HEART POTPOURRI
Oxygenated blood is carried away from the heart via this largest of all arteries.
Aorta
Complete the phrase, “When in Rome, …”
“… do as the Romans do.”
In 1632, construction commenced on this mausoleum in Agra, India. The building would not be completed for thirty years.
Taj Mahal
One of Shakespeare’s most famous characters is Shylock, the money lender who treated Antonio, the “merchant” of this Italian city, quite badly.
Venice
Duckpin and candlepin are two types of this sport.
Bowling
This is the affectionate name for the original NECCO Valentine’s Day candies with words and phrases stamped on them.
Sweethearts
When you “bite” this, you’re dead.
The dust
In 1620, the Mayflower reached this Massachusetts peninsula, but no passengers got off until they went further west to what they would name Plymouth.
Cape Cod
Film director Oliver Stone based the movie Platoon on his own military experience in this country.
Vietnam
What item of clothing is a “bowler”?
A hat. The bowler, also known as the derby, is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown.
This Celine Dion hit song was the main theme song for the blockbuster film Titanic.
“My Heart Will Go On”
Complete the four-word phrase that describes Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection: “Survival …”
“… of the fittest.”
During the 17th century, England established a new form of government in which this institution had supremacy over the king.
Parliament
Although this is not the longest river in Russia, it is the longest river in Europe.
Volga
What is the name given to the nearly decade-long era of drought that ravaged the US and Canadian prairies in the 1930s?
Dust Bowl
Tachycardia does not refer to a sticky heart; it indicates this kind of heartbeat.
Fast (or fast-beating)
What you put “where your mouth is.”
Your money
During the 17th century, the Ottoman Empire was at the height of its power and influence. Which modern day country controlled the Ottoman Empire?
Turkey
This US state just missed being one of the original colonies; it was the 14th state, admitted to the union in 1791.
Vermont
Wooden bowls can be made or “turned” on this machine, in which the center of the bowl is carved out of a block of wood.
Lathe
This name for the double-walled protective sac that surrounds the heart comes from the Greek, meaning “around the heart.”
Pericardium
What four words complete the phrase that begins “A jack of all trades…”
“… and master of none, but often times better than a master of one."
The 17th century was noted for its advances in scientific understanding, including the contributions of this scientist, whose laws of motion and gravitation dominated physics for the next three centuries.
Isaac Newton
Victoria, the capital of the western Canadian province of British Columbia, is located on this island.
Vancouver
American humorist Erma Bombeck earned a $1 million advance for her fifth book, If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, … What’s the rest of that best-selling title?
… What Am I Doing In the Pits?