Jewell/Oxbridge History
This was the year that William Jewell College was founded
When is 1849?
This philosopher wrote The Republic, which includes the famous "Allegory of the Cave"
Who is Plato?
This leader of North Korea sent approximately 15,000 troops to aid Russia in the Ukraine War
Who is Kim Jong Un?
This is the powerhouse of the cell
What is the Mitochondria?
This author is known for his political satire in the 20th Century in works such as Animal Farm and 1984
Who is George Orwell?
The number of Oxbridge majors at William Jewell
What is Six?
This political philosopher wrote Leviathan, which introduces the concept of the social contract.
This international organization was founded in 1945 with the aim of promoting peace, security, and cooperation among countries.
What is the United Nations?
The process in which plants convert light into glucose
What is Photosynthesis?
This Gothic romance follows three generations of the Earnshaw and Linton families, exploring themes of domestic abuse and class systems
What is Wuthering Heights?
This is the number of Oxbridge graduating classes before 2025
What is forty three?
This philosopher famously said, "money is a means to an end, not an end itself."
A policy where the government provides financial aid to industries to protect them from foreign competition.
What is a subsidy?
The main atom that makes up all organic matter
What is Carbon?
This book won Toni Morrison a Nobel Prize for Literature
What is Beloved?
William Jewell's motto in English
What is "work by trusting God"?
This Italian Renaissance philosopher provided a foundational perspective on moral political philosophy, and science in his treatise "The Prince."
Niccolò Machiavelli
A system of government where power is divided between a central authority and smaller political units.
What is federalism?
The four main macromolecules
What are Carbs, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids?
This American author had a "tortured friendship" with Ernest Hemingway
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
William Jewell started accepting female students in 1913 after this nearby college was destroyed in a fire
This French philosopher was a key figure in existentialism who held an open relationship with feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.
Who is Jean-Paul Sartre?
What is constructivism?
The four nucleotides in DNA
What are (A)denine, (T)hymine, (C)ytosine, and (G)uanine?
This novel by Yann Martel is loosely inspired by the novella Max and the Cats and is the winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize
What is Life of Pi?