Colleges and Universities
STUDENTS AND ALUMNI FROM THIS PRESTIGIOUS COLLEGE OF MUSIC TOOK PART IN THE MAKING OF THE MOVIE CODA
WHAT IS BERKLEE?
This psychologist is known for the hierarchy that puts basic needs at the bottom and self‑actualization at the top.
Who is Maslow?
This Austrian monk discovered the basic laws of heredity through pea plant experiments.
Who is Gregor Mendel.
A mind puzzle: DR. DELI
What is RIDDLE?
After making it over the Alps, this general lost an eye during a jaunt through the marshes of the Arno in 217 B.C.
Who is HANNIBAL?
THIS TEXAS STATESMAN HAS A CITY NAMED FOR HIM AND A UNIVERSITY, SHSU
WHO IS SAM HOUSTON?
This linguist argued that humans are born with an innate capacity for language.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
This scientist co-discovered the structure of DNA alongside Watson and Wilkins.
Who is Rosalind Franklin.
It's deceptive: BUST REFUGE
What is SUBTERFUGE?
This Hellenistic city in modern Afghanistan was a major center of Greco‑Buddhist culture.
What is Ai‑Khanoum
Author Ralph Ellison was a music student at this Alabama institute
What is THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE?
This sociologist coined the term “the sociological imagination.”
Who is C. Wright Mills?
This biologist coined the term “cell” after observing cork under a microscope.
Who is Robert Hooke.
Like that "object of desire": ECO RUBS
What is OBSCURE?
This 1904–1905 war marked the first time an Asian power defeated a major European empire in modern history.
What is the Russo‑Japanese War.
2025 marks the 450th anniversary of the Netherlands' oldest university, located in this city, 10 miles northeast of The Hague
What is LEIDEN?
This mathematician’s incompleteness theorems changed the foundations of logic.
Who is Kurt Gödel?
This immunologist discovered the principle of clonal selection, transforming modern immunology.
Who is Frank Macfarlane Burnet.
Not clear: I AM BOGUS--U?
What is AMBIGUOUS?
This Holy Roman Emperor issued the Golden Bull of 1356, shaping imperial elections for centuries.
Who is Charles IV.
Daniel Webster, a grad of this Ivy League school, argued & won an important 1819 Supreme Court case on its behalf
WHAT IS DARTMOUTH?
This philosopher’s “phenomenology of spirit” remains one of the most debated works in continental philosophy.
Who is Hegel?
This physicist introduced the concept of renormalization in quantum electrodynamics, resolving the infinities that plagued early quantum field theories.
Who is Richard Feynman.
Adjective for specialized knowledge: SO RECITE
What is ESOTERIC?
A biography about this chief calls him "The Founder of the Zulu Nation"
Who is SHAKA?