COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
NICKNAMES
TV TRIVIA
SCIENCE
THE LANGUAGE OF CROSSWORD PUZZLES
100
As its name implies, Gatorade was invented here
What is the University of Florida?
100
This "Caped Crusader" shares his name with a Turkish city
Who is Batman?
100
His last name is Crane and he was played by Kelsey Grammer
Who is Frasier?
100
It tragically brought down the Hindenburg, but according to the periodic table, it's #1
What is hydrogen?
100
A certain southern African ethnic group or their language; it also completes the name of their legendary king, Shaka _ (Z-4)
What is Zulu?
200
The oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S., it's located in Cambridge, Massachusetts
What is Harvard University?
200
Feeling thirsty? Take a swig of this pure beverage, sometimes given the Biblical nickname "Adam's ale"
What is water?
200
CNN's founder
Who is Ted Turner?
200
These gigantic cosmic entities (the Andromeda one, for example) are named after the Greek word for "milk"
What are galaxies?
200
In German, this opera by Mozart is called Die Zauberflöte, but in English it's called "The _ Flute" (M-5)
What is Magic?
300
The initials "A&M" (as in, for example, Texas A&M University) stand for these two words
What are Agricultural & Mechanical?
300
Known as "Uncle Billy," this Union General of the American Civil War has a sequoia tree named after him in California
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
300
IBM's super-computer that bested Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on Jeopardy!
What is Watson?
300
While the Fujita scale rates tornadoes, the Saffir-Simpson scale rates these
What are hurricanes?
300
This alphabet is used by several eastern European languages, including Russian (C-8)
What is Cyrillic?
400
The only Ivy League "college" rather than "university"
What is Dartmouth?
400
"The Gun That Won the West," or the namesake brand of liquor that won Lando Calrissian's heart
What is Colt .45?
400
Any early-20th-century movie theater with a 5-cent admission fee, or a certain TV network
What is a nickelodeon?
400
Newton's second law of motion: mass multiplied by acceleration equals this
What is force?
400
L. L. Zamenhof invented this language (E-9)
What is Esperanto?
500
Yale's a cappella group; in fact, they're the oldest collegiate a cappella group in the entire country
Who are the Whiffenpoofs?
500
This generic term for an Old West cemetery sounds like a mound of footwear
What is Boot Hill?
500
Robert Stack hosted Unsolved Mysteries, while this other legendary actor "captained" Rescue 911 as host
Who is William Shatner?
500
According to this now-discredited pseudo-science, you can determine an individual's personality by carefully examining his or her skull
What is phrenology?
500
The Inca spoke Quechua, while the Aztec spoke this language (N-7)
What is Nahuatl?
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