When coming up with the name for a institution of higher learning, you often want to find that sweet spot where academia, history, and marketability meet; and you also have to make sure no one else is already using that name.

It’s an issue faced both by creators of for-profit schools who need to find a name that lends their school an instant air of recognition and fiction writers tasked with picking a name that concisely paints the desired picture without being too on-the-nose.

As a result, you end up with reality and fiction sometimes being difficult to discern. Take our test to see if you can tell the difference:

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