Bill Nye the Guy
Stones and Brooks
Look who's in the news!
Casting spells
What's in a name?
100

This college major is known in shorthand as BNS.

What is behavioral neuroscience?

100

Emma Stone's debut film 

 What is Superbad?

100

David Ortiz was on hand at this ballpark for the premiere party of “Fever Pitch,” starring Jimmy Fallon

What is Fenway Park?

100

Subtract 2 letters from this popular ski town and you get the NYT's favorite snake.

What is Aspen?

100

This comedian and actor is famous for his seven seasons as a cast member on the NBC, during which time he popularized the role of Church Lady.

Who is Dana Carvey?

200

This former colleague of Randall Darius Jackson is credited with assembling one of the biggest British boy bands of the modern age.

Who is Simon Cowell?

200

Supermodel Brooke Shields made television and movie appearances throughout her career, notably in the Muppet Show Episode 506 and the Muppets Live, as well as the main character's mother in this Disney Channel Original Series.

What is Hannah Montana?

200

This 1997 movie was up for 9 Oscahs & took home 2 — you got its numbahs; how do you like them apples?!

What is “Good Will Hunting”?

200

Detach “T” from an edible fungus & you get this ornamental frill on a garment.

What is a ruffle?

200

This midwestern US state is the 38th largest by area and the 17th most populous in of the 50.

What is Indiana?

300

In one of her most popular roles, Amanda Seyfried plays Karen Smith, a high school student whose special talent includes this meteorological method.

What is feeling the rain on her breasts?

300

The Brook and the Bluff's band name is derived from the names of the pockets of this southern city, with Bluff Park for frontman Joseph Settine, and Mountain Brook for bassist Fred Lankford, drummer John Canada, keyboardist Kevin Canada, and guitarist Alec Bolton.

 What is Birmingham, AL?

300

A cop poses as a mobster & a mobster poses as a cop in this 2006 Scorsese film set in Boston.

What is “The Departed”?

300

Invasive and this “N” adjective are almost synonymous, with the latter meaning especially aggressive & harmful weeds.

What is noxious?

300

Commonly used in molecular biology and microbiology jelly-like substance's official name is its common name used twice due to its heterogeneous composition.


What is agar-agar?

400

In a season 3 of Seinfeld, George gifts this article of clothing to Elaine, which he gets on a bargain because of a flaw on it- a small red dot. 

What is a sweater?

400

James Franco stars in this film about a murder by an evil drug lord. 

What is Pineapple Express?

400

This Boston tower built by a financial company has been officially renamed 200 Clarendon — much less patriotic.

What is the Hancock Tower?

400

Subtract a letter from the name of a keystroke found in computer commands & you get this violent reaction to social change.

What is backslash?

400

This herbivorous lizard is native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

What is an iguana?

500

This NASA mission was designed to deliver a seismometer to the surface of Mars and investigate terrestrial formation and evolution. 

What is InSight?

500

Prior to its reputation as a popular running shoe brand, Brooks began as a Philadelphia-based factors specializing in bathing shoes and this other form of footwear.

What are ballet slippers?

500

This BU alum was the Team USA Hockey Captain who scored the winning goal against the Soviets during the 1980's Winter Olympics.

Who is Mike Eruzione?

500

Add something alien to the study of space and spacetime to reveal this word, meaning the study of beauty.

What is cosmetology?

500

This empress of Russie came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III.

Who is Catherine the Great?

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