QUOTATIONS
O PIONEERS!
FROM THE GERMAN
HERE'S SOMETHING RANDOM
LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD
100

In 1814 he told the French Senate, "France has more need of me than I of France"

Napoleon

100

In the 1840s this religious sect left Nauvoo, Illinois & headed west

the Mormons

100

Teens are sometimes susceptible to this, a feeling of dread or anguish

angst

100

Ear's to this Dutch painter, who tried to become a minister in the 1870s but failed theology exams

Van Gogh

100

The Divinity School has a course focused on the early life of Moses--it's all about chapter 2 of this Biblical book

Exodus

200

In September 2001 he told NYC, "The spirit of our city has never been stronger"

(Rudy) Giuliani

200

1849's "The Emigrants' Guide to California" says the biggest travel expense was 8 of these--yoke not included

oxen

200

From the German for "double walker" comes this term for a ghostly counterpart

doppelganger

200

If an electroencephalograph detects no activity here, the patient is in deep trouble

the brain

200

Phillis Wheatley & W.E.B. Du Bois are part of African-American lit "From the Beginnings to" this area's "Renaissance"

Harlem

300

In 1897 this women's rights pioneer wrote that "Suffrage is the pivotal right"

Susan B. Anthony

300

In treeless areas, pioneers built houses of this 3-letter material, filling cracks with mud; hey, it was dirt cheap!

sod

300

This 6-letter word refers to a replacement or substitute that is inferior

ersatz

300

Castoroides, giant beavers of the Pleistocene, grew to 7 1/2 feet in length on this continent

North America

300

Fittingly, a med school elective on this -ology is taught by an expert whose first name is Arash

dermatology

400

Told that there were already too many lawyers, Daniel Webster said, "There is always room" here

at the top

400

Families traveling west lived in these covered wagons, so-named because their white tops looked like ships' sails

prairie schooners

400

Atomic number 27, this silvery metallic element is named for a cave-goblin

cobalt

400

2-letter word for the white pants & jacket karate ensemble, preferably accessorized with a black or red belt

gi

400

Get your MBA & buy buy buy! By taking M&A "Processes & Structures", with M&A standing for these 2 oft-paired business terms

mergers & acquisitions

500

His words "God bless the crew of Apollo 17" were the last ever spoken from the surface of the Moon

Eugene Cernan

500

Textbooks used by pioneer children included Webster's spelling books & this man's "Eclectic Readers"

(William) McGuffey

500

Wagner is often associated with this 9-letter type of dominant & recurring theme

leitmotif

500

Responsible for killing off the Norse god Balder via mistletoe, this trickster god often appeared as an old woman

Loki

500

At Harvard Law, Prof. Lessig wants to school you on the separation of powers in his course on this type of law

constitutional