OBSCURE COLLEGES, FAMOUS GRADUATES
Evergreen State College (Olympia, Washington) Geoduck Matt Groening created this animated TV family that first aired in 1989.
What is The Simpsons?
This water feature, known in the native language as Pohono, was given its American name due to its resemblance to a wedding garment.
What is Bridalveil Fall?
The lowest point in North America is located in this national park.
What is Death Valley?
The vital organ that Tony Bennett left here.
What is his heart?
You might think this party town was named for the city in Loire Valley, France, but alas it was named for Prince Regent of France, Philip II. Consider this while you enjoy some jambalaya and crawfish pie and filet gumbo.
What is New Orleans?
Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio) Free Radical Rod Serling was your host on a journey into this zone.
What is Twilight?
"Tissiak" may resemble a woman’s face, but that is only half the story of this iconic monolith.
What is Half Dome?
Lovers of cool misty mornings, these are the tallest living beings on earth.
What are Redwood trees?
On April 18, 1906 renowned opera singer Enrico Caruso fled the city and vowed never to return, as a result of this event.
This Australian state was originally founded as a British penal colony. It is now the country’s most populous, and a “sister” state to California.
What is New South Wales?
Mills College (Oakland, California), formerly known as Young Ladies’ Seminary, was briefly attended by this Grateful Dead bassist.
Who is Phil Lesh?
This lake was named by the Americans for the “chief” from whom many of today’s Yosemite native people descend.
Who is Tenaya?
The highest point in the lower 48, this mountain was named after explorer Josiah, not inventor Eli.
What is Mt. Whitney?
According to Scott Mckenzie, if you go to San Francisco, you must wear these in your hair.
What are flowers?
Originally home to the Lenape people, this American state was named for an English Channel Island. But don’t have a cow, you can always call “the boss”.
What is New Jersey?
Naropa University (Boulder, Colorado) “Boddhi Cheetah” is composer and performer of indie folk songs, including The Stable Song and San Luis.
Who is Gregory Alan Isakov?
"Tutakanula", measuring worm rock in the native language, is often referred to by its American name, which might call to mind a Spanish military officer
What is El Capitan?
"Methuselah" is considered to be the likely oldest among these, the longest living individual terrestrial life forms.
What are Bristlecone Pine Trees?
This tailor made his fortune not in the gold fields, but by providing sturdy trousers to gold miners.
Who was Levi Strauss?
The Newbery is awarded to exceptional authors of this genre of literature.
What is Children's Literature?
Reed College (Portland, Oregon) Griffin, who became a legendary beat poet, subject of a Kerouac novel, and Yosemite’s most notable trail crew worker.
Who is Gary Snyder?
"Wai’ack", meaning “rock water”, has significantly less water than it used to.
What is Mirror Lake?
This coastal downtown was wiped out by a tsunami that resulted from the 1964 Alaska earthquake.
What is Crescent City?
In the fourth movie of this series, first popularized on television and then later in film, the captain and crew travel back in time to 1980s San Francisco to save the whales.
What is Star Trek?
Originally home to the Mi’kmaq people, this island in eastern Canada was visited by Vikings some time around the year 1001.
What is Newfoundland?