Consulting
Consultant slang for being between projects with no client work
What is on the beach
What is Boston's oldest park, established in 1634
What is Boston Commons
Matthews Arena, originally the Boston Arena, was the first home of this NHL team
What are the Boston Bruins
Lollygag
To waste time
An octopus has this many hearts
What is three
This chart shows how a starting value gets to an ending value through a series of ups and downs
What is a waterfall chart
Fenway Park opened in April 1912, just days after this ship sank
What is the Titanic
The name of NU’s costumed husky mascot
Who is Paws
Collywobbles
A queasy, nervous stomach
This country’s national animal is the unicorn
What is Scotland
Stars, cash cows, question makrs, and dogs live on this matrix
What is the BCG growth-share matrix
This snack cookie is named after a town just west of Boston
What is the Fig Newton?
Northeastern’s campus in Maine is named after this tech investor and donor
Who is David Roux (the Roux Institute)
Brabble
To argue loudly about something trivial
A group of flamingos is called this
What is flamboyance
Which firm did Bill Bain leave to start Bain & Company
What is BCG
What is the population of Boston (Within 50,000)
675,647
Northeastern began in 1898 as an evening institute run by this organization
What is the YMCA
Groak
To silently stare at someone, eating hoping they will share
History’s shortest recorded war, fought in 1896, lasted under an hour
What is the Anglo-Zanzibar War?
Under Marvin Bower, McKinsey consultants were expected to wear one of these (the rule faded in 1960s)
What is a Hat (fedora)
America's first chocolate factory opened in this Boston neighborhood in 1765
What is the Dorchester
This Northeastern school closed in the 1950s and reopened in 1968
What is law school
Uhtceare
Lying awake before dawn, worrying
In the 1830s, this condiment was sold in pill form as medicine
What is ketchup?