College Namesakes
The full name of this western university funded by a railroad fortune is in fact the name of the founder’s deceased son.
What is Stanford University (Leland Stanford Junior University)?
If you don’t know the name of this larger-than-life decaf coffee hater who died in 1997, you must have been living in a van down by the river.
Who is Chris Farley?
Based on a true story, the Netflix series Unorthodox chronicles the experiences of a woman fleeing an arranged marriage as part of one of the most conservative sects of this religion.
What is Judaism?
Cursed with seven trailing initials that spelled out “PINHEAD,” the titular character of this book opted to retain only his first and middle name, Oscar Zoroaster.
What is the Wizard of Oz?
It’s been a topic of hot political debate ever since the imprisonment of Dr. Kevorkian for providing this “good death” to terminally ill patients.
What is Euthanasia?
A pair of industrialists of Scottish persuasion lent their name to this Pittsburgh school (along with oodles of cash, of course).
What is Carnegie Mellon University?
The very first SNL skit had this Albanian-American pretending to die of a heart attack during a speech lesson. Sadly, he died for real in 1980.
Who is John Belushi?
A 2015 survey revealed that 15% of brides in Kyrgyzstan were married to their husbands under the traditional practice of ‘Ala Kachuu,’ or this crime.
What is kidnapping?
If my middle name was “Fauntleroy” like this Disney fellow I’d throw a quacking fit, too.
Who is Donald Duck?
No use crying over spilt bathwater, but Archimedes did cry this word when it gave him the inspiration to calculate the volume of irregular solids.
What is “Eureka?”
The eponymous Baptist minister inherited the land for this school in a foreign country – by which I mean the Republic of Texas.
What is Baylor University?
Billed as a “Dadaist” or “Anti” comedian, his onstage antics prior to his death of lung cancer at 35 included a reading of The Great Gatsby and panhandling from David Letterman’s studio audience.
Who is Andy Kaufman?
Accusations abound that China has forced interethnic marriage between the dominant Han population and this predominantly Muslim ethnicity that resides in the Xinjiang province.
Who are the Uyghurs?
Hey Vern! The “P” in this funny fella’s name stands for “Powertools.” KnowhutImean?
Who is Ernest P. Worrell?
The name “koala” is derived from an Aborigine phrase meaning “it doesn’t drink,” since it gets all its moisture from the leaves of this tree.
What is eucalyptus?
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Appropriately, this Lutheran college in Ohio took the name of the German city in which the 95 Theses were first published.
What is Wittenberg University?
You may remember him playing an exceptionally voracious Bill Clinton and a smarmy lawyer on the Simpsons before his death in a murder-suicide in 1998.
Who is Phil Hartman?
Traditional Pakistani culture prizes the marriage of these familial relations. Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein would approve.
What are first cousins?
Wait, the “M” in this Friends character’s name stands for “Muriel!?” Could he be more embarrassed?
Who is Chandler Bing?
We’re not trying to trick you when we ask for the name of this card game that introduced the Joker to the modern deck of cards.
What is euchre?
A former Confederate soldier inherited Vice President John C. Calhoun’s family plantation and bequeathed it to the establishment of this school.
What is Clemson University?
The cause of the 2021 death of this Canadian stand-up comic and Late Late Show host? You guessed it - Frank Stallone (Actually, it was multiple myeloma).
Who is Norm MacDonald?
The Tidong people of Malaysia and Indonesia believe that doing this less than three days after a marriage will bring a lifetime of ill fortune, so go easy on the wine and cake.
What is using the bathroom?
“He’s Roman, Jim.” William Shatner, Woody Harrelson, and Ryan Cooley all played characters with this imperially inspired middle name.
Who is Tiberius?
Bacteria and Archaea each get their own taxonomic domains given their vast biodiversity. We nucleus owners all get lumped together in this domain.
What is Eukarya/Eukaryota?