The Old College Try
Literary Title Beverages
A Contestant Walks Into a "Bar"
Real Estate
100

Woof! & meow! & maybe even ribbit? This Ivy League U. in upstate New York awarded the nation's first doctorate of veterinary medicine

Cornell

100

Rusty Nail & Bloody Mary are titles in the series about this police detective whose name sounds like Tennessee whiskey

Jack Daniels

100

System of exchanging goods or services without using money

Barter

100

This landmark sign in Southern California was originally built to sell real estate in its neighborhood

Hollywood Sign

200

I wouldn't look for this university founded in 1875 by a Mormon leader on many lists of top 10 party schools

BYU (Brigham Young)

200

Okakura Kakuzo's classic work The Book of this beverage explores its history & place in Asian culture

Tea

200

Tanzania gets part of its name from this island

Zanzibar

200

Located at 133 Broadway in New York City, this building is considered the first of this property type in the US, after being constructed in 1794 with 73 rooms

Hotel

300

In 1884 this private university in New Orleans was renamed after the local merchant who gave the school its first endowment

Tulane

300

Are You there Vodka? It's Me this comedian & talk show host & her collection of personal stories & witticisms

Chelsea Handler

300

In reinforced concrete it's what does the reinforcing

Rebar

300

Even though it depicts a free market image, all the land in this city-state is owned by the government, and 85% of housing is provided by a government-owned housing corporation

Singapore

400

You could be like William Faulkner & get an Oxford education at this state school that opened in 1848

Ole Miss

400

Laura Esquivel's bestseller Like Water for Chocolate takes place in this country around the turn of the 20th century

Mexico

400

A decompression chamber can also be called this kind of chamber

A Hyperbaric or Barometric Chamber

400

From 1908-1940, this department store sold about 70,000-75,000 mail-order houses that arrived as kits and came with most modern conveniences (some of them still exist today)

Sears or Sears, Roebuck, & Co.

500

The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality checks in at this school a few blocks away from the action

UNLV

500

Naturally apple picking is featured in this 1985 John Irving novel

The Cider House Rules

500

You eat the red stalks of this plant; the green leaves are toxic

Rhubarb

500

Contrary to its name, the Mall of America is owned by this conglomerate based in Canada

Triple Five Group