DO THE MATH
HIGHER EDUCATION
WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME
THE FAB 4
BRAND MASCOTS
100

It's the decimal equivalent of 1/8

.125

100

Ralph Waldo Emerson started attending this college at age 14, graduated & then began teaching there at age 18

Harvard

100

one thousand grams & a tall storage cylindar

kilo & silo

100

There are 4 cups of wine & 4 questions at the seder celebrating this Jewish holiday

Passover

100

Rich Uncle Pennybags: this board game

Monopoly

200

9 divided by 3/4 =
this

12

200

The 1960s antiwar movement that grew to cover the whole nation started at places like this Ca. school founded in 1868

Cal Berkeley

200

Difficult & the stuff that's kneaded to make bread

dough and tough

200

This thigh muscle consisting of 4 parts lets you straighten your leg

quadricep

200

A dog named Bullseye: this retailer

Target

300

If x2 + 2 = 18, x = this

4

300

"The Book of Knowledge" is vied for by Carleton & Macalaster, called this state's top 2 liberal arts colleges 

Minnesota

300

A leaf collector & rice wine

sake and rake

300

Of the "4 Corners States", it's the southeastern one

New Mexico

300

This dapper guy: Planters

Mr. Peanut

400

It's 5% of 400

20

400

In 1961 this private Texas school provided most of the land that became NASA's Mission Control Center

Rice

400

A comfort food served in a special dish & an exaggeration like "this is the greatest hot dish ever made"

casserole and hyperbole

400

For easier movement, these 1920s golf pants were 4" longer than normal--thus their name

plus fours

400

This bird with a long, colorful bill: Froot Loops

Toucan Sam

500

(x + 1)2 expands to this

x2 + 2x + 1

500

Its Tempe campus has one of the largest undergraduate populations in the United States

Arizona State

500

A common first name for a man & a legume

Sean Bean

500

f the 4 parts of Wagner's epic "Ring" cycle, this installment has a man's name

Siegfried

500

Elsie the Cow: this dairy company

Borden