St. Paul's College in Virginia 1888-June 2013 is one of many shuttered HBCUs short for these colleges & universities
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
These 3 words follow Whoomp! in Tag Team's monster hit song of 1993
There it is!
The soup cans by this artist were huge in 1962 but his wooden replicas of Brillo soap pad boxes got ink too
Andy Warhol
On March 16th, 2020 this dropped 2997 points its worst closing point decline to that date
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
This woman slipped a .38 revolver to Clyde Barrow in his prison cell in 1930 leading to his escape
BONNIE PARKER
What a chicken does to an egg or a small ax
Hatch It or Hatchet
In 1996 Trenton State College became the College of this state
New Jersey
Thanks to Eisenhower's urging these 2 words were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954
UNDER GOD
At the Crossroads of Central Asia is a chapter in a history of this trade route named for a fabric
The Silk Road
A business has to control this part of its budget a term for fixed costs like rent electric & other expenses
Overhead
Born in Lorain Ohio in 1931 and author of The Bluest Eye, this African-American woman won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993
Toni Morrison
To live until you are very very old or to widen one's pupils
Die Late or Dilate
The title of this song, by rapper Juicy J, about a woman working her way through college is a form of financial aid
Scholarship
Th 2 similar-sounding words for the study of insects & the study of word origins
ENTOMOLOGY AND ETYMOLOGY
The Smithsonian's Natl. Museum of American History says more patents have been given to this snappy device than any other
Mouse trap
In 2012 this oil company agreed to pay the largest criminal fine in U.S. history
BP
This woman seen here scored the winning goal for the United States in the 1999 World Cup
BRANDI CHASTAIN
Things that can be seen from the Eiffel Tower or animals that live & feed on other animals
Paris Sites or Parisites
This Pennsylvania college was founded in 1832 31 years before it served as a field hospital
Gettysburg
There are 8 words in the title of this Frank Loesser musical that won in 1962
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
The first event in history recorded by the ancient Greeks were these contests that took place in 776 B.C.
In 2001 AOL & this communications giant completed a $164 billion merger the largest in U.S. history
Time Warner
One of the few women directors to have their films nominated for Best Picture she did it with Awakenings
PENNY MARSHALL
What a female softball player catches the ball with or a religious recluse
Her Mitt or Hermit
This early 20th c. Supreme Court justice got his name on the USA's only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored university
(Louis) Brandeis
**DAILY DOUBLE**
This 8-letter name of an L.A. suburb & a Phoenix suburb is made of 2 different words for "valley"
Glendale
Despite the name this period of American history around 1817-1824 was marked by complacency & isolationism
THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
This athletic shoe company's logo originally depicted a black cat leaping through a D for Rudolf Dassler the founder
Puma
She opened her first chocolate chippery in Palo Alto California in 1977
MRS. (DEBBI) FIELDS
Former circus big top enclosure or the distance something encompasses
Ex-Tent or Extent