The Human Body
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100
If a frozen drink gives you “brain freeze,” which of these tactics helps ease the pain?
A) holding your breath
B) rubbing your ears
C) pressing your thumb against the roof of your mouth
D) blinking your eyes rapidly
pressing your thumb against the roof of your mouth
100
Introduced by the NBA late in this decade, the three-point line added an exciting component for basketball fans
1970s
100
microchip
car tire
vinyl record
cake icing
vinyl record
100
This John Belushi film about a college fraternity’s antics also stars Karen Allen and Tom Hulce.
(AH)
Animal House
100
What Australian animal poops in cubes?
The Wombat
200
What body part continues to get bigger with age?
Ears
200
In 1972, the U.S. Men’s Olympic basketball team had its first-ever loss, to a team from this now-defunct nation
Soviet Union
200
snakeskin
quartz crystals
silk lace
tree bark
snakeskin
200
A series of “manly” movies from the 1980s features this Stallone character, with his trademark mullet and black tank.
Rambo
200
Why are baseball umpires required to wear black underwear?
In case their pants split
300
“The funny bone” is actually what type of anatomical part?
A) nerve
B) bone
C) organ
D) muscle
Nerve
300
This Los Angeles–based team had a stellar season in 1971–1972, winning 33 consecutive games.
Lakers
300
Velcro
coral reef
bacteria
cat's tongue
Velcro
300
He plays the title character in 1982’s Conan the Barbarian.
(AS)
Arnold Schwarzenegger
300
What animal is said to be 30 times more likely to be struck by lightning than humans?
The giraffe
400
True or false: Human embryos have a tail for several weeks during gestation.
True
About the fifth or sixth week of development, human embryos develop a lengthy tail—about 10–12 vertebrae long. The tail usually gets absorbed by the rest of the body, becoming the coccyx (tailbone)
400
This is the current number of teams in the NBA
30
400
strawberry
lobster
heart tissue
ladybug
strawberry
400
He stars in 1971’s cop thriller Dirty Harry.
Clint Eastwood
400
These space objects are said to smell like urine and rotten eggs.
Comets
500
Where are red blood cells created?
A) heart
B) brain
C) spleen
D) bones
bones
500
In 1997, Violet Palmer made history as the first woman to do this at an NBA game
referee
500
sea anemone
pig skin
volcanic vent
human tongue
human tongue
500
1974’s The Longest Yard centers around a high-stakes game of this sport.
football
500
Chicken feed was the original name for what yellow, orange and white candy?
Candy corn