College nicknames?
Answer Key
by David Pleacher



Long Beach State 49ers -- Seven squared

Charleston Southern Buccaneers -- $1.00 for corn

Virginia Cavaliers -- A gallant or chivalrous man; a horseman

George Washington Colonials -- Inhabitants of the 13 Colonies

Providence Friars -- The kids gave the raw fish to their dad and said, "Can you ____?"

Washington & Lee Generals -- Battle leaders

Fairleigh Dickinson Knights -- The opposite of Days

San Diego State Aztecs -- Natives of central Mexico in the 15th and 16th centuries

Idaho Vandals -- Defacers of public property

Portland State Vikings -- Six Kings

Tennessee Volunteers -- I'll go!

Purdue Boilermakers -- Making steam generators

Minnesota State Mavericks -- Sarah Palin and John McCain in 2008

Denver Pioneers -- When pie is placed on the sides of your face

Seton Hall Pirates -- Bartholomew Roberts -- known as "The Great _____ Roberts"

Penn Quakers -- Religious "Friends"

Wright State Raiders -- Midnight snackers

United States Naval Academy Midshipmen -- Men standing in the middle of the boat

Texas-El Paso Miners -- Are these ____ or yours?

West Virginia Mountaineers -- Located on both sides of the face of a mountain

George Mason Patriots -- Patrick Henry goes wild

UNLV Runnin' Rebels -- What happened when the South was losing a battle in the Civil War

Siena Saints -- Peter, Paul, and Mary, to name a few

Rutgers Scarlet Knights -- Red Queensmen

Xavier Muskateers -- D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis or Annette, Tommy, Cubby, and Darleen

Davis & Elkins Senators -- Political group in DC

Michigan State Spartans -- In ancient Greece, they were enemies of Athens and Thebes

Cal State Fullerton Titans -- Powerful deities in Greek Mythology

William & Mary Tribe -- An organization of Native Americans

Southern California Trojans -- Used a horse to enter the city of Troy

Utah Utes -- Who is it going to be -- ____ or us?

Vanderbilt Commodores -- Motown band who sang, "Three Times a Lady"

Nebraska Cornhuskers -- Person who prepares the maize

Wyoming Cowboys -- Half Bovine, Half Man

Valparaiso Crusaders -- Campaigners for change

Wake Forest Demon Deacons -- Bad clergyman

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers -- People who drive the train



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