CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES!
Now to deal with that $200,000 in student loans! Here's a ticket from this lottery held across 45 states! Good luck
Powerball
"The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters", "The Sorting Hat"
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
One who does this threatens to reveal damaging information if not paid to keep quiet
blackmail
It's the term for a chord that goes through the center of a circle
diameter
MJFF stands for this Canadian actor's foundation, which raises money to find a cure for Parkinson's disease
Michael J. Fox
We got you this bird as a pet! It's 300 lbs., has 2 toes per foot & runs 40 mph but relax! It can't fly & will love your studio apartment!
ostrich
"Baskerville Hall", "First Report of Dr. Watson"
When one of these is "raised", it's a warning of danger
red flag
A congruent number is a positive integer that can be the area of a rational right triangle; in the case of the right triangle with the measurements of 3, 4, and 5, this is the congruent number
6
After his mom posted videos of him on YouTube, Usher signed him to a record deal & he became a global pop icon as a teen
Justin Bieber
Via hologram, your commencement speaker will be this Greek philosopher famed for his speech before being sentenced to death
Socrates
"Tom Shows His Generosity--Aunt Polly Weakens"
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Not a full but a partial loss of electrical power
brownout
To indicate a factorial for a given integer, you put this punctuation mark after it
exclamation mark
This star of "John Wick" bought Harley-Davidson motorcycles for the stunt crew he worked with on "The Matrix Reloaded"
Keanu Reeves
Perhaps you might volunteer to aid developing countries as part of this U.S. government program established in 1961
Peace Corps
"Huts on the Beach", "Castle Rock"
Lord of the Flies
A drawing made in designing a building, or any plan, as in one "for success"
blueprint
It's the bottom edge of a geometric figure, or a number that is raised to a power
the base
This Canadian star of "La La Land" has written letters to KFC & McDonald's on behalf of PETA
Ryan Gosling
Now go back & get a graduate degree in this at Boston U.; 700-level courses in it are human origins & food, culture, and society
anthropology
"Mowgli's Brothers" (DD)
The Jungle Book
More verdant paddocks, or something more promising, like a new job
greener pastures
Vector calculus involves 2 or more of these changeable quantities, either dependent or independent
variable
He was just 18 & really "Sid the Kid" in 2005-06, when he racked up 102 points for the Pittsburgh Penguins
(Sidney) Crosby