Question 2 of 21

Danica McKellar, featured as Winnie Cooper on "The Wonder Years," has used her degree to write books that help middle school children with:

... McKellar got her math degree and then wrote three books about math for middle schoolers that have been on "The New York Times" Best Seller list.

Question 3 of 21

Which rock band guitar virtuoso holds a degree in astrophysics?

... Brian May finished his astrophysics thesis 36 years after he put it away to pursue a rock-and-roll career with Queen.

Question 4 of 21

Speaking of Queen, from what college did frontman Freddie Mercury graduate?

... Mercury earned a degree in graphic design from Ealing, which he put to use when he designed the band's crest.

Question 5 of 21

One of the first universally popular rap groups, Public Enemy, was started by two graduates of which college?

... Chuck D and Flavor Flav met at Adelphi and began performing in 1984.

Question 6 of 21

Supermodel Christy Turlington left the catwalk for the classroom to pursue a:

... Turlington is attending Columbia University in New York City to work on her master's degree in public administration.

Question 7 of 21

Which star majored in biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa, even though he didn't graduate?

... Kutcher intended to use his biochemical engineering education to find a cure for his twin brother's heart problem.

Question 8 of 21

What did Sean Penn study at Santa Monica College?

... Penn studied speech and auto mechanics while at Santa Monica College, although he didn't graduate.

Question 9 of 21

This supermodel, talk show host and businesswoman is enrolled in what business school?

... The fierce Ms. Banks enrolled in Harvard's executive training program.

Question 10 of 21

Where did the Olsen twins live while they were attending New York University?

... The Olsens purchased and renovated a penthouse property to the tune of $7.3 million.

Question 11 of 21

These siblings both studied Eastern religions at Columbia University.

... Maggie Gyllenhaal graduated from Columbia in 1998; Jake left school minus a degree.

Question 12 of 21

Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington and George Clooney shared what college major?

... Of all these journalism majors, only Washington graduated; he earned his degree in 1977 from Fordham University.

Question 13 of 21

What comic easily earned the best grades in his dialects class at Juilliard?

... Williams and the late actor Christopher Reeve were the only students accepted into Juilliard's advanced program during their freshman year.

Question 14 of 21

In 1928, Katharine Hepburn graduated from what women's college?

... Hepburn was suspended at one point for breaking curfew and smoking, but eventually earned a degree from Bryn Mawr in philosophy and history.

Question 15 of 21

What actor was majoring in prelaw at USC before a bodysurfing injury caused him to lose his football scholarship?

... Wayne (the Duke) left USC and took advantage of his athletic ability as a larger-than-life Western hero.

Question 16 of 21

What star graduated a year late, but magna cum laude, from Yale?

... Foster dropped out of Yale for a semester after an obsessed fan attempted to kill President Reagan. She earned a degree in literature in 1985.

Question 17 of 21

What actor attended Harvard University in his hometown of Cambridge, Mass., but did not graduate?

... Damon's friend Affleck is also from Cambridge, but Affleck attended the University of Vermont and Occidental College.

Question 18 of 21

Sandra Bullock dropped out of what college at one point, later returning to graduate?

... Bullock left East Carolina University, lacking only three credits toward her degree, so she could pursue an acting career.

Question 19 of 21

What star has said she'll delay her college education, just like her grandma?

... "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus said her grandmother enrolled in college at age 62, so she has plenty of time.

Question 20 of 21

Keisha Knight-Pulliam holds a sociology degree from what school?

... Best known as Rudy from "The Cosby Show," Knight-Pulliam still acts and resides in Atlanta, where she went to Spelman College.

Question 21 of 21

Which star attended Harvard University between filming "Star Wars" movies?

... Portman earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and later took graduate courses at Hebrew University.

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