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1. Your first class is art history. Which French artist was known for his sculptures and drawings of young dancers?
2. The next class is American History. This man, the fourth Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, also served in the House of Representatives, was a minister to France, and was also Secretary of State. Who was he?
3. Your third class is computer science. It's common knowledge that Bill Gates founded Microsoft. With whom did Gates partner while at Harvard to create a BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 that eventually resulted in the creation of Microsoft?
4. Time for a mental break as you head to Physical Education class. Ballroom dance competitions are judged on several categories. Which of the following is not a typical criterion?
5. Back to the books and it's on to Ancient Greek. The capital form of which letter typically stands for the difference operator in a mathematics equation or the word "defendant" in legal shorthand?
6. Back to the hard sciences and Biology. Watson and Crick discovered the form of DNA in 1953, but they owe their thanks to which monk, the father of modern genetics?
7. On to Literature and the classics. This British noble foresaw his own death by drowning in one of Shakespeare's histories. Name him.
8. Your eighth class is US Constitutional Law. In 1819, the Supreme Court handed down a decision invalidating a state law that altered a famous college's charter by essentially turning the private college into a public institution. Name the college.
9. The ninth class is International Relations. By the 1870s, which once great empire was referred to as "the Sick Old Man of Europe"?
10. Your last class is detective fiction. Which American author is famous for creating detectives such as Sunny Randall, Jesse Stone, and Spenser?
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