#8993, aired 2023-12-13 | SCIENCE $800: From 1979 to 2009 physicist Stephen Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at this university Cambridge |
#8956, aired 2023-10-23 | THE REALLY OLD COLLEGE TRY $400: This university was formed around 1209 by people fleeing "town & gown" tensions in Oxford Cambridge University |
#8732, aired 2022-11-01 | BRIDGE $1600: Magdalene Bridge, also called the Great Bridge, crosses this 3-letter river in a British university city the Cam River |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | PRETTY LITTLE LIES $100: Casually let it be known you went to this university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, like John Quincy Adams & T.S. Eliot did Harvard |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | FAMOUS PROFESSORS $800: In 1979 Stephen Hawking was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at this university Cambridge |
#8411, aired 2021-05-31 | POSSESSIVE GEOGRAPHY $400: The story goes that Queens' College at this U.K. university has the apostrophe at the end, as it was founded by 2 monarchs Cambridge |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | 30 SOMETHING $200: A university in this U.K. city consists of 38 colleges, including All Souls, St. John's & Trinity Oxford |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | THAT'S OLD SCHOOL $600: Tennyson attended this college at Cambridge University; there's a college with the same name in Dublin Trinity |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | POND $800: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow rowed with his kids on Fresh Pond in this Boston-area university city Cambridge |
#7860, aired 2018-11-09 | SCHOLARSHIPS $200: Cecil Rhodes' scholars go to Oxford; Bill Gates' scholars go to this other British university Cambridge |
#7741, aired 2018-04-16 | LETTER MEN $800: This "Narnia" creator taught medieval & Renaissance English lit at Cambridge University (C.S.) Lewis |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE $2000: You can see why an 1892 building at the University of Liverpool inspired this term for a university other than Oxford or Cambridge red brick universities |
#7388, aired 2016-10-26 | "C"ITIES $800: University city 60 miles up the M11 from London Cambridge |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | NEW ENGLAND $400: (I'm Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank.) In the '90s I made millions from selling software in my headquarters in this university city, part of the East Coast version of Silicon Valley Cambridge, Massachusetts |
#7011, aired 2015-02-23 | DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I $800: Incorporating earlier collections of books, the Bodleian Library opened at this university in 1602 Oxford |
#6804, aired 2014-03-27 | MATHEMATICIANS $400: Londoner Michael B. Green is the current holder of the Lucasian chair of mathematics at this university Cambridge |
#6755, aired 2014-01-17 | THE REALLY OLD COLLEGE TRY $400: This university was formed around 1209 by people fleeing "town & gown" riots in Oxford Cambridge |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | LITERARY RECORDS $1600: The logo seen here belongs to this University Press, founded in 1534 & claiming the title of the world's oldest publisher Cambridge |
#6597, aired 2013-04-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: This British university's colleges include Magdalene, King's & its most recent addition, Homerton Cambridge |
#6305, aired 2012-02-03 | THE WRITER'S COLLEGE $800: John Milton:
This university where fellow students mocked his fair complexion, calling him the "Lady of Christ's College" Cambridge |
#6217, aired 2011-10-04 | WILLIAM & KATE $1600: Among their first wedding gifts were the titles Duke & Duchess of this British university town Cambridge |
#5852, aired 2010-02-09 | THE 3 "R"s $600: A line of preppy clothing endorsed by a Cambridge Mass. university is named for this, the campus' central area Harvard Yard |
#5818, aired 2009-12-23 | LEGAL MATTERS $400: During the 1870s a new method of teaching law, the case method, was developed at this Cambridge, Mass. university Harvard |
#5729, aired 2009-07-02 | HAVOC $1200: A tavern dispute sparked the 3-day St. Scholastica Riot, which killed 60 of this English university's students in 1355 Oxford |
#5689, aired 2009-05-07 | COLLEGE-PODGE $400: It traces its roots to a group of scholars in 1209, so this British university is celebrating its 800th anniv. in 2009 Cambridge |
#5650, aired 2009-03-13 | HELLO, NEWTON $400: Newton made some of his greatest discoveries while Cambridge University was closed because of this in 1665 the plague |
#5525, aired 2008-09-19 | COME UP TO THE LAB $800: This British university's Experimental Physics Dept. is known as the Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge |
#5427, aired 2008-03-25 | WHERE'D YA GO TO SCHOOL? $1000: Isaac Newton & Lord Byron:
this Cambridge University college Trinity |
#5279, aired 2007-07-19 | CELEBS $600: This portrayer of Borat studied history at Cambridge University (Sacha Baron) Cohen |
#5246, aired 2007-06-04 | "C" IN SHAKESPEARE $800: You don't need a university education to know that the Earl of this appears in "Henry V" Cambridge |
#5157, aired 2007-01-30 | BOSTON LEGAL $400: Alan Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at this Cambridge, Mass. university Harvard |
#5133, aired 2006-12-27 | NOTABLE WOMEN $400: The eminent British archaeologist Dorothy Garrod was the first female professor at this British university Cambridge |
#4889, aired 2005-12-08 | WORLD UNIVERSITIES $800: This British university's first college was Peterhouse, founded in 1284; Trinity Hall & others followed Cambridge |
#4845, aired 2005-10-07 | 17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $400: Because plague closed this university, Newton went home to Woolsthorpe, where he saw that apple fall Cambridge |
#4798, aired 2005-06-15 | IT HAPPENED IN '05 $800: 1505:
Christ's College is founded at this university Cambridge |
#4762, aired 2005-04-26 | LIBRARIES $200: Samuel Pepys' famous diary is housed at the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College at this university Cambridge |
#4648, aired 2004-11-17 | REMAINS TO BE SEEN $1200: The philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who died in 1832, is kept in a glass case at University College in this British city London |
#4237, aired 2003-01-21 | BRITANNICA $1200: Cambridge University dates back to this century; so does the Magna Carta the 13th century |
#4132, aired 2002-07-16 | MONTY PYTHON $600: During his college days, this Python served as President of the Footlights Revue at Cambridge University Eric Idle |
#4031, aired 2002-02-25 | HARVARD UNIVERSITY $1600: To get to Boston from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts you'll have to cross this river the Charles |
#3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TENNYSON, ANYONE? $400: Tennyson met his bosom friend Arthur Hallam while attending Trinity College at this university Cambridge |
#3933, aired 2001-10-10 | COLONIAL COLLEGES $100: You can get your sheepskin at this Cambridge university whose "yahd" once held grazing sheep Harvard |
#3930, aired 2001-10-05 | STEPHEN HAWKING $400: Stephen received his Ph.D. from this prestigious British university in 1966 Cambridge |
#3851, aired 2001-05-07 | MY PEPYS $300: Samuel Pepys attended Magdalene College at this university Cambridge |
#3792, aired 2001-02-13 | POTPOURRI $100: Oxford graduate Hugh Grant played a student at this other British university in the coming-of-age film "Maurice" Cambridge |
#3707, aired 2000-10-17 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $400: This Cambridge, Massachusetts scientific university has a Gilbert & Sullivan players group MIT |
#3660, aired 2000-06-30 | AMERICANA $200: This Cambridge, Mass. university is named for a man who graduated from England's Cambridge Univ. in the 1630s Harvard |
#3586, aired 2000-03-20 | HELLO, NEWTON! $100: A student of this university's Trinity College, Newton graduated in 1665 without honors or distinction Cambridge |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $200: While studying at Cambridge in the late 1960s, this prince showed a flair for acting in comedy revues Prince Charles |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $400: This Tudor king founded Cambridge's Trinity College in 1546 Henry VIII |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $600: The 2 parts of St. John's college are connected by a copy of this Venetian bridge Bridge of Sighs |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $800: This author of "Vanity Fair" studied at Cambridge but left without a degree William Makepeace Thackeray |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $1000: This great Flemish artist's "Adoration of the Magi" adorns King's College chapel Peter Paul Rubens |
#3434, aired 1999-07-08 | SAVE THE PRINCE OF WALES $200: At Cambridge Charles got his university colors in this sport polo |
#3407, aired 1999-06-01 | SISTER CITIES $300: These sister university cities in England & Massachusetts share a name Cambridge |
#3391, aired 1999-05-10 | WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE $600: Arianna Huffington was president of the debating society at this prestigious British university Cambridge |
#3327, aired 1999-02-09 | NOTABLE WOMEN $100: Margrethe II studied archaeology at this British university before she became queen of Denmark Cambridge |
#3136, aired 1998-03-30 | THE FOUR SEASONS $400: The University of Cambridge's Michaelmas term takes place in this season the fall |
#3013, aired 1997-10-08 | WILLIAM WORDSWORTH $200: Wordsworth attended St. John's College at this university but was only a mediocre student Cambridge |
#2936, aired 1997-05-12 | WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE $200: Emma Thompson staged an innovative all-female revue while studying at this British university Cambridge |
#2856, aired 1997-01-20 | EDUCATORS $200: Author & scholar Ruth R. Wisse is the 1st person to teach Yiddish literature at the Cambridge, Mass. university Harvard |
#2844, aired 1997-01-02 | SCIENTISTS $400: In 1661 Isaac Newton entered this university's Trinity College as a subsizar, a student with domestic duties Cambridge |
#2760, aired 1996-09-06 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: This "Jurassic Park" author once taught anthropology at Cambridge University Michael Crichton |
#2736, aired 1996-06-24 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Well known colleges of this university are King's, Churchill & St. John's Cambridge |
#2689, aired 1996-04-18 | BRITISH HODGEPODGE $200: Peterhouse, the first college at this British university, was founded in 1284 Cambridge |
#2576, aired 1995-11-13 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Churchill College is one of 31 residential colleges at this British university Cambridge |
#2470, aired 1995-05-05 | UNDER THE "C" $200: This British university's Cavendish Laboratory of Experimental Physics opened in 1874 Cambridge |
#2461, aired 1995-04-24 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Villa I Tatti in Florence, Italy is part of this Cambridge, Mass. university Harvard |
#2430, aired 1995-03-10 | BRITISH POTPOURRI $200: The National Horseracing Museum is a short 12-mile trot from this university town Cambridge |
#2416, aired 1995-02-20 | ART $200: In 1950 Spanish painter Joan Miro created a mural for this Cambridge, Mass. university Harvard |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | SCIENTISTS $800: While at Cambridge, this creator of the absolute temperature scale won a university rowing title Kelvin |
#2369, aired 1994-12-15 | U.S. "C"ITIES $200: It's Massachusetts' "University City" Cambridge |
#2339, aired 1994-11-03 | PHILADELPHIA $400: Built in 1895, the original Quadrangle of this university was based on Oxford & Cambridge the University of Pennsylvania |
#2249, aired 1994-05-19 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Henry VII's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, founded St. John's College at this university in 1511 Cambridge |
#2244, aired 1994-05-12 | COLLEGE POTPOURRI $1000: A mulberry tree at this university is associated with one of its famous alumnl, John Milton Cambridge |
#2160, aired 1994-01-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: The Bodleian Library at this university is England's second largest Oxford |
#2017, aired 1993-05-18 | NOTORIOUS $300: Kim Philby was recruited as a Soviet agent while attending this British university Cambridge |
#1830, aired 1992-07-10 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Appropriately, King Henry VI founded King's College at this university in 1441 Cambridge |
#1799, aired 1992-05-28 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Girton, Cambridge University's 1st college for these people, was founded in 1869 women |
#1766, aired 1992-04-13 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Christ's College at this university was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry VII Cambridge |
#1735, aired 1992-02-28 | LIBRARIES $800: Samuel Pepys left his library to his alma mater, Magdalene College at this university Cambridge |
#1613, aired 1991-09-11 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $300: E.M. Forster set his novel "The Longest Journey" at this university where he had attended King's College Cambridge |
#1412, aired 1990-10-23 | WORLD RELIGION $400: A group of students at this university started the Methodist movement in the 1700s Oxford |
#1383, aired 1990-09-12 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $200: After their classes were suspended, students from this university moved to Cambridge in 1209 Oxford |
#1383, aired 1990-09-12 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $400: An epidemic interrupted his Cambridge studies so he went home & reportedly saw an apple fall Isaac Newton |
#1383, aired 1990-09-12 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $600: He studied half-heartedly for the ministry at Cambridge before sailing off on the HMS Beagle Darwin |
#1383, aired 1990-09-12 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $800: Appropriately, this large king founded Cambridge's largest college in 1546 Henry VIII |
#1383, aired 1990-09-12 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY $1000: Cambridge professor G. M. Trevelyan was famous for writing books on this subject history |
#1364, aired 1990-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $400: Harvard University & MIT are in this city across the Charles River from Boston Cambridge |
#1211, aired 1989-12-04 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: A Cantabrigian is someone who is a graduate of this English university Cambridge |
#1041, aired 1989-02-27 | LEFTOVERS $200: The current king of Thailand was born in Cambridge, Mass. while his father was a medical student there Harvard University |
#689, aired 1987-09-10 | SUBURBS $100: Famed for its universities, this Boston suburb is named for an English university town Cambridge |
#515, aired 1986-11-28 | ENGLAND $200: Of Cambridge, Oxford & the University of London, the one with the most students the University of London |
#433, aired 1986-05-07 | "C" CITIES $400: This British university town only became a city in 1951 Cambridge |
#273, aired 1985-09-25 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: Founded in the 12th century, it's the oldest university in England Oxford |