College...
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The Pacific War
Common Metaphors & Similes
The Solar System
100

Founded in Dallas, Texas in 1911, this university's business school is nationally ranked second best in the state, behind the University of Texas.

What is Southern Methodist University (SMU)?

100

Mike Ditka coached this football team to winning the Super Bowl in 1985, so far the only time they have won the Lombardi Trophy.

What are the Chicago Bears?

100

The Pacific War started with the attack on Pearl Harbor, notably blowing up this American battleship.

What is the U.S.S. Arizona?

100

Slow as [a sweet, consumable substance].

What is molasses?

100

This gas giant, the second furthest planet from the sun, rotates on its side.

What is Uranus?

200

This university is the premier of its State, founded originally as a Seminary in 1820.

What is Indiana University (Bloomington)?

200

By signaling for one of these, a returner can reel in a kick without fear of getting tackled.

What is a fair catch?

200

The Battle of Midway brought about the sinking of four Japanese fleet carriers and one American fleet carrier, the latter named after the final major land battle of the American Revolutionary War.

What is the U.S.S. Yorktown?

200

He's got a heart of [a shiny chemical element with yellow-orangish color].

What is gold?

200

This asteroid belt surrounds the Solar System, extending 30 Astronautical units (Au) to 50 Au from the sun.

What is the Kuiper Belt?

300

This New York-based university received significant backlash for it's response to the Palestinian protests in early 2024.

What is Columbia University?
300

Having recently won a national championship last year, this team is fifth in the college football national championship rankings for titles won, at 10.

What are the Michigan Wolverines?

300

The Japanese failed to utilize their dreaded battleships, Yamato and Musashi, until late in the war, with Musashi sinking en route to the Leyte Gulf, and Yamato sinking en route to this island south of Japan during the suicide mission Operation Ten Go.

What is Okinawa?

300

Cool as [a green, cylindrical vegetable].

What is a cucumber?

300

Mimas, a moon of this planet, has gained pop culture fame for resembling the Death Star from Star Wars.

What is Saturn?

400

This university is contained within Johnson County, the most Democratic county as of 2024 in the rural state the University is named after.

What is the University of Iowa?

400

Your choice: do or don't name this play in which the QB runs the ball & can choose to pitch it to another back

What is an option play?

400

This famous land battle took place on a volcanic island 750 miles southeast of Tokyo, with nearly every Japanese soldier fighting to the death, and employing the use of Kamikaze attacks against naval forces helping the American amphibious landings.

What is the Battle of Iwo Jima?

400

That classroom is [a place which houses and exhibits animals from around the world].

What is a zoo?

400

These two moons of Mars are named after the sons of Ares from Greek Mythology, Phobos, and his brother.

What is Deimos?

500

MSU is an abbreviation used for a variety of state universities throughout the country, including Michigan, Montana, and this state university in the city of Springfield.

What is Missouri State University?

500

The NFL instituted a new kickoff system, preventing the kicking team from running until the returner has caught the ball, or it has been touched back, resulting in the offense starting at this yard line.

What is the 30-yard line?

500

Although the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the justification for ending the war given to Japanese civilians, the invasion of Manchuria by this allied nation was the justification given to the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy by Emperor Hirohito.

What is the Soviet Union (USSR)?

500

She's as strong as [a large bovine used commonly as a working animal].

What is an ox?

500

This moon of Jupiter is the largest in the Solar System, having a diameter 40% the size of Earth's.

What is Ganymede?