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  • What did "Ivy League" originally refer to?
    A football conference.
  • TRUE OR FALSE: Ellie Kemper (The Office, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) has degrees from two highly-prestigious universities.
    TRUE! She graduated from Princeton University in 2002 with a degree in English, then earned a graduate degree in the same at Oxford!
  • TRUE OR FALSE: J. Cole attended and graduated from Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, NC.
    FALSE. He went to St. John's University in NY, NY.
  • Which is more important if you want to avoid large lecture halls in college––total student population, or professor to student ratio?
    Professor to student ratio
  • Before he was in the NBA, Chris Paul attended which college in North Carolina?
    Wake Forest University
  • TRUE OR FALSE: Rashida Jones (The Office, Parks and Recreation) has a degree from the University of Chicago.
    FALSE. She went to Harvard!
  • TRUE OR FALSE: Megan Thee Stallion graduated from the University of Houston.
    FALSE. She graduated from Texas Southern University, an HBCU.
  • This American jazz poet—sometimes known as “the godfather of hip-hop” or “the Black Bob Dylan”—received a master’s degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University in 1972, despite never completing his undergraduate degree.
    Gil Scott-Heron
  • Ken Jeong studied pre-med at what NC University often called "The Harvard of the South"?
    Duke University––although he redeemed himself by getting his graduate degree in medicine from Carolina.
  • Notable alumni of this art school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina include Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, and Anthony Mackie.
    University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA)
  • Before playing for the Bulls, Michael Jordan played basketball for __________.
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • What does FAFSA stand for?
    Free Application for Federal Student Aid
  • Childish Gambino has a degree in Dramatic Writing from A, New York University, or B, the American Musical & Dramatic Academy (AMDA)?
    C. He received his degree from New York University.
  • What month does the FAFSA open this year?
    December
  • Notable alumni of this Ivy League school include Emma Watson and Daveed Diggs.
    Brown University
  • FILL IN THE BLANK: Natalie Portman (Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean) has a B.S. in psychology from _______ University.
    Harvard. She famously skipped the premiere of "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" to study for exams!
  • This NBA star attended Davidson College in North Carolina before playing for the Golden State Warriors.
    Steph Curry
  • TRUE OR FALSE: Matt Damon has a degree from Harvard University.
    Trick question! He dropped out of Harvard in 1992 to pursue acting, but was later awarded an honorary degree from the University in 2013.
  • What is the difference between a college and a university in the US?
    A university has postgraduate and research programs.
  • Jordan Peele attended Sarah Lawrence University, where he majored in what?
    Puppetry
  • How many degrees does Eric André have?
    Two! After graduating from the Dreyfoos School of the Arts, he attended Berkeley College of Music in Boston.
  • How many years does it take to earn a bachelor's degree vs an associate's?
    4 and 2