College Words
Add 3 letters to a synonym for "ailing" to get this name for a small campus hospital
Infirmary
In 1942, Earl Tupper became "the life of the party" when he created this product from a smelly oil refinery waste byproduct
Tupperware
Master of Business Administration
It's the key ingredient in making rubber
Latex
ESPN was founded to broadcast Connecticut sporting events, including games played by the New England Whalers in this sport
Hockey
This is the common name for the robe you wear with a cap when you graduate
A gown
Velcro
It's what the Ph stands for in Ph.D
Found in churches and many homes, it's an image of Jesus on the cross
Crucifix
When they relocated to San Antonio in 1973, pro basketball's Chaparrals became this team
The Spurs
From the Greek for "letter folded double", this is the document presented to a graduate
diploma
A generation of couch potatoes can thank Robert Adler, a doctor of physics, because in 1956 he invented this
TV Remote Control
What field is the honorary degree LLD awarded?
Law
Apex
This stadium where the Pittsburgh Pirates & Steelers used to play was demolished in 2001
Three Rivers Stadium
This word, for the "A" or "B" you earn in a course, comes from the Latin for "degree"
Grade
Liquid paper was invented by secretary Betty Nesmith Graham, the mother of a member of this rock group
An M.S. in M.E. is a master of science in this kind of engineering
Mechanical
Achilles' mother dipped him in this river to make him invulnerable
Styx
Hank Stram coached this team to victory in Super Bowl IV
The Kansas City Chiefs
This is the term for the head of a British college or the head of a mafia family
Don
In 1943, Englishman Henry Martin discovered this Laszlo Biro invention in Argentina, then mass-produced 30,000 for the RAF.
Ballpoint pen
A DVM is a doctor of this kind of medicine.
It's the small tailbone at the very end of the spine
Coccyx
He hit his last, massively long home run off pitcher Guy Bush in May 1935
Babe Ruth