Back to School - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) University of Missouri. Actress Kate Capshaw got both a Bachelor of Science (1975) and a Masters (1977) in Education before appearing as Wilhelmina 'Willie' Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984 and marrying Steven Spielberg in 1991. Singer Sheryl Crow also graduated with an Education degree (B.S. 1984). Norm Stewart returned to lead his alma mater's men's basketball team to 16 NCAA tournament appearances and two Elite Eights in 32 seasons.
• A2) Stanford University. U.S. President Herbert Hoover was in the very first class at Stanford, graduating with a degree in Geology in 1895. Nightline anchor Ted Koppel obtained a M.S. in Mass Communications Research and Political Science after his undergraduate days at Syracuse University. Microsoft co-founder Steve Ballmer, unlike Bill Gates, survived four years of Harvard, but he did not earn a degree at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.
• A3) University of Washington. Author Frank Herbert met his future wife Beverly Ann Stuart at a creative writing course there in 1946. Martial arts master Bruce Lee met his future wife Linda Emery while he was an undergraduate and she was a high school student in Seattle. Kenny G was born and raised in Seattle, but only applied to the University of Washington after being rejected by Central Washington University.
• A4) Carnegie Mellon University. Jack Klugman, the messy half of television's The Odd Couple, graduated from the Pittsburgh school in 1948. John Nash earned both his B.S. and M.S., not surprisingly in Mathematics, the same year. Cheers bartender Ted Danson began at Stanford University but transferred and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama in 1968 at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, two years before it became the college of engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
• A5) San Jose State University. Gordon Moore, the founder of Intel, started his undergraduate education at San Jose State College before transferring to UC Berkeley. Peter Ueberroth earned his business degree at San Jose State in 1959. Singer Stevie Nicks studied Speech Communication at San Jose State University but dropped out to focus on music.
• A6) University of Miami. Actor Sylvester Stallone dropped out just short of graduating but was granted a Bachelor of Fine Arts by the university's president in 1999. Singer Gloria Estefan earned her degree in Communications and Psychology in 1978. Dwayne Johnson left school with his degree in Criminology in 1995, four years after leading the football team to a national championship.
• A7) University of North Carolina. Actor Andy Griffith graduated with a bachelor's degree in Music in 1949. Charles Kuralt edited The Daily Tar Heel and earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1955. Rick Dees used his degree in Radio, TV, and Motion Pictures to launch his career as a Top 40 countdown host.
• A8) University of Florida. Actress Faye Dunaway earned a degree in Theater, while finishing second in the 1959 Miss University of Florida Pageant. Guitarist Stephen Stills attended the university but left to be a musician. Tennis player Lisa Raymond won an unprecedented three collegiate grand slam events in 1992 and went on to rank as high as #15 in singles in 1997 and #1 in doubles in 2000.
• A9) University of Minnesota. Ernest O. Lawrence earned his graduate degree in Physics in 1923, sixteen years before capturing a Nobel Prize. Henry Fonda began studies in journalism but did not graduate. Christiaan Barnard earned his Ph.D. in 1958, nine years before performing the first successful human heart transplant.
• A10) Cornell University. Author Pearl Buck graduated with a Master's degree in English in 1926. Future Surgeon General C. Everett Koop earned his M.D. in 1941. Janet Reno majored in Chemistry as an undergraduate before going to Harvard Law School in 1960.
• A11) University of Texas. Lloyd Bentsen earned his law degree in 1942. Singer Janis Joplin joined the campus as an undergraduate but did not earn a degree. Michael Dell was still an undergraduate when he founded PC's Limited, a company that would grow into Dell Computer Corporation, one of the world's largest PC manufacturers.
• A12) UCLA. Ralph Bunche was valedictorian of his undergraduate class in 1927 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. Singer Jim Morrison graduated from UCLA's undergraduate film school in 1965. Actor Lloyd Bridges graduated in 1931 with a degree in Political Science, while his son Beau attended but did not graduate.