Caltech in Colleges & Universities

"Caltech" appearances by year

All Colleges & Universities clues by year

103

Clue	Answer As Given	Value	Round	Category	Air Date	Show
A 1961 Rose Bowl prank had flip cards in the stands spell this local Pasadena college's name; the Wash. band stopped mid-song in surprise	Caltech	$800	J	COLLEGE LIFE	2025-11-13	#9434
This Pasadena school makes a big bang with its 2.9 billion bucks	Caltech	$1,000	J	COLLEGE ENDOWMENTS	2019-12-31	#8127
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from outside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.) Transferred from the Army to NASA at the beginning of the space race, JPL, or Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is a division of this Pasadena-based science school	Caltech	$400	J	COLLEGE-POURRI	2019-09-30	#8061
At the 1984 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the scoreboard got hacked so it read this nearby school 38, M.I.T. 9	Caltech	$1,600	DJ	COLLEGE HIJINKS	2017-06-14	#7553
Geeks can hoop! (Eventually!) In 2007 the men at this Pasadena university snapped an 11-year, 207-game losing streak	Caltech	$1,200	DJ	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	2012-01-13	#6290
The 20-inch Hale Telescope on Mount Palomar is owned and operated by this school	Caltech	$1,200	DJ	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	2009-12-28	#5821
On May 17, 1987 pranksters from this Pasadena school changed the Hollywood sign to the name of the school	Caltech	$600	DJ	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	2001-05-14	#3856
The library at this Pasadena school is named for physicist Robert A. Millikan	Caltech	$800	DJ	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	1997-01-28	#2862
This Pasadena, California school oversees the Palomar & W.M. Keck observatories	Caltech	$1,000	DJ	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	1996-04-19	#2690
Members of its seismology lab seem to appear on local L.A. TV more often than its JPL people	Caltech	$800	DJ	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	1996-02-07	#2638
This Pasadena, Calif. college maintains an astrophysical observatory on Mount Palomar	Caltech	$400	J	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	1993-07-19	#2061
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is administered by this west coast school	Caltech	$300	J	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	1991-03-05	#1507
The student to faculty ratio is only 3 to 1 at this West Coast rival of M.I.T.	Caltech	$800	DJ	COLLEGES	1987-05-27	#643

Clue

Answer As Given

Value

Round

Category

Air Date

Show

A 1961 Rose Bowl prank had flip cards in the stands spell this local Pasadena college's name; the Wash. band stopped mid-song in surprise

Caltech

$800

COLLEGE LIFE

2025-11-13

#9434

This Pasadena school makes a big bang with its 2.9 billion bucks

Caltech

$1,000

COLLEGE ENDOWMENTS

2019-12-31

#8127

(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from outside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.) Transferred from the Army to NASA at the beginning of the space race, JPL, or Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is a division of this Pasadena-based science school

Caltech

$400

COLLEGE-POURRI

2019-09-30

#8061

At the 1984 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the scoreboard got hacked so it read this nearby school 38, M.I.T. 9

Caltech

$1,600

COLLEGE HIJINKS

2017-06-14

#7553

Geeks can hoop! (Eventually!) In 2007 the men at this Pasadena university snapped an 11-year, 207-game losing streak