It's All Greek to Me
Now a synonym for vanity, this mortal was cursed to fall in love with his own reflection.
Who is Narcissus?
William Shatner made his first big acting debut in the original iteration of this long-running franchise.
What is Star Trek?
This directed light-amplification device was invented at Columbia University in 1957.
What is the laser?
Formalized by Dmitri Mendeleev, this table categorizes basic substances by their material properties.
What is the periodic table of elements?
This field concerns the history of a particular pyramid-building African civilization.
What is Egyptology?
This mythical Greek inventor was the father of the boy who flew too close to the sun on wax wings.
Who is Daedalus?
The 1968 Stanley Kubrick film "2001: A Space Odyssey" features this murderous, red-eyed computer.
Who is HAL-9000?
This United States president graduated from Columbia University in 1983, and would go on to serve in the Illinois Senate before his presidential campaign.
Who is Barack Obama?
This golden trophy is widely recognized as the highest praise a film may be awarded.
What are the Academy Awards/Oscars?
This field concerning clocks and the passage of time is not to be confused with the study of promiscuous women.
What is horology?
Who is the mythical hunter after whom a constellation is named?
Jabba the Hutt keeps this monstrous beast chained below his throne room, attacking hapless slaves and unwary Jedi alike.
What is the Rancor?
This top-secret government weapons project was conducted at Columbia University in the early 1940's.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This Spielberg drama follows a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand Jewish refugees during World War II.
What is Schindler's List?
Concerning itself with the study of burial and the deceased, this field might style itself as diametrically opposed to the field of medicine.
What is mortuary science?
This god of death is the more aggressive counterpart to his brother, the god of sleep.
Who is Thanatos?
Three-legged Martian monsters are the chief villains of this H.G. Wells novel, also infamously broadcast as a panic-inducing radio play.
What is The War of the Worlds?
Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences was originally founded in 1863 under this name.
What is the School of Mines?
Named after a foremost university official, educational institutions use this to commend exceptional students.
What is a Dean's List?
The only degree on Earth which concerns life outside of it, this field deals with biological considerations in the search for extraterrestrial life.
What is Astrobiology?
Guided by the god Apollo, this Trojan archer fired an arrow to strike true at the heel of Achilles.
Who is Paris?
The iconic line "Klaatu barada nikto" is the control keyword of a killer robot from this 1951 film.
What is The Day the Earth Stood Still?
Columbia University was established in 1754 by this British monarch.
Who is King George II?
This series of treaties named after a Swiss city outline actions forbidden in warfare, including military action against civilians and medical personnel.
What are the Geneva Conventions?
This field concerns the scientific study of bees.
Melittology, apicology, or apiology.