Science Rhymes
Poisoning our Youth
Math in your head
Medieval Cities
Wonders of the World
100
A less strong test tube.
What is a weaker beeker?
100
Hair-band Poison sagely reminded 80s teens that "every rose has its [this]."
What is thorn?
100
87 divided by 3
What is 29?
100
The Crusades began when European Christians marched eastward to conquer this holy city which was under Muslim control.
What is Jerusalem?
100
A giant wrestler with a small role in The Princess Bride, he was nicknamed "the eighth wonder of the world."
Who is Andre the Giant?
200
Mini-model of a deep South state.
What is an Alabama Diorama?
200
In Shakespeare's play, young Romeo obtains poison from a man with this old-timey job title, similar to a pharmacist.
What is an apothecary?
200
613 X 4
What is 2452?
200
This city's medieval dungeon is actually a tower.
What is London?
200
A statue of this most powerful Greek god was one of the wonders of the ancient world.
Who is Zeus?
300
A "Cu" Burger
What is a copper whopper?
300
It paired well with old lace.
What is arsenic?
300
19 x 9 - 9 + 19
What is 181?
300
I'm not full of it when I tell you that this Italian city's university, founded in 1088, is the oldest continuously operating college in the world.
What is Bologna?
300
Though a symbol of everything wicked and sinful in The Book of Revelation, this ancient city's beautiful "hanging gardens" were one of the seven wonders of the world.
What is Babylon?
400
An "Na" lectern.
What is a sodium podium?
400
For poisoning the young minds of Athens, Socrates is sentenced to death and made to drink a liquid form of the poisonous plant Conium maculatum, more commonly known as this.
What is hemlock?
400
846 divided by 3.
What is 282?
400
Before it was Istanbul, it was Constantinople, and before Constantinople, it was this.
What is Byzantium?
400
This Egyptian city named after a Greek conqueror was the home of a famous library, and its lighthouse was one of the wonders of the world.
What is Alexandria?
500
Condition in which the powerhouse of the cell falsely believes it has diseases.
What is mitochondria hypochondria?
500
Rather than be captured and humiliated by the Romans, legend has it that Cleopatra poisoned herself in this unusual and highly dramatic fashion.
What is by letting a Cobra bite her?
500
From 1309 to 1376, the Pope did not reside in Rome but instead in this French city in Provence.
What is Avignon?
500
Currently, the people of Rhodes in Greece are considering rebuilding this ancient wonder of the world as a tourist attraction (here's an artist's vision)
What is the Colossus?