Sports & Athletes
A Career Golden Slam in tennis (winning all four majors and the Olympics) has been achieved by 22 players in total, but only three when it comes to singles players: Andre Agassi (1999), Rafael Nadal (2010), and this icon in 2012.
Who is Serena Williams?
New Mexico and these 3 other states comprise a region in the Southwestern United States known as the “Four Corners”.
What are Utah, Colorado, and Arizona?
This musical, which premiered in 2015, received a record-setting 16 nominations and won 11 at the 2016 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
What is Hamilton?
High school Lincoln-Douglas debate is named after the famous debates about slavery between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, both members of the U.S. House of Representatives from this state.
What is Illinois?
Williams’ tutorial-class system is based off a similar system implemented by this England institution.
What is Oxford?
This former Yankees right fielder holds the record for most career home runs and RBI’s in MLB World Series history.
Who is Mickey Mantle?
This popular fast food chain restaurant first opened in 1954 in Miami, Florida.
What is Burger King?
A cappella, or alla cappella, is an Italian phrase meaning “in the style” of this building structure.
What is a chapel?
Name the 5 boroughs of New York City.
What are Staten Island, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan?
This is the name of Williams College’s mascot: a purple cow.
What is Ephelia?
Super Bowl XLV was the first Super Bowl with no cheerleaders at the game because both the Pittsburgh Steelers and this opposing team do not employ cheerleaders.
Who are the Green Bay Packers?
Taiwan’s official name is this three-word phrase.
What is the Republic of China (ROC)?
“Skins player” is jazz slang for a musician who plays this instrument.
What is the drums?
Of the 5 branches of the military, this is the most recently established branch and officially established as a separate branch in 1947.
What is the Air Force?
He is the only U.S. president to have attended Williams College, enrolling as a third-year student and eventually graduating as salutatorian in August 1856.
Who is James A. Garfield?
This infamous South African rival of Michael Phelps out touched Phelps in the semi-finals of the 200m butterfly in 2012, beating him by a mere .05 seconds.
Who is Chad Le Clos?
The tower of London houses 6 of these black-colored bird species and are kept there due to superstitious reasons.
What are ravens?
This late 80s and early 90s rapping legend used to do ballet, dancing as a member of the 127th Street Ensemble: a Harlem based theatre company.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
Rugby balls were first made of leather casings and with these pig organs, which are oval-shaped and is the reason that rugby balls are still oval-shaped today.
What are pig bladders?
Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood first met as freshmen at Williams, coming together along with Jody Porter and Brian Young in the mid-1990s to form this American rock band, best known for their 2003 Grammy-nominated single.
Who are Fountains of Wayne?
Ultimate frisbee, played both at the competitive and recreational levels, is a popular sport among students at Williams. This household item was commonly thrown and functioned as the original “frisbee disc”.
What are pie tins / cake pans?
This is the largest island in the Philippines archipelago.
What is Luzon?
In the 1970s in Canada, British playwright Keith Johnstone wrote a book outlining his ideas on mprovisation and invented Theatresports, which has become a staple of modern improvisational comedy and is the inspiration for this popular British/American television show which originally aired on ABC.
What is 'Whose Line Is It Anyway'?
Mr. Game & Watch is the oldest fighter represented in Super Smash Bros. history, debuting in the Game & Watch Ball in April of 1980. This arcade game-based character comes in a close second, debuting only a month later in May.
Who is Pac-Man?
Williams’ current president, Maud Mandel, received an MA and PhD in Modern Jewish history from the University of Michigan and a BA in English from this liberal arts college located in Ohio.
What is Oberlin College?