BRIDGES
CAT GOT YOUR MOVIE?
THE HUMAN BODY
ABDICATIONS
200
This iconic suspension bridge, painted in International Orange, spans the entrance to San Francisco Bay and opened in 1937
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
200
2003:
A Seussical feline takes some kids on wild adventures
What is Cat in the Hat?
200
The spleen & the thymus are part of the lymphatic system & this disease-fighting system
What is the immune system?
200
Mehmed VI, the last sultan of this empire, was forced to abdicate in 1922, paving the way for Kemal Atatürk
What is the Ottoman Empire?
400
This bridge, which stood over the Thames for over 130 years, was purchased by an American entrepreneur in 1968 and reassembled brick by brick in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
What is the London Bridge?
400
1999:
The curmudgeonly kitty Snowbell plots against a mouse-boy
What is Stuart Little?
400
Sometimes done to treat cysts, an oophorectomy is the removal of this body part
What are ovaries?
400
This Russian tsar abdicated in 1917 following the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule, before being executed with his family the following year
Who is Nicholas II?
600
This iconic cantilever railway bridge, painted in a distinctive red and spanning the Firth of Forth, is one of the most recognisable engineering landmarks in this country
What is Scotland?
600
2004:
When Odie the dog is kidnapped, a fun-loving, Bill Murray-voiced tabby must rescue him
What is Garfield?
600
This ligament, the ACL for short, prevents the tibia from moving too far forward when the leg is bent
What is anterior cruciate ligament?
600
This British king abdicated in 1936 to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson, becoming the Duke of Windsor
Who is Edward VIII?
800
This bridge, built in 1173 in Florence, is lined with shops on both sides and is the only bridge in the city to survive World War II bombing
What is Ponte Vecchio?
800
2004:
Widely considered one of the worst comic book movies ever made, stars Halle Berry as a woman who dies and is resurrected with feline powers and reflexes.
What is Catwoman?
800
These wrist bones border a tunnel, through which a nerve runs
What are carpals?
800
In 2013 at age 85, he became the first pope to abdicate since Gregory XII in 1415
Who is Benedict (XVI)?
1000
This American city made headlines in March 2024 when a container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse into the river below
What is Baltimore?
1000
2006:
Steve Martin solves mysteries as a bumbling French detective in this film
What is Pink Panther?
1000
Humans have apocrine & eccrine these, found in the skin; the eccrine ones help regulate temperature
What are sweat glands?
1000
This German Emperor abdicated in 1918 at the end of World War I, fleeing to the Netherlands where he lived in exile until his death in 1941
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm (II)?