Literature
“The Science of Deduction” is chapter one of this Sherlock Holmes story.
What is "The Sign of the Four?"
The first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize; in 1968 she was named poet laureate of Illinois.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
It may be Greek to you, but this type of organization for female college students gets its name from the Latin word for "sister."
What is "sorority?"
American poet, writer, and editor, Edgar Allen Poe, married his thirteen-year-old cousin of this name.
Who was Virginia (Eliza Clemm) Poe?
Sort of Earth's garter belt, this line marks the southernmost points where the sun is directly overhead in winter.
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
Born a slave, Sethe escapes to Ohio but is haunted by memories of a lost baby in this Toni Morrison novel.
What is "Beloved?"
The first African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
While attending this school, George W. Bush was a member of its Skull & Bones secret society.
What is Yale?
The ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison's, grandson of this name became the twenty-third president of the United States.
Who was Benjamin Harrison?
A rock formation shaped like a pillar of salt near the Dead Sea is named for this biblical woman.
Who is Lot's wife?
In this 1984 William Gibson cyberpunk classic, a data thief matches wits with a powerful artificial intelligence.
What is "Neuromancer?"
The first African-American licensed pilot.
Who was Bessie Coleman?
It was founded in Massachusetts in 1636 and if you didn't get in, your college options were very limited.
What is Harvard?
Haitian dictator, François Duvalier, also known as Papa Doc, continued his regime through his son of this name.
Who was Jean-Claude Duvalier?
The velocity of the Earth's rotation at the equator is about 1,050 mph, while at the poles, it's nearly this.
What is zero?
Son of a Polish patriot, he was born in what’s now Berdychiv, Ukraine & wrote works like “Typhoon” in English.
Who is Joseph Conrad?
The first African-American person to receive a patent.
Who was Thomas L. Jennings?
Bob Dylan, Jessica Lange, and Hubert Humphrey attended this college.
What is the University of Minnesota?
English playwright, William Shakespeare's, wife shared the same name of this famous modern actress.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
Earth's atmosphere is about 1% this alphabetically first noble gas.
What is argon?
This novel by Garcia Marquez tells of the Buendia family in the mythic town of Macondo from the 1820s to the 1920s.
What is "One Hundred Years of Solitude?"
The first African-American woman to graduate from college.
Who was Lucy Stanton Day?
The Four Horsemen were the 1924 backfield of this college.
What is Notre Dame?
This Holy Roman Emperor was the brother of the last queen of France, Marie Antionette.
Who was Joseph II?
The comet-shaped magnetosphere that surrounds the Earth is shaped by the stream of plasma known as this.
What is solar wind?