[Answer] What is the pictured body art originating in ancient India called?

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Mehndi is a form of body art originating in ancient India, in which decorative designs are created on a person's body, using a paste, created from the powdered dry leaves of the henna plant.

The use of mehndi and turmeric is described in the earliest Hindu Vedic ritual books. It was originally used for only women's palms and sometimes for men, but as time progressed, it was more common for men to wear it. Staining oneself with turmeric paste, as well as mehndi, are Vedic customs, intended to be a symbolic representation of the outer and the inner sun. Vedic customs are centered on the idea of "awakening the inner light".

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[Answer] Which schools played in the first American college football game in 1869?

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...What would become one of the greatest American pastimes originated when Rutgers University played New Jersey University (later renamed Princeton) on November 6, 1869. The game was held in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with a crowd of around 100 spectators. The game looked very different from the college football of today. It was more like European football (U.S. soccer), where players kicked the ball using their feet, but were also allowed to bat the ball with the rest of their body, including their hands. Rutgers won the game with a score of six to four.

[Answer] What school was the first research university in the United States?

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...Named after an entrepreneur and philanthropist, Johns Hopkins was founded as the nation’s first research university by Daniel Coit Gilman in 1876. The university claims 29 Nobel laureates, two Presidential Medal of Freedom winners, and one Pulitzer Prize winner, along with many other distinguished awards. Today, Johns Hopkins is the leading U.S. academic institution in total research and development spending, ranking first in higher-education research spending for 41 years in a row.

[Answer] Established in 1096, what was the first English-speaking university?

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...Oxford University wins the title of the world's oldest English-speaking university, and also the most prestigious. It has been ranked as the number one university in the world by several publications throughout the years. In addition to its academic programs, it’s known for being a custodian of the English language — the Oxford English Dictionary is printed by the Oxford University Press, the second-oldest university-run press in the world (following Cambridge).

[Answer] What is the oldest university in Europe?

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...Established in 1088, the University of Bologna is the oldest continuously operating university in Europe and one of the most famous in the world. Its early studies were in canon and civil law, attracting students from all over Europe. Around 1200, more disciplines were established at the school, including medicine and philosophy, and Bologna became a model for modern universities around the world.

[Answer] Which university is NOT an Ivy League school?

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...The Ivy League is made up of eight of the most prestigious schools in the United States: Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania. The "Ivy League" moniker was coined in 1954, when the Division I NCAA athletic conference was formed, and originally applied to sports and athletics. Except for Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, the schools are also Colonial Colleges, or colleges formed before the American Revolution.

[Answer] Presidents Grant and Eisenhower were graduates of what military academy?

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...West Point is among the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the U.S. Civil War general and 18th President Ulysses S. Grant was a graduate of the class of 1843, and World War II general and 34th President Dwight D. Eisenhower graduated in 1915.