Davidson Across America
Seeing this last name on a residence hall and a performance hall on campus might make you think you're actually in Durham, North Carolina.
What is Duke?
Other than Amy Schneider, Mattea Roach is the person not identifying as a man with the most consecutive games of Jeopardy won, hailing from this country north of the United States.
What is Canada?
Celebrities with this learning disorder include Bella Thorne and Anderson Cooper.
What is Dyslexia?
These fictional amphibious friends, first appearing in a 1970 book, are often rumored to be gay lovers.
Who are Frog and Toad?
Despite being just 271 words, this man's 1863 speech changed the tenor of American society during the Civil War. To think it happened nearly 8 score ago!
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Known among students as the namesake for Davidson's study abroad grants, this 1931 alumnus might be better known for his decision making while working at the State Department in Washington D.C. in the 1960s.
Who is Dean Rusk?
Other than Jeopardy, this highest-earning American game show contestant earned his highest winnings on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader in 2008.
Who is Ken Jennings?
Famous ones of these include the Ming, the Medici, and Bill Belichick's Patriots.
What are dynasties?
Any good Gen X-er is familiar with the 1969 riots at this gay bar located in Lower Manhattan.
What is Stonewall?
During his remarks at the funeral of Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, this president famously led the crowd in a rendition of Amazing Grace.
Who is Barack Obama?
Davidson has a long history with this New Jersey university, currently hosting 3 of its alumni in our History department, one alumna as the 18th President of Davidson College, and even alumnus Woodrow Wilson from 1873-1874.
What is Princeton University?
Other than Jeopardy, this wordy game show typically occupies a half-hour of syndicated television in most households every weeknight. Pat, can I buy 30 minutes of airtime?
What is Wheel of Fortune?
This staining substance is most often associated with t-shirts and hair.
What is dye?
This San Francisco politician became the first openly gay man elected in California upon his election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.
Who is Harvey Milk?
This now shortest-serving UK Prime Minister said in a 2014 speech that the UK importing nine-tenths of its pears and two-thirds of its cheese was a disgrace.
Who is Liz Truss?
Davidson is the 3rd highest producer among undergraduate institutions across the country of Fulbright Scholars, a program named for a senator from this southern state. He shares this home state with Bill Clinton and 2 members of Davidson's class of 2026.
What is Arkansas?
Other than Jeopardy, this cost-guessing game show is the only one since 2013 to win the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show.
What is the Price is Right?
The opposite of static, this word can be applied to a state of continuous change or to a pair of DC superheroes.
What is dynamic?
This future gay icon first made her mark as a feminist icon after defeating Bobby Riggs in 1973's "Battle of the Sexes."
Who is Billie Jean King?
"Let freedom ring" from this Georgia landmark, declares Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech.
What is Stone Mountain?
This North Carolina "Gate City" is the only one to produce multiple presidents of Davidson College, serving as the hometown of Presidents John Blake, Henry Louis Smith, and Thomas Ross.
What is Greensboro?
Other than Aaron Rogers, this is the only person without a college degree to host Jeopardy. The two know each other well!
90s kids likely thought they had a disproportionately high chance of succumbing to this disease. It ended many a trip along the Oregon Trail.
What is dysentery?
This 1973 PBS show featured the coming out of Lance Loud, thought to be the first person to come out on American television.
What is An American Family?
This future Texas governor's 1988 speech at the Democratic National Convention popularized the phrase, "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels."
Who is Ann Richards?