The Dean is in!
Human Achievements
Home Sweet "Home"
Art museum vibes (some white, some not)
January 3rd- A Year Which Lives in Infamy
100

James Dean stars in this 1955 movie based off this good versus evil biblical Steinbeck novel.

East of Eden

100

Contrary to popular belief, Juan Sebastian Elcano was the first person to circumnavigate the world by boat, taking over after this man tried but was killed in the Philippines in 1521.

Ferdinand Magellen

100

 In 1939, Judy Garland taught us this, to learn that one’s residence cannot be triumphed.

There's no place like home

100

Originally bought for 170,000 dollars in 1937, the approximate appraises of his Falling Water is only about 10 million, though it's not for sale.

Frank Lloyd Wright

100

 On January 3rd In 1959 this became the 49th state.

Alaska

200

This man who was the first dean and helped establish the John Hopkins medical school was dubbed “Dean of American Medicine”. Contemporary to him was a man with the same exact name and became the first chairman of the Palisades Interstate Park Commision and was responsible for creating Harriman State Park, and got a lake he dammed named after him.

William Welch

200

Tackling the 29,000 feet of Everest Edmund Hillary and this man were the first to summit it, and I’m sure needed lots of physical therapy.

Tenzing Norgay

200

 For the vena cava, this cozy house loving saying is literal.

Home is where the heart is

200

This building (beautiful AND white) was burned down in 1814 and 3 years later it was back up and running.

The White House

200

 During the cold war in 1959, On Januray 3rd The USA officially cut ties with this country, and 3 years later there was a very close call there. America still doesn’t have formal relations with them.

Cuba

300

Name this actor and comedian who collabed with Jerry Lewis was toted as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century, and that’s AMOOOORE.

Dean Martin

300

On exactly this week 150 years ago, English seaman Captain Mathew Webb took 21 hours to become the first person to do this and later becoming a national hero. I Hope France didn’t ask for a visa!

Swim the English Channel

300

 Danny Thomas was taught from his parents to always be kind and giving. Later after he became an actor he gave millions to start St. Judes hospital. I guess this origin saying his true!

Charity Begins at Home

300

This building which may look like our countertop was commissioned in 1521 (oh hello that year comes up in another clue, how random lol) to be a tomb for his wife. And look it’s all white and shpitz!

The Taj Mahal

300

On January 3rd in the year 250, Decius ordered everyone (except the Jews!) to make sacrifices to these gods.

Roman

400

Oliver Dean who was the Dean of Dean college (woah that’s confusing) started the school in 1865 in this state. One hundred and sixty years later it is rated in the top 30 ranked colleges in the eastern USA.

Massachusettes

400

After noticing a mold growing on his petri dishes and blocking out the bacteria around it, this Nobel Sir discovered what he called Penicillin in 1928.

Alexander Flemming

400

This was in oyster bay for Theodore Roosevelt, or florida for Trump and Truman.

Home away from home

400

This Buisness man named cool house museum has Monets, Cezannes, and a beautiful garden. And it is one of the most visited museums in the US.

The Getty

400

After these two same first named men worked on building a computer, on January 3rd 1977, Apple became incorporated. Apple inc.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

500

This man, was both Dean of Dartmouth and Harvard Medical School, but his son, who shared the same name minus the Jr. took a different route and became Supreme court justice and taught us that free speech is cool but no yelling fire in a public theater.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

500

Talk about mental barriers! In 1954, Roger Bannister was the first person to ever do this, soon after many people were able to do it since people knew it was possible- now the record is 17 seconds shorter.

Run a 4 minute mile

500

Although not in this house, In medieval times, meat was a prized food, and the ability to provide it for one's family was a sign of success and prosperity, thus creating this saying.

Bring home the bacon

500

Thes are the two cities were Van Goghs two starry nights are.

New York (The MoMA) and Paris (The d'Orsay Museum)

500

This man is excommunicated by Pope Leo X on January 3rd, 1521. Later after the Diet of Worms (mmm) he is arrested.

Martin Luther