawney Phil captivates the U.S. media's attention as part of this annual observance
Groundhog Day
In 2020 this Ivy League school in New Jersey dropped Woodrow Wilson's name from 2 institutions
Princeton
It's a feeling of elation or well-being; some feel it in nature or at the gym, others while watching Zendaya on TV
euphoria
Utah's revamped state flag features a beehive, once favored by Brigham Young as an emblem of this religion
Mormonism
In Germany, "Donner" & "Blitz" are atmospheric events that translate to thunder & this
Lightning
These 2 Ivy League colleges face each other in the USA's oldest intercollegiate event, an annual rowing regatta, since 1864
Yale and Harvard
This East Coast school says it's "obsessed with numbers"; even its janitors are math geniuses, at least onscreen
MIT
You can clean a wound with a tincture made from this element, but it's gonna sting, so put on your big-kid pants
iodine
The flag of this Southern state features a pelican feeding its young; no word on whether it's feeding them jambalaya
Louisiana
One translation of "Kaibab", a Paiute name for this Arizona landmark, is "mountain lying down"
Grand Canyon
Munich is home to this annual celebration that weirdly ends on the first Sunday of the month in its name
Oktoberfest
In 1967 the tech school bearing the name of this man merged with a science research center called the Mellon Institute
Carnegie
Sometimes confused with an anteater, this nocturnal mammal is also known as an earth pig
aardvark
The home & lifestyle empire of Chip & Joanna Gaines shares its name with this flower, which appears on the state flag of Mississippi
Magnoila
A sacred event in Navajo tradition, it's the celestial phenomenon known as jóhonaa'éí daaztsá, or "the Sun is dead"
Solar Eclipse
This rhyming event that celebrates weaving & wearing flower garlands has been officially recognized in Hawai'i since 1929
Lei Day
Course fees, an annual stipend of about $25,000 & 2 flights, to & from the U.K., are part of this scholarship at Oxford
Rhodes Scholarship
It's a gooey medicine for your skin, but be careful--sometimes there's a fly in it
ointment
"C" is for both "Continental Divide" & the name of this state with a red "C" on its flag, home to part of the Continental Divide
Colorado
Known as Chogori in a local dialect, it got its English name after it was the 2nd peak in the Karakoram Range to be measured
K2