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Otto Mann has this occupation in the TV series The Simpsons

Bus Driver

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An animated show about a fast food Whopper restaurant located in Arlen, TX

Burger King of the Hill

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In 1903, this physicist became the first woman to receive a Nobel prize for her pioneering research on radioactivity

Marie Curie

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Alumna Michele Buck became the first female chairman, president, and CEO of this Pennsylvania-headquartered confectionery company

The Hershey Company

100

The giggling version of this TV character was the "it" toy of the 1996 holiday season, causing some shoppers to resort to violence to obtain the coveted toy

Tickle Me Elmo

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The father of a famous American poet and novelist known for her work The Bell Jar

Otto Plath

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Six unemployed steel workers seek a new “exotic” career while pursuing one of the most famous relics of all time

The Full Monty Python and the Holy Grail

200

In 1993, she became the first woman attorney general

Janet Reno

200

Alumnus John Hamilton was most famous for his role in the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman, where he played the editor of this fictitious newspaper

The Daily Planet

200

This 1985 computer game was designed to teach school children about the realities of pioneer life

Oregon Trail

300

Tom Hanks played the protagonist in this 2022 film about a bitter old man reluctantly getting involved in the lives of his neighbors

A Man Called Otto

300

Milton's 17th-century epic poem about the afterlife meets a May-December connection between strangers in Tokyo

Paradise Lost in Translation

300

In 1981, Ronald Reagan nominated her as the first female Supreme Court justice

Sandra Day O'Connor

300

This alumnus is a famous author of suspense thrillers, having published more than 105 novels including his first best seller, the 1972 book Demon Seed

Dean Koontz

300

Babyland General Hospital was the "birthplace" of this line of collectible dolls that was a huge hit in the 1980s 

Cabbage Patch Kids

400

This Australian actress rose to fame in the early 2000s for playing Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings film series

Miranda Otto

400

Archie, Dingbat, Gloria, and Meathead face off against Steve Harvey’s contestants

All in the Family Feud

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In 1984, she was the first woman to become a major party nominee for vice president

Geraldine Ferraro

400

Alum and comics writer Justin Jordan co-created The Strange Talent of Luther Strode and its two sequels and also wrote 22 issues of a series featuring this verdant DC Comics hero

The Green Lantern

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Developed by George Lerner in 1949 and manufactured by Hasbro in 1952, this children's toy was the first ever to be advertised on television

Mr. Potato Head

500

Otto the Orange is the mascot of this private research university in New York state

Syracuse University

500

A child who misses his family’s Paris vacation grows up to become a Texas Ranger who drives his Dodge Ramcharger out of the ground

Home Alone Wolf McQuade

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In 1920, she became the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for her work The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

500

This 1969 alumna was the first woman to be elected governor of New Hampshire and currently represents the state in the Senate

Jeanne Shaheen

500

The National Toy Hall of Fame inducted this toy in 2003, saying that it "naturally inspires water play and soothes youngsters’ fears of water"

Rubber Duck