#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COLLEGE $200: In the 1910s non-medical divisions moved to the Homewood campus of this Baltimore university Johns Hopkins University |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COLLEGE $400: You'll have a heck of a Hanover at this Ivy League school founded in 1769 Dartmouth |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COLLEGE $800: Fittingly, there's a large Greek system in this Georgia city Athens |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COLLEGE $1000: Named for a Supreme Court justice, it boasts Pulitzer winners Margo Jefferson & Thomas Friedman as alums Brandeis University |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COLLEGE $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the only Pac-12 school that does not contain the name of a state Stanford University |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $400: Founded in 1851, this university has a medical campus in Pensacola & is a "Seminole" institution Florida State |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $1200: Sam Adams signed an act establishing this school in 1794 & the end of it is pronounced "uhn", not "oyn" Bowdoin |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $1600: More often than not, this Catholic liberal arts college in Spokane seems to play a big role in NCAA "March Madness" Gonzaga |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $2,000 (Daily Double): This Pennsylvania college opened its doors for women in 1885 but seems to frown upon the use of excessive vowels Bryn Mawr |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $2000: In 1946 this N.Y. university founded Utica College, which became independent in 1995 Syracuse University |
#6940, aired 2014-11-14 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $200: "On" this school, "On" this school, "Fight on for her fame, fight, fellows, fight, fight, fight", fight to say its name! Wisconsin |
#6940, aired 2014-11-14 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $400: In 1825 this state university of New Jersey was renamed to honor a revolutionary war colonel Rutgers |
#6940, aired 2014-11-14 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $600: The tide most certainly does not roll at this school established in 1856 as the East Alabama Male College Auburn |
#6940, aired 2014-11-14 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $800: An ex-governor of California hired Frederick Law Olmsted to design the physical plan for this university Stanford |
#6940, aired 2014-11-14 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $1000: One of these 2 "directional" schools is in Evanston, Illinois; the other, on Huntington Avenue in Boston Northwestern University & Northeastern University |
#6226, aired 2011-10-17 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $400: In 2010 this Cornhusker univ. left the Big 12 for the Big 10, which already had 11 teams, making it basically the Big 12 Nebraska |
#6226, aired 2011-10-17 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $1200: Notre Dame's "Word of Life" mural, depicting Christ as a teacher, is known on the football-loving campus as this Touchdown Jesus |
#6226, aired 2011-10-17 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $1600: Ben Affleck moved west & attended this Los Angeles college whose name means "western" Occidental |
#6226, aired 2011-10-17 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $1,800 (Daily Double): In 1924 North Carolina's Trinity College was endowed by a tobacco magnate & changed its name to this Duke |
#6226, aired 2011-10-17 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $2000: A noted Commodore from this university was Al Gore, who studied at both its divinity & law schools Vanderbilt |
#6122, aired 2011-04-05 | A STACK OF KNOWLEDGE $600: Referring to public access, it's where you'll find the open & closed stacks on a college campus the library |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $400: This university's first scholarship fund was created in 1643 with a gift from Ann Radcliffe Harvard |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $800: Founded in 1843 in Worcester, it's the oldest Catholic college in New England Holy Cross |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $1200: This univ. named for a judge was founded in 1948 as the only Jewish-sponsored nonsectarian one in the U.S. Brandeis |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $1600: "Transcendental" college in Boston devoted exclusively to the study of communication & performing arts Emerson |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $2000: 2 of the 3 "Seven Sisters" colleges not located in Massachusetts--unlike the rest of the category (2 of) Bryn Mawr, Vassar, & Barnard |
#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 |
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Nico Martinez, a college junior from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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