Scholomania
Universities evolved from these
What are monastic schools?
This was Secretariat's nickname
What is Big Red?
This was sealed in Runnymede in 1215
What is the Magna Carta?
The Wright Brothers successfully flew the first controlled, powered aircraft on December 17th of this year
What is 1903?
This is the name for the second-story windows that run the length of a cathedral
What is the clerestory?
The title PhD. stands for this phrase
What is Doctor of Philosophy?
This was the pattern that Secretariat's jocky wore during the Triple Crown
What is blue and white checkerboard?
During the Fourth Crusade, this Byzantine played a major role in the diversion oof the crusaders to Constantinople
Who is Alexios IV?
The Manfred von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron, was the highest scoring ace of WWI with 80 kills, this was his signature aircraft
What is the Fokker Dr. I?
Gothic architecture rose to prominence during this period of the Middle Ages
What are the High Middle Ages?
The Latin root for the word university, universitas, means this
What is 'the whole, totality'?
This was the weight of Secretariat's heart, nearly 2.5 times the size of a normal horse's
What is 22 pounds?
Many of the most accurate surviving sources on Viking life and practices are in this language
What is Arabic?
The Douglas DC-3 and the Lockheed Constellation are representative of this era of aviation history
What is the Golden Age of Aviation?
This is the name of the wooden roof supports of La Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. These roof supports are common in many gothic cathedrals
What is The Forest?
This is the oldest university in the English-speaking world, founded c. 1096
What is the University of Oxford?
Secretariat won the Triple Crown in this year
What is 1973?
"A river flowing black with ink" refers to this event
What is the destruction of the Baghdad House of Wisdom in 1258?
This was the first aircraft to take part in an aerial strike from an aircraft carrier
What is the Sopwith Camel?
Etchmiadzin Cathedral, considered to be the oldest cathedral in the world (built early 4th c.) is in this country
What is Armenia?
This is the year that Harvard University, the oldest university in the US, was founded
What is 1636?
Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by this many lengths
What is 25?
Though the target of the Second Crusade was the recapture of the County of Edessa, the crusaders actually attacked this city
What is Damascus?
This is Cornelia's favorite aircraft (HIGHLY SPECIFIC)
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc
This is the key difference between just a church and a cathedral
What is the cathedral as the seat of a bishop?