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HOW COLLEGES GOT THEIR NAMES |
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BENJAMIN HARRISON ADMINISTRATION |
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Group of whales or peas |
a pod
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Being amphoteric, ammonia likes to react with either of these, the 2 types of substances on the pH scale |
an acid or a base
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Formerly YMCA Evening College, this city's Golden Gate University got its name at the suggestion of a student |
San Francisco
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When Tarzan called Tantor, one of these animals would come trumpeting & tearing a big path |
an elephant
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In Mexico, this Jeff Bridges film about country music was titled "Loco Corazon" |
(Emily: What is Wild at Heart?)
Crazy Heart
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In 1890 President Harrison designated this the first federal immigration station |
Ellis Island
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A considerable lump of chewing gum |
a wad
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Hydrogen peroxide in your bathroom is slo-o-owly undergoing this, a breakdown into components, like a dead organism |
decomposition
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NYC's Fashion Institute of Technology got its name in imitation of this school up Boston way |
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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This little girl who lives at the Plaza has a turtle named "Skipperdee" who eats raisins & wears sneakers |
(Salvo: Who's Heloise?)
Eloise
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Tough love from Ryan Gosling helps Steve Carell get over Julianne Moore in this rom-com |
Crazy, Stupid Love
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In 1891 these were installed in the White House, but the Harrisons chose to continue using the old-style gas ones |
electric lights
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When a substance forms clumps in water you've got a colloid; if it disperses uniformly it's this, like a 7% one |
(Emily: What is a dilution?)
a solution
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This sister college to Columbia was founded in 1889 & named for the then-president of Columbia |
Barnard
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In a trilogy Katniss Everdeen wears a gold pin of this genetically altered bird |
a mockingjay
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Add some cream & this 1957 Ingmar Bergman film sounds lie a perfect dish for Wimbledon |
(Emily: What is Strawberries?)
Wild Strawberries
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6 states joined the Union: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming & these 2, on the same day |
(Salvo: What are Arizona and New Mexico?)
North & South Dakota
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A synonym for simple sugars, like glucose, this word is quite polysyllabic |
monosaccharide
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This Pittsburgh U. was formed by the merger of 2 schools, 1 founded by a philanthropist & the other by 2 banker brothers |
Carnegie Mellon University
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Gunpowder is the "broken-down plough-horse" this man rides in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
Ichabod Crane
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"Long Nights" is an Eddie Vedder song in this Sean Penn film about a young man trying to find himself in Alaska |
Into the Wild
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On July 2, 1890 Ben signed this act outlawing trusts or any other monopolies hindering trade |
the Sherman Antitrust Act
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One who's half human, half divine |
a demigod
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AMU stands for this "unit" based on the isotope carbon-12 |
atomic mass unit
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The USA's oldest college for black women, it was named for benefactor John D. Rockefeller's in-laws |
Spelman College
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In this Richard Adams classic, Blackberry is the smartest of the rabbits, but Hazel is the leader |
(Salvo: What is Watership Downs?)
Watership Down
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A Kalahari bushman & a Coke bottle are the unlikely duo at the heart of this 1980 comedy |
The Gods Must Be Crazy
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On March 3, 1891 9 of these courts were created to relieve the Supreme Court of some of its jurisdiction |
(Emily: What are federal courts?)
Circuit courts (of appeal)
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