Take a Northwestern Direction
If 12:00 is north, these two hours on an analog clock are in a northwestern direction.
What are 10:00 and 11:00?
The "&" symbol seen here is referred to by this name.
What is an ampersand?
This Southwest-area res college is also known as the "Woo Shack".
What is Willard?
This alumna's claims to fame? Selina Meyer on VEEP, Elaine on Seinfeld, and overbearing mother/fan at Northwestern basketball games.
Who is Julia Louis-Dreyfus?
When mixing paint, combine these two primary colors to create purple.
What are red and blue?
While north and west are considered cardinal directions, northwest is considered to be this kind of direction.
What is intercardinal or intermediate?
Northwestern's "AND is in our DNA" tagline cleverly makes use of this, a word or phrase whose letters can be rearranged to form a new word or phrase.
What is an anagram?
This college's claim to fame? Being the only dorm on campus with an in-house 3D printer (it might not always work though).
What is Slivka?
Didn't like the ending to Game of Thrones? Tell it to this alumnus, who pens the Song of Ice and Fire book series.
Who is George R. R. Martin?
What are lions?
What are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota?
In RNA, adenine pairs with uracil, but it pairs with this nitrogenous base in DNA instead.
This college resides in the oldest residential building on campus, built in 1901, but don't worry! It's been renovated since then.
What is Chapin?
NU alumna Kathryn Hahn's most recent role was in this successful straight-to-streaming series from Marvel and Disney.
What is WandaVision?
While Northwestern is currently the only private school in the Big 10, this other private school that NU students love to hate was also a founding member of the conference.
What is UChicago?
This type of sport involves participants using a map and a compass to navigate unfamiliar territory.
What is orienteering?
According to the Weinberg College website, over this percentage of Weinberg students complete a double major.
What is 30%?
These two residential colleges reside in "the Fairchildren". (need the full names, not just abbreviations)
What are the Communications Residential College (CRC) and the International Studies Residential College (ISRC)?
Claudia Lopez Hernandez, mayor of this South American capital city, received her Ph.D. from Northwestern in political science.
What is Bogota?
This city's Gay Pride Parade has been listed by Guinness World Records as the largest in the world, with over 2.5 million attendees.
What is Sao Paulo?
Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories, which are the Northwest Territories and these two others.
What are Yukon and Nunavut?
The Human Genome Project, which catalogued the physical and functional nature of every human gene, was completed in this year.
What is 2003?
This residential college was part of the formation of the Chicago Field Studies program.
What is CCS?
World-famous model Cindy Crawford studied this subject at Northwestern for a year before dropping out to further her career.
What is chemical engineering?
In order to create rare purple dye in ancient times, Phoenician people harvested products from these animals in the Muricidae family.
What are snails?