Hamilton History
This series of 85 essays said that the Articles of Confederation were garbage
What are The Federalist Papers
Born in Salinas, CA, this 20th-Century author penned such works as Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, and East of Eden.
Who is John Steinbeck
Euclid was a teacher in this Egyptian city & made use of its famous library
Where is Alexandria
You can hold on to this floatation device to improve your leg movement in the pool
Kickboard
Also the name of a video game publisher, this type of snowstorm is categorized by sustained wind speeds over 35 mph
Blizzard
By May 2, 1792, Alexander Hamilton had made blackmail payments equivalent to 20,000 modern USD to this couple
Who are the Reynolds (Maria & James)
In Romeo and Juliet, this oft-misinterpreted line actually has nothing to do with Romeo’s location at all!
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”
Triangulate to the answer of Euclid’s proof of this most famous theorem
The Pythagorean Theorem
It’s roughly equal to about .62 miles
What is a Kilometer
The liquid form of this element is often used to freeze biological samples well below the freezing point of water
Nitrogen
Henry Hudson Planetarium and Schuyler Mansion are attractions in this state capital
What is Albany (the capital of New York)
Holden Caulfield is the angsty protagonist of this novel that sounds like a deli bread, written by JD Salinger who became notable for becoming a recluse after the publishing of the novel.
What is Catcher in the Rye
Euclid offered a solution to the problem of “incommensurables”, or these types of numbers, of which pi is one
Irrational
Einstein said “Imagination is more important than” this (he had a lot of both)
Knowledge
Travelers to Antarctica often fly into the city of Ushuaia, at the tip of South America in this country
Argentina
Not Lafayette, but this French general brought his soldiers & maybe rocks, paper, & scissors to Yorktown
Rochambeau
Paralleling this Greek epic poem, Ulysses by James Joyce tells the story of Leopold Bloom, a Dublin-based advertising agent.
What is The Odyssey
Despite its title, the name of THIS famous treatise by Euclid is about geometry, NOT about a certain periodic table
What is Elements
These rubbery spheres can be used to participate in America’s favorite pastime...without a bat or gloves
Kickballs
Sharing a similar name to a cold, milkshake-like diner drink, this Mediterranean island nation known for its knights has never had a recorded temperature below 32o F
Malta
In 1787 while Alexander Hamilton was occupied with the Constitutional convention; this most famous musical contemporary was busy composing Don Giovanni
Who is W.A. Mozart
All of your Learning Assistants have these for you, also the name of a Charles Dickens novel about a boy named Pip
Great Expectations
Euclid put in some time on the elliptical & this German admirer of Euclid found it to be the shape of orbits, also the name of a NASA mission
(Johannes) Kepler
This Michigan city, once a stop on the Underground Railroad, is home to Western Michigan University and a cooperative neighborhood designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1940s
Kalamazoo
Since the Greek root for “Bear” is “arctos” and the prefix “an-” means lacking, then the word “Antarctic” means ____.
No bears/Lacking bears.
PS: Arctic circle means "bear circle".