CMU Alums
How now DOW Jones Company?
In the Medicine Cabinet
Musical Idioms to My Ears
Cities of the Midwest
200

Star of Hamilton, they gave the 2018 CMU Commencement Speech and got their early start on NBC's Smash

Who is Leslie Odom Jr?

200

After raising $17.9 billion in a 2008 IPO this credit card company was truly everywhere it wanted to be

Who are VISA?

200

James Howe created this 4-letter brand to treat his wife's indigestion

What are TUMS?

200

If something triggers a strong emotional response it might strike one of these harmonic note combos

What is a chord?

200

Home to 3 rivers and Heinz Ketchup

What is Pittsburgh?

400

They often see their reflection being the leading actress in this Disney classic

Who is Ming-Na Wen?

400

This company makes Scotch Wall-Safe tape and Post Its

What is 3M?

400

If you are allergic to aspirin you may also be allergic to this active ingredient in MOTRIN IB

What is ibuprofen? 

400

To do things your own way & disregard convention is to march to this sound

What is the beat of your own drum?

400

To accommodate South Platters the capital of Nebraska was moved in 1867 from Omaha to here

Where is Lincoln?

600

Raise a glass and say, 'Cheers!' to this CMU Alum who graduated in 1972 from the School of Drama

Who is Ted Danson?

600

In 1978 its eventual co-founders saw red--make that orange--after getting fired by Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers

What is the Home Depot?

600

This aka peppermint camphor is a key ingredient in IcyHot & Biofreeze

What is menthol?

600

Playing this stringed instrument means to take a subordinate role

What is second fiddle?

600

This home city to Kansas State University shares its name with a Big Apple borough

What is Manhattan?

800

2003 School of Drama alum played Disney's first ever LGBTQ+ character 

Who is Josh Gad?

800

There's no business like this shoe business that joined the Dow in 2013, they just do it 

What is Nike?

800

The D in Claritin-D stands for this which is what pseudoephedrine is a type of 

What is a decongestant?

800

Someone who repeats the same thing over & over sounds like one of these perhaps a scratched 45

What is a broken record?

800

This Ohio city is known for its zoo & the Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League

Where is Columbus?

1000

One of CMU's residence halls is named after this alum who graduated who majored in ECE and graduated 1970. She was the second American to fly in space and tragically died in the Challenger explosion

Who is (Judith) Resnik?

1000

When it comes to personal insurance boat & yacht & even umbrella insurance are all under its symbolic umbrella

What is Travelers?
1000

The song Poison Ivy says You're gonna need an ocean of this lotion

What is calamine?

1000

To make yourself look good sometimes you have to do this sound a brass instrument with a flared bell

What is toot your own horn?

1000

This Midwestern city whose name begins with the state it's in is home to the NCAA

What is Indianapolis?