University of Michigan
What year was the University of Michigan founded?
1817
Required in the wood shop to protect your eyes.
What is safety glasses
This is the title of David Baldacci’s debut novel, later adapted into a 1997 film starring Clint Eastwood.
What is Absolute Power?
A quick, high-heat method that cooks food in a small amount of fat in a shallow pan—its name comes from the French for “to jump.”
What is sautéing?
This is the winningest team in college football history
Who are the Michigan Wolverines?
This phrase, often used on merchandise, represents the university's motto of being the best in academics and athletics.
What is "Leaders and the Best"?
The direction in which you should always sand.
What is with the grain.
Amos Decker, a former football player turned detective with perfect memory, appears in this Baldacci thriller series.
What is "Memory Man"
A process where food (often vegetables) is briefly scalded in boiling water, then immediately cooled in ice water to stop the cooking.
What is blanching?
At Harrow School, this future British prime minister became English Public Schools Champion in this sport.
What is fencing?
Who wrote, "Hail to the Victors"?
Louis Elbel
The feature in wood created by the tree trunk growing around the base of a branch.
What is a knot?
Before joining the FBI as a consultant, Amos Decker worked in this profession.
What is a police detective?
A combination method in which food is first browned at high heat, then cooked slowly in a covered pot with a relatively small amount of liquid.
What is braising?
This NBA player scored a record 100 points in a single game in 1962.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain.
Located on the Diag, this building is an iconic campus landmark and library known for its large clock tower.
What is the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library?
The number of the finest sandpaper of these grits: 60, 120, 150 or 80
What is 150.
This standalone novel by Baldacci centers on family, forgiveness, and a small Virginia town rather than political conspiracy.
What is "Wish You Well"?
The process that creates stable mixtures like mayonnaise by combining liquids that don’t normally mix—like oil and water—often using an emulsifier.
What is emulsification?
Denied formal recognition in his own lifetime for a battlefield action he called “the great day of my life,” this man ultimately received the nation’s highest military decoration under a president more than eight decades later.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The action that superstition dictates will result in your flunking your first test.
What is walking on the Brass M?
The type of wood you get from a tree that has leaves.
What is hardwood.
After a violent hit on his first play as a pro football player, Decker’s brain changes give him these two abilities.
What are synesthesia and hyperthymesia?
A confectionery technique of melting and cooling chocolate in a controlled way so stable cocoa butter crystals form—producing chocolate that’s shiny and snaps cleanly.
What is tempering (chocolate)?
In tennis, this rule comes into play when the player hits a serve that legally lands in the opponent's serve box but hits the net on the way there
What is a let?