Colleges and Universities
Notre Dame
Emerson
Ball State
George Town
200
There's this University in Oxford, Ohio as well as the University of this in Coral Gables, Florida
Miami
200
More than 30 statues housed in Notre Dame hail this woman to whom the cathedral is dedicated
Mary
200
Around the time Ralph Waldo Emerson remarried in 1835, he settled in this town northwest of Boston
Concord
200
Loose ball, as in loose ball foul
basketball
200
A building at USC's Cinematic Arts Complex is named for this "Star Wars" filmmaker, a USC alumnus
George Lucas
400
The fight song of this New Orleans school begins, "Green wave green wave, hats off to thee"
Tulane
400
Hanging in the south tower is "Emmanuel", one of these weighing more than 13 tons
a bell
400
Emerson first gave "The American Scholar" as a lecture to this Greek letter honor society at Harvard
Phi Beta Kappa
400
Live ball, as in an onside kick
football
400
Pictured here, he made his last stand in June of 1876 in the Montana Territory
Custer
600
Friendly Hall was the first dorm at this West Coast school, UO for short
the University of Oregon
600
Notre Dame is home to the shrine for this holy relic forced upon the head of Jesus
the crown of thorns
600
Emerson helped start this literary movement in New England with his 1836 work "Nature"
transcendentalism
600
Passed ball-- oh, Cervelli!
baseball (3x stumper)
600
This funnyman was the voice of Papi in "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" & Rafael in "Rio"
George Lopez
800
If you want to plan your individual course of study, head for Bennington College in this state
Vermont
800
The 2 main towers are connected by the Grand Gallery, which could be called the Grand Gallery of these "G" beasts
gargoyles
800
"Self-Reliance" says contradict yourself, so what? This quality "is the hobgoblin of little minds"
consistency (3x stumper)
800
Down ball, kind of a standing spike
volleyball
800
When the Gregorian calendar was adopted, his birthday changed from February 11, 1732 to February 22
George Washington
1000
James Madison breezed through this school in 2 years when it was still called the College of New Jersey
Princeton
1000
Botanical name for this masterpiece more than 30 feet across and still containing 13th century glass
a rose window
1000
Like his father, Emerson was a minister of this religion that believes in the single person of God
unitarianism (3x stumper)
1000
New balls, as in the umpire's traditional request "new balls please"
tennis (3x stumper)
1000
HBO's "Game of Thrones" is based on a bestselling series of books by this author
George R.R. Martin