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Notre Dame 26 Harvard 25 Yale 21 Dartmouth 17 Stanford 15 Georgetown 15 Columbia 15 Princeton 14 Duke 14 Oxford 13 William and Mary 13 Caltech 12 Pennsylvania 11 Johns Hopkins 11 Vassar 11 California 11 Northwestern 10 Cornell 10 Chicago 10 the University of Pennsylvania 9 Rutgers 9 Amherst 9 Tulane 8 Ohio 8 Georgia Tech 8 Gallaudet 8 Cambridge 8 West Point 8 UCLA 8 MIT 8

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Notre Dame 26x 4.0% stumper $612 avg J:14 DJ:11 FJ:1
J $100 1994 This university near South Bend, Indiana is run by the Congregation of the Holy Cross
J $500 2000 Father Theodore Hesburgh served as president of this university a record 35 years, retiring in 1987
DJ $1,600 2008 "The Dome" is the yearbook of this university near South Bend, Indiana
Harvard 25x 8.0% stumper $356 avg J:11 DJ:14
J $100 2001 It's the university where you'll find the John F. Kennedy School of Government
DJ $800 1987 Dr. Parkman, who gave the land for its med school, was murdered by a fellow grad of this famous U.
DJ $1,000 DD 1994 Colonial clergyman Increase Mather was its president 1685-1701
Yale 21x $490 avg J:7 DJ:13 FJ:1
J $100 1997 The school of forestry of this New Haven, Conn. university is the USA's oldest in continuous operation
J $500 1993 In 1701 this Ivy League school was founded by 10 Connecticut clergymen
DJ $1,200 2019 While attending this school, George W. Bush was a member of its Skull & Bones secret society
Dartmouth 17x 12.5% stumper $812 avg J:7 DJ:9 FJ:1
J $200 2024 Getting into this New Hampshire Ivy? Plausible but difficult, as the acceptance rate for the 2027 class was 6.2%
J $600 2016 We scrimped to send our son to this school, the only "college" in the Ivy League among 7 universities
J $1,000 2006 It's the northernmost Ivy League School
Stanford 15x 7.7% stumper $900 avg J:8 DJ:5 FJ:2
J $200 2015 In 1920 going to Palo Alto to this university cost $120 but it's gone up a bit since then
DJ $600 1988 This university was created as a memorial to its founder's son, Leland, Jr.
J $1,000 2002 The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace is part of this Palo Alto university
Georgetown 15x 6.7% stumper $640 avg J:9 DJ:6
J $300 1997 This Washington, D.C. Catholic school maintains the Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center
J $500 2001 This private, coeducational Washington, D.C. school is the oldest Catholic university in America
DJ $1,600 2004 John Carroll, America's first Roman Catholic bishop, founded this Washington, D.C. university
Columbia 15x 7.7% stumper $692 avg J:2 DJ:11 FJ:2
DJ $200 1995 In 1993 this New York school's Press celebrated its 100th anniversary & the 5th edition of its encyclopedia
DJ $600 2000 Endowed by Joseph Pulitzer, its journalism school opened in 1912
DJ $1,600 2010 Both Bennett Cerf & Herman Wouk were student editors of Jester, a humor magazine of this New York City university
Princeton 14x 14.3% stumper $850 avg J:7 DJ:7
J $100 1988 Ivy League school originally called the College of New Jersey
J $600 2002 In the book "The Sun Also Rises", Robert Cohn is a novelist who had attended this New Jersey university
DJ $1,000 1997 Referring to its oldest building, Nassau Hall, Old Nassau is a nickname for this Ivy League school
Duke 14x 7.1% stumper $764 avg J:5 DJ:9
J $200 2013 Elizabeth Dole & William Styron: this North Carolina university
J $500 1994 In 1924 Trinity College of Durham, North Carolina changed its name to this
DJ $1,000 1988 The 1st modern laboratory for studying parapsychology was set up at this university in Durham, N.C.
Oxford 13x 7.7% stumper $523 avg J:5 DJ:8
J $200 2007 Merton College was one of the first entities that become this famous British university
DJ $600 1998 Lawrence of Arabia earned first-class honors in history at this university's Jesus College
DJ $1,200 2006 The U. of Miami is in Coral Gables, Fla.; Miami U. is in this Ohio city that shares its name with a famous British school
William and Mary 13x $408 avg J:3 DJ:9 FJ:1
DJ $200 2000 George Washington was chancellor of this college from 1788 until his death
J $500 1990 During the Colonial period this was the only college in the South
FJ 1990 London's College of Heralds granted this American college a coat of arms in 1694
Caltech 12x 25.0% stumper $875 avg J:4 DJ:8
J $300 1991 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is administered by this west coast school
DJ $600 2001 On May 17, 1987 pranksters from this Pasadena school changed the Hollywood sign to the name of the school
J $1,000 2019 This Pasadena school makes a big bang with its 2.9 billion bucks
Pennsylvania 11x $627 avg J:3 DJ:8
DJ $200 1995 Haverford College, the first Quaker college in the U.S., is located in this state
J $500 1996 In 1881 the Wharton School of Finance & Commerce was founded at this university
DJ $1,200 2010 Swarthmore & Bryn Mawr
Johns Hopkins 11x $645 avg J:5 DJ:6
J $200 1997 This Baltimore university is noted for its medical school & the Peabody Conservatory of Music
J $600 2002 Famous alumni of this Baltimore school include Rachels Carsons & Michaels Bloombergs
DJ $2,000 2008 You'll find the Lacrosse Hall of Fame Museum at this university in Baltimore
Vassar 11x 27.3% stumper $745 avg J:4 DJ:7
DJ $400 2008 This Poughkeepsie school was the first of the seven sisters to be coeducational
DJ $600 1987 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. brewer who, in 1861, donated the money to found a women's college
DJ $1,000 1991 The year the Civil War began this college was founded in Poughkeepsie, New York
California 11x $309 avg J:6 DJ:5
J $200 2005 In the 2005 Orange Bowl, this university's Trojans trampled the Sooners, 55-19
J $600 2002 Claremont, Pomona, Whittier
J $100 1999 With 54 this state has more electoral votes than any other
Northwestern 10x $778 avg J:6 DJ:3 FJ:1
J $400 2018 Stay on Chicago Avenue till it merges with Sheridan Road & make a right at Garrett Place
DJ $600 1997 The 1996 Rose Bowl pitted the USC Trojans against this Illinois school's Wildcats
J $1,000 DD 2020 In 1855 2 faculty members & 10 students began hitting the books at this now-Big Ten school less than 15 miles from Chicago
Cornell 10x $770 avg J:3 DJ:7
J $300 1999 This university in Ithaca, New York is the youngest school in the Ivy League
J $500 1995 This Ithaca, New York school is the only private land-grant university
DJ $1,000 2001 The Statler Inn at this Ithaca, N.Y. school was built as a "teaching hotel" for its school of hotel administration
Chicago 10x 10.0% stumper $820 avg J:3 DJ:7
DJ $200 1997 The DeVry Institute of Technology with campuses in several states began in 1931 in this Illinois city
J $600 2012 DePaul University
J $1,000 2026 The university of this Midwestern city is in a neighborhood called Hyde Park
the University of Pennsylvania 9x 22.2% stumper $689 avg J:5 DJ:4
J $200 2026 This Ivy follows a maxim of its founder Benjamin Franklin: "Well done is better than well said"
J $1,000 DD 2020 Students on this school'scampusmay run into Ben Franklinrelaxing on a bench reading a newspaper
DJ $200 1992 The largest completely open-stack university library in the U.S. is at this school nicknamed Penn
Rutgers 9x $800 avg J:4 DJ:5
DJ $400 1998 This state university of New Jersey has campuses in New Brunswick, Newark & Camden
J $500 1994 In 1766, this New Brunswick, N.J. school was founded as Queens College by the Dutch Reformed Church
J $1,000 2018 Examining how her music affected progressive social change, this state U. of N.J. got into "Politicizing Beyonce"
Amherst 9x 50.0% stumper $1,200 avg J:2 DJ:6 FJ:1
DJ $500 DD 1997 The Robert Frost Library is at this Massachusetts college co-founded by Emily Dickinson's grandfather
DJ $1,000 1991 Emily Dickinson's grandfather was one of the founders of this college
FJ 1994 A Massachusetts city & college are named after this British commander at the 1759 capture of Ticonderoga
Tulane 8x 12.5% stumper $912 avg J:5 DJ:3
J $200 1999 The Hullabaloo is the school newspaper for this New Orleans university
J $600 2015 This private university in New Orleans was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana
DJ $1,000 1994 Sophie Newcomb College is this New Orleans university's college for women
Ohio 8x $650 avg J:3 DJ:5
J $400 2026 The University of Miami is in Florida; head to Oxford in this state to find the main campus of Miami University
J $600 2019 Bowling Green teams in this state were once known as the BG Normals or BG Pedagogues but Falcons seems a better fit
J $600 2018 Miami University & not the University of Miami
Georgia Tech 8x $417 avg J:3 DJ:3 FJ:2
J $100 1994 This school's song about a "Ramblin' Wreck" was based on the folk ballad "The Sons of the Gamboliers"
DJ $600 1994 Founded in Atlanta in 1885, this university has one of the finest engineering schools in the country
FJ 2022 To aid transport in poorer nations, in the 1920s grads of this college built makeshift buggies celebrated in their fight song
Gallaudet 8x 25.0% stumper $1,262 avg J:4 DJ:4
J $400 2017 This D.C. schools says it's "the world's only university designed to be barrier-free for deaf & hard of hearing students"
DJ $800 1989 This Washington, D.C. school is the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the U.S.
J $1,000 2004 In 1893 the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf, Dumb & Blind became this
Cambridge 8x $512 avg J:2 DJ:6
J $100 1997 In 1284 the Bishop of Ely founded Peterhouse, the first of this British school's colleges
DJ $800 2025 Founded by Henry VIII, Trinity is the largest college, in number of undergraduate students, at this English university
J $400 2014 This university was formed around 1209 by people fleeing "town & gown" riots in Oxford
West Point 8x 12.5% stumper $750 avg J:4 DJ:4
J $100 1990 Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee & Jefferson Davis were graduates of this college
J $1,000 2017 In 1817 Col Sylvanus Thayer began an influential 16 yrs. as superintendent at this institution in New York state
J $100 1989 This academy's honor code says simply, "A cadet will not lie, cheat or steal, or tolerate those who do"
UCLA 8x 25.0% stumper $412 avg J:5 DJ:3
J $100 1990 This branch of the University of California has the largest collection of films on a college campus
J $600 2018 Down by 34 to Texas A&M with 19 minutes left, QB Josh Rosen led this West Coast school to a win in its 2017 opener
J $200 2011 In 1919 this school was established as the Southern Branch of the University of California
MIT 8x 28.6% stumper $800 avg J:1 DJ:6 FJ:1
DJ $600 1993 During World War II, this Cambridge, Mass. school was the center of the USA's radar research
DJ $1,200 2012 In 1865 geologist William Barton Rogers founded this Bay State school specializing in the sciences
FJ 2015 Mens et manus, "mind and hand", is the motto of this university whose alumni include I.M. Pei, Amar Bose & Richard Feynman
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Purdue 7x 42.9% stumper $843 avg J:5 DJ:2
J $500 DD 1990 This land grant university operates joint campuses with Indiana U. at Indianapolis & Ft. Wayne
J $1,000 2023 This Big Ten school kept things steady for in-state Indiana residents; general service tuition was $9,992 in 2012 & in '23
DJ $600 1993 This West Lafayette, Indiana school's Hall of Music is the USA's largest college auditorium
Maine 7x $1,057 avg J:2 DJ:5
J $500 1997 The university of this state at Machias is the easternmost 4-year college in the U.S.
DJ $1,000 DD 2014 The campus of the University of this state is in Orono, named for a Penobscot chief
DJ $600 1996 Bates College, located in Lewiston in this state, was the 1st coeducational college in New England
Brown 7x $800 avg J:1 DJ:6
DJ $400 1996 Pembroke College for Women merged with this Providence, R.I. university in 1971
DJ $800 2013 This Rhode Island school's Van Wickle Gatesopen twice a year--inward for incoming freshman and outward for commencement
J $1,000 DD 2005 Of the Ivy League colleges, this one is alphabetically first
USC 7x 28.6% stumper $686 avg J:2 DJ:5
J $400 2003 Universities in Columbia & in Los Angeles share this 3-letter abbreviation
J $800 2007 John Wayne attended this L.A. university in the 1920s & also played on its football team
DJ $1,000 1985 This Pac-10 school has won more NCAA championships than any other college
the U.S. Naval Academy 7x 20.0% stumper $220 avg J:4 DJ:1 FJ:2
J $100 1998 In 1976 this service school in Annapolis admitted its first women
FJ 2017 When this school opened in 1845, the curriculum for the class of 50 had math & navigation, chemistry & gunnery & steam
FJ 1995 At the beginning of the Civil War, this school moved from Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island
Wisconsin 6x $1,050 avg J:2 DJ:4
J $200 1997 Badger alumni know Michael Jackson acquired rights to this school's fight song from Paul McCartney
J $500 DD 1986 University whose fight song is heard here:[Instrumental music plays]
DJ $2,000 2007 Beloit College in this state was founded in 1846, while that state was still a territory
Vanderbilt 6x 16.7% stumper $1,233 avg J:2 DJ:4
J $600 2016 The Commodores
J $1,000 2015 Bishop Holland McTyeire, a cousin of the founder's wife, chose the site in Nashville for the campus of this private university
DJ $800 2011 Learn fiddle & gee-tar at the Blair school of music of this university--it is in Nashville, after all
Paris 6x 40.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1
J $200 2003 In 1253 Robert de Sorbon founded a school of theology in this city
J $600 2014 Around 1257 the apparently unbashful theologian Robert de Sorbon founded the Sorbonne at the Univ. of this
DJ $1,000 1995 In 1256 Thomas Aquinas began teaching theology at the University of this city
Massachusetts 6x $600 avg J:2 DJ:4
J $400 2018 Northeastern University
DJ $600 1988 Henry F. Durant founded Wellesley on the grounds of his own country estate in this state
DJ $1,000 1994 In 1993 this state university decided to retain its mascot, the Minuteman
Bryn Mawr 6x 40.0% stumper $1,280 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:1
J $800 2017 At this women's college west of Philly, May Day festivities wrap up with a showing of "The Philadelphia Story"
DJ $2,000 DD 2015 This Pennsylvania college opened its doors for women in 1885 but seems to frown upon the use of excessive vowels
FJ 2024 Of the Seven Sisters colleges, this one located in a place of the same name is the farthest south
Brigham Young 6x $617 avg J:4 DJ:2
J $200 2006 It has the largest enrollment of any university in Utah
DJ $600 1991 This university in Provo, Utah also has a campus in Hawaii
J $1,000 DD 2002 Oral Roberts University is in Oklahoma; the university named for this man is in Hawaii & Utah
Berkeley 6x $433 avg J:3 DJ:3
J $200 2023 In 1968 tuition was free for state residents at the U. of Cal., including this Bay Area flagship campus; it was $14,000 in 2023
J $600 DD 2017 Of the 10 University of California campuses, this one in northern California is alphabetically first
DJ $200 1989 A manmade element, symbol Bk, was named for this city, home of the University of California
Trinity 6x $967 avg DJ:6
DJ $200 1994 There are colleges called this in Illinois & Connecticut as well as in Dublin, Ireland
DJ $600 1995 While at this college in Dublin, Oscar Wilde won the Berkeley Gold Medal for Greek
DJ $1,000 1996 Samuel Beckett earned his B.A. in Romance language at this Irish college
the University of Florida 6x $333 avg J:3 DJ:3
J $200 2006 Winning the 2006 NCAA championship game was Noah problem for this S.E.C. school when they beat UCLA, 73-57
J $200 2004 It boasts the world's largest citrus research center
DJ $400 2004 Each fall this university holds its raucous pep rally known as the "Gator Growl"
the Sorbonne 6x 16.7% stumper $667 avg J:5 DJ:1
J $400 1988 Commonly used to designate entire University of Paris, it's actually just one building of it
J $800 2023 In 2018 a university in Paris named for the Curies became part of this university with a more than 750-year legacy
J $2,000 DD 2015 Until the 20th c. it formed part of the University of Paris & its name was synonymous with the school's
McGill 6x 16.7% stumper $1,133 avg J:1 DJ:5
J $400 2023 This university was chartered in 1821 after a bequest from Montreal merchant James, not "Slippin' Jimmy" of "Better Call Saul" fame
DJ $1,000 DD 2015 From 2009 to 2014 4 alums of this Montreal school won Nobel Prizes
DJ $1,000 1995 United & Presbyterian are theological colleges affiliated with this Montreal university
the University of Michigan 6x $317 avg J:4 DJ:2
J $100 1990 JFK outlined his idea for the Peace Corps during a 1960 campaign speech on this school's Ann Arbor campus
DJ $800 1994 Maize & blue are the official colors of the Wolverines, this school's athletic teams
DJ $400 2004 Madonna could have gone to Madonna Univ. in Livonia but instead attended this bigger school in Ann Arbor
the University of Texas 6x $167 avg J:4 DJ:2
J $100 2000 In 1971 the Lyndon Johnson Library at this school became the first presidential library on a college campus
J $200 2018 Everything was big here, where Roger Clemens, Mary Lou Retton & Kevin Durant went to school
DJ $200 1995 You'll find the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs on the main campus of this university
Washington, D.C. 5x $720 avg DJ:5
DJ $200 1991 Congress chartered this city's American Univ. in 1893, but instruction didn't begin until 1914
DJ $600 1994 Schools in this city include American University & George Washington University
DJ $1,600 2016 American University
Texas 5x $400 avg J:2 DJ:3
DJ $200 1994 All schools in the Southwest Conference are located in this state
DJ $600 1993 Food lovers can go to Berry in Georgia, Mount Olive in North Carolina or Rice in this state
DJ $400 2024 Baylor claims the title of oldest continuously operating university in this state
Rice 5x $980 avg J:4 DJ:1
J $500 1997 In accordance with the founder's will, this Houston university was tuition-free from 1912 to 1965
J $1,000 2005 Larry McMurtry & Joyce Carol Oates are among the alumni of this Houston university
J $600 2015 This Houston school that offers "unconventional wisdom" features 3 owls on its shield
Radcliffe 5x 20.0% stumper $420 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $100 1999 In April 1999 Harvard announced plans to formally absorb this women's college
DJ $600 1997 This Cambridge, Mass. college was incorporated as the Soc. for the Collegiate Instruction of Women
DJ $1,000 1984 Women's college that shares Harvard's classes, housing & facilities but still is separate
Quebec 5x $620 avg J:1 DJ:4
J $300 1997 Canada's oldest agricultural school, St. Anne de la Pocatiere, became part of this province's Laval U. in 1962
DJ $600 1992 Laval University is named for Francois de Montmorency Laval, the 1st bishop of this Canadian city
DJ $1,000 1996 Laval University is named for the first Roman Catholic bishop of this Canadian city
Penn State 5x $840 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $200 1991 This school at University Park, Pennsylvania was founded in 1855 as Farmers High School
DJ $800 2013 This university's college of medicine is located at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
DJ $2,000 2011 This university in a borough named State College was founded in 1855 as a 4-year college called Farmers' High School
New Hampshire 5x 40.0% stumper $840 avg J:1 DJ:4
DJ $400 2018 St. Anselm College, Granite State College
DJ $800 2010 New England College & Daniel Webster College
J $1,000 2006 Author John Irving is an alum of this university; the state's name appears in the title of one of his books
Michigan State 5x $280 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $100 1993 This East Lansing school was founded as Michigan Agricultural College
DJ $200 1994 This university in East Lansing was the first state school to offer agriculture courses for credit
J $300 1997 This school's East Lansing campus has the USA's largest college food service operation
Barnard 5x 20.0% stumper $720 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $400 2011 It's alphabetically first of the Seven Sisters colleges
J $600 2022 Its faculty are also tenured at Columbia University
J $1,000 2016 This NYC school, one of the Seven Sisters, was named for the 10th president of Columbia College
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New York 5x $600 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:1
J $200 2018 Vassar
J $600 2003 Excelsior College, Fordham University
DJ $1,200 2002 Adirondack Community College is a 2-year school in Queensbury in this U.S. state
the University of Virginia 5x $480 avg J:2 DJ:3
DJ $400 2010 Thomas Jefferson planned the curriculum & hired the first faculty for this university
J $800 2002 The Thomas Jefferson Medals for architecture & for law are given annually at this university
DJ $400 1988 The 1st 2 rectors of this university were Thomas Jefferson & James Madison
the Tuskegee Institute 5x $280 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $100 1996 The George Washington Carver Museum is on this Alabama school's campus
DJ $200 1996 This Alabama institute was the major training facility for Black airmen during World War II
J $300 1989 Booker T. Washington borrowed $500 to buy the land on which this school was built
the University of North Carolina 5x $520 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $400 1990 James K. Polk went to this "tarheel university"
DJ $600 1988 Chapel Hill
J $200 2016 Morehead Planetarium, which opened in 1949 at this school in Chapel Hill, was the 1st planetarium owned by a college
LSU 5x 60.0% stumper $720 avg J:3 DJ:2
J $100 1996 This state university's medical center has campuses in New Orleans & Shreveport
DJ $2,500 DD 2017 The Red Stick International Digital Festival is an annual event at this university
J $400 2020 In 1860 William T. Sherman was the 1st leader of this then seminary of learning & military academy, 9 years before it moved to Baton Rouge
the Quakers 5x 50.0% stumper $475 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1
J $300 1987 Teams at the University of Pennsylvania appropriately sport this "religious" nickname
DJ $1,000 1999 Swarthmore College of Pennsylvania has a historical library devoted to this religious group that founded it
FJ 2014 Team nicknames of the 8 Ivy League schools include 4 animals, 3 colors & this Christian denomination
Vermont 4x 25.0% stumper $650 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $400 1997 In 1994 Bennington College in this state eliminated all academic departments & abolished its tenure system
J $600 2024 In 1800 7 students enrolled at Middlebury College in this state; in 2024, 2,800 undergrads were roaming around
DJ $800 2019 The main campus for Middlebury College is located in the Champlain Valley of this state
Trinity College 4x $900 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $300 1996 This college has 3 representatives in the Irish senate
J $500 1996 Founded in the 1590s, this Irish college first allowed Catholics to study for degrees in 1793
DJ $1,200 2007 This college was intended to be the first college within the University of Dublin, but it's still the only one
the University of Georgia 4x 50.0% stumper $725 avg J:3 DJ:1
DJ $400 2009 This university's Hargrett Library has a special collection devoted to author Margaret Mitchell
J $500 1989 60,000 items pertaining to author Margaret Mitchell are housed at this university's library
J $1,000 2017 This U. is home to its state Writers Hall of Fame; honorees include Joel Chandler Harris & Alice Walker
the University of Chicago 4x $750 avg DJ:4
DJ $400 2014 In 1996 Michelle Obama became an associate dean at this school in her hometown
DJ $600 1993 With help from Marshall Field, this university was founded in 1891
DJ $1,000 1992 This Midwest school operates the Argonne National Laboratory & the Yerkes Observatory
Smith 4x 25.0% stumper $1,400 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $800 2024 This college for women in Northampton, Mass. opened in 1875 but didn't get its first female pres. until 100 years later
DJ $1,200 2013 This women's college in Northampton opened in 1875 with 14 students
DJ $1,600 2013 The undergrad school at this Northampton, Mass. college admits only women, but its grad school is coed
Oregon 4x $1,100 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $800 2005 The seal of the University of this state shows Mount Hood & says, "Mens agitat molem", "Mind moves the mass"
J $1,000 2003 Founded in 1842, Willamete University in this state is the oldest university west of the Rockies
J $1,000 DD 2002 Gutenberg, Northwest Christian, Lewis & Clark
Omaha 4x 50.0% stumper $1,150 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $400 2008 In 2008 the NCAA signed a deal to keep the College World Series in this midwestern city through 2035
J $1,000 2006 Since 1950 this city's Rosenblatt Stadium has been host to the College Baseball World Series
DJ $1,200 2008 Creighton University, founded in 1878, is a Jesuit school in this Midwest city
Oberlin 4x $1,150 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $600 1997 Coed schools in Ohio include Dyke, Malone & this first U.S. coeducational college
J $1,000 2016 The "elevation of female character" was J.J. Shipherd's goal when he made this "O" school in Ohio the first coed U.S. college
DJ $1,000 1991 The U.S.' first coeducational college, it also admitted students regardless of color
Nebraska 4x 25.0% stumper $775 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $200 1996 The athletic teams of this university are named the Cornhuskers
J $500 DD 2002 Dana College & Platte Valley Bible College
DJ $2,000 2021 Maine & this Midwestern state are the 2 that don't have winner-take-all electoral vote policies
Mount Holyoke 4x 100.0% stumper $1,350 avg DJ:4
DJ $800 1989 "Sister school" that's involved in investing $7 million to redevelop So. Hadley, Mass., where it's located
DJ $1,000 1994 Founded as a seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts, it was the 1st U.S. college for women
DJ $1,600 2018 About 2,000 women attend this college in South Hadley, Mass., one of the Seven Sisters schools
Minnesota 4x $825 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $500 DD 1995 This state's universities include those in St. Cloud, Moorhead & Bemidji
DJ $1,200 2023 About 2 miles apart in Northfield in this state are rival colleges Carleton & St. Olaf
DJ $800 2008 Senator Paul Wellstone once taught at Carleton College in Northfield in this state
Kent State 4x $925 avg DJ:4
DJ $400 1997 4 students were killed & several others wounded at this university May 4, 1970
DJ $900 DD 2005 On May 4, classes at this Midwestern school recess from noon until 2:00 p.m. as part of an official day of remembrance
DJ $400 1985 Most tragic U.S. campus demonstration on record occured in 1970 at this school
Indiana 4x 25.0% stumper $425 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $100 1997 This school's athletic teams are called the Hoosiers
DJ $600 1994 Purdue University operates a Fort Wayne campus jointly with this state's university
J $200 1995 The main campus of Purdue University is in West Lafayette in this state
Illinois 4x $575 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 1990 This state established the first public junior college at Joliet in 1901
DJ $600 1996 This school's Urbana-Champaign campus is home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
DJ $1,200 2021 In 2020 it was the only one of the 4 "I" states to go Democratic, casting its 20 votes for Biden
Howard 4x $800 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $400 2009 Washington, D.C.: Politician Dean or Director Hawks
DJ $800 2009 Although founded in 1867, this Washington, D.C. school didn't have its first black president until 1926
DJ $1,200 2015 Founded in 1867 & later attended by Thurgood Marshall, it was named for the first head of the Freedmen's Bureau
Gonzaga 4x 25.0% stumper $1,000 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $600 2016 John Stockton is an alum of this Spokane school
J $1,000 2018 This Spokane, Wa. Jesuit school made its first appearance in the NCAA final game in 2017, but came up a tad short
DJ $800 2004 Popularly known as the "Zags", the Bulldogs of this Spokane university are a force to be reckoned with in college athletics
Florida 4x $975 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $300 2000 Manatee Community College is in Bradenton in this state
DJ $800 2022 Flagler Collegein this state, named for an industrialist & developer, has as its main hall the Hotel Ponce de León which he built
DJ $2,000 2010 Flagler College & Ringling School of Art & Design
Brandeis 4x 25.0% stumper $1,525 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $500 1997 The Lown School of Near Eastern & Judaic Studies is part of this school named for a Supreme Court justice
DJ $1,200 2006 This univ. named for a judge was founded in 1948 as the only Jewish-sponsored nonsectarian one in the U.S.
J $1,400 DD 2024 Founded in 1948, this university was named for this first Jewish justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
Atlanta 4x $500 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $200 1991 This city's Emory University is called the Coca-Cola School because much of its funds comes from Coke stock
DJ $600 1995 Oglethorpe University was founded in Milledgeville in 1835 & moved to this city in 1915
DJ $400 1992 Oglethorpe University is a private coed institution in this state capital
Arizona State 4x $600 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $400 1997 At the 1997 Rose Bowl, Ohio State handed this school's Sun Devils their only loss of the season
J $600 2026 The original campus of this public school is in Tempe
DJ $600 1987 Frank Lloyd Wright designed an auditorium for this state university at Tempe
Alabama 4x $450 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $200 2016 Crimson Tide
DJ $1,000 1996 Auburn University was this state's polytechnic institute from 1899 to 1960
J $200 2002 The university of this state has branches in Birmingham, Huntsville & Tuscaloosa
Virginia 4x 25.0% stumper $900 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $400 1993 Winchester in this state is the home of Shenandoah University
J $600 2002 Sweet Briar College & Washington and Lee University
DJ $2,000 2016 Liberty University
the University of Mississippi 4x 25.0% stumper $800 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $200 2005 Aside from this school's main campus, it has branches in Southhaven & Tupelo
DJ $600 1995 This university maintains Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's home
DJ $2,000 2010 Its nickname was a slave term for the most powerful woman on a plantation
the Citadel 4x $2,367 avg DJ:3 FJ:1
DJ $1,000 1999 Located in Charleston, it's "The Military College of South Carolina"
FJ 2001 Its original home was built in 1829 as an arsenal to defend against slave insurrections
DJ $3,000 DD 2021 Southern: This school was established in 1842 & combined with the Arsenal to form the South Carolina Military Academy
Michigan 4x 25.0% stumper $600 avg J:4
J $200 2002 Olivet, Albion, Kalamazoo
J $800 2018 Seethe map? You'll find this school off I-94 in Kalamazoo, over near the left edge of the state
J $1,000 2002 Madonna University & Wayne State University
George Washington 4x $550 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $400 1996 This D.C. school named for a president was founded by a group that included a pres.--James Monroe
DJ $800 1996 This university named for a president is located 4 blocks from the White House
J $200 1998 Not surprisingly, more undergrads at the University of Puget Sound are from this state than any other
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