| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Still going in Macon, a college with this Methodist-conscious name was the USA's first chartered to grant degrees to women Wesleyan College |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | IT'S FULL OF STORES $600: Two Korean immigrants with no college degrees moved to L.A. & in 1984 opened Fashion 21, later renamed this Forever 21 |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: (Hi, I'm Zachary Quinto.) I studied drama at this Pittsburgh university named for 2 businessmen, the first U.S. college to grant degrees in drama Carnegie Mellon |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | THE '90s $1000: In 1793 this Irish college allowed Catholics to study for degrees for the first time Trinity College |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: Circles, thermometers & college grads are marked by the number of these they have degrees |
| #5424, aired 2008-03-20 | A WOMAN OF DISTINCTION $800: Shaw College is among the many schools that gave honorary degrees to this woman who inspired a bus boycott Rosa Parks |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | YOU HAVE THE RITE $1000: This ceremony at which school or college degrees are conferred is from the Latin for "beginning" commencement |
| #4025, aired 2002-02-15 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: This Ohio college was the first American college to grant undergraduate degrees to women Oberlin |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: Circles, thermometers & college grads are marked by the number of these they have degrees |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | "B.C." $800: Women enrolled in this institution receive degrees from Columbia University Barnard College |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: A college in Trenton, N.J. named for this inventor offers degrees based solely on knowledge Thomas Edison |
| #2664, aired 1996-03-14 | FOREIGN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $500: Founded in the 1590s, this Irish college first allowed Catholics to study for degrees in 1793 Trinity College |
| #2444, aired 1995-03-30 | COLLEGES $400: The N.J. college named for this inventor has no campus; it offers degrees through equivalency exams Edison |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Graduates of Radcliffe actually receive their degrees from this college Harvard |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | COLLEGE DEGREES $200: What the "M" stands for in M.D. or D.M.D. Medical |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | COLLEGE DEGREES $400: One of the most common master's degrees is this, abbreviated M.A. Master of the Arts |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | COLLEGE DEGREES $600: An M.S. in C.E. is a Master of Science in Civil Engineering; an M.S. in Ch.E. is this Chemical Engineering |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | COLLEGE DEGREES $800: A B.D. is a Bachelor of this; an M.Div. is a Master of it--let us pray Divinity |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | COLLEGE DEGREES $1000: If you're a financial wizard, you know a D.B.A. is this a Doctor of Business Administration |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | COLLEGE DEGREES $100: It's what the Ph. stands for in Ph.B. & Ph.D. philosophy |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | COLLEGE DEGREES $200: A D.V.M. is a doctor of this kind of medicine veterinary |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | COLLEGE DEGREES $300: An M.S. in M.E. is a Master of Science in this kind of engineering mechanical |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | COLLEGE DEGREES $400: Captains of industry know than an M.B.A. is this Master of Business Administration |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | COLLEGE DEGREES $500: The field in which the honorary degree LL.D. is awarded law |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | COLLEGE DEGREES $100: We hope this doesn't bemuse you, but a B.Mus. is this a bachelor of music |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | COLLEGE DEGREES $200: A B.L.S. is a bachelor of this science--shhhh! library science |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | COLLEGE DEGREES $300: A drama major may earn a B.F.A., which stands for this a bachelor of fine arts |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | COLLEGE DEGREES $400: A M.S.W. is a master of this kind of work social work |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | COLLEGE DEGREES $500: A B.E.E. is a bachelor of this, not of beekeeping electrical engineering |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: This Pittsburgh University, named for 2 businessmen, was the first college in the world to grant degrees in drama Carnegie Mellon |
| #447, aired 1986-05-27 | EDUCATION $400: Of 4, 14, or 24%, the percentage of U.S. population over 25 that had college degrees in 1910 4 |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | INVENTORS $600: Inventors Eli Whitney & Samuel Morse got a lock on their degrees at this college Yale |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | COLLEGES $800 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 major social advances in which Oberlin College of Ohio was 1st (1 of) admitting women (accepting students regardless of race and conferring degrees on women) |
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