Around the Body
The central nervous system of the body consists of the spinal cord and this organ.
What is the brain?
On August 10, 1966 NASA launched a probe to take high resolution photos of landing sites here.
What is the moon?
The famous "Death be not proud" line is from this man's "Holy Sonnets."
Who is John Donne?
This Austrian physicists name is now synonymous with a measurement of the speed of sound.
Who is Ernest Mach?
His best known compositions include "Here Comes the Sun" and Tax Man."
Who is George Harrison?
These teeth are named for their resemblance to a dog's sharp teeth.
What are the canines?
A hydroelectric power plant at this US landmark opened in 1881.
What is Niagara Falls?
This British "Lord" and poet declared, "truth is always strange-stranger than fiction."
Who is Lord Byron?
This snug-fitting one piece garment used by dancers was invented by and named for, a French aerialist.
What is a leotard?
He received the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize for organizing the European recovery plan.
The system inside these organs is commonly called the "bronchial tree."
What are the lungs?
This video sharing website founded in 2005 was banned in Thailand, Turkey, Pakistan and Iran.
What is YouTube?
John Keats "Ode on" this includes the line "Beauty is Truth, truth beauty."
What is a "Grecian Urn"?
This disease's name is from the Italian for "bad air;" it was first thought to be caused by foul swamp air, not mosquitoes.
What is malaria?
In 1876, Mary Ann Evans used this masculine pen name for "Daniel Deronda."
Who is George Elliot?
It's the medical name for the thighbone, the longest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
The name of this device was reportedly inspired by a line from "2001: A Space Odyssey."
What is the iPOD?
This witty poet helped found the screenwriters guild and left her estate to Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is Dorothy Parker?
Used to foretell the future, this game's name is derived from the French and German words for "yes."
What is the Ouija Board?
His "Seven Words You Can't Say on TV" will not be featured on "Jeopardy!"
Who is George Carlin?
The stapes, the smallest bone in the body, is located in this organ.
What is the ear?
Suggestions on what to call this device ranged from farscope to telebaird.
What is the television?
He once described his "leaves of grass" as a "language experiment."
Who is Walt Whitman?
First launched on October 4, 1957, its name is Russian for "fellow traveler."
What is Sputnik?
In 1919 this "Porgy and Bess" composer wrote his first successful popular song, "Swanee."
Who is George Gershwin?