NBA Players by
Draft Position & Quote
Niche Words for
Everyday Things
The Fossil Record
400

Selected 3rd overall in 1984

"The ceiling is the roof"

Michael Jordan

400

Your dactylion is at the tip of this phalanx

What is your middle finger

400

The dinos in Jurassic Park were cloned from dna found inside a mesquito fossilized in this substance

What is amber

800

Selected 1st overall in 2003

"Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketballman"

Lebron James

800

A ferrule is a small metal fastener on one of these

What is a pencil

800

You can often distinguish a fossil from an regular rock by doing this test, if it sticks it's probably a fossil

What is the lick test

1200

Selected 2nd overall in 2007

"Scarlett Johansen, I will drink your bath water...#random"

Kevin Durant

1200

A person with a hairy glabella likely has one of these

What is a unibrow

1200

This is a fossilized combination of lignin and silica, the silica spreads within the confines of the lignin cellular walls

What is petrified wood

1600

Selected 1st overall in 1992

"I'm tired of hearing about money money money money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, and wear Reebok"

Shaq

1600

You can use the peen of this tool to undo what the other end just did

What is a hammer

1600

Both dinosaurs and modern day birds exhibit this post-mortem position caused by a variety of factors including muscle spasms, rigor mortis, and decay

What is a death pose

2000

Selected 27th overall in 1986

"Chemistry is a class you take in high school, or college, where you learn 2 plus 2 is 10, or something"

Dennis Rodman

2000

It's the little dot above an 'i' or a 'j'

What is a tittle

2000

The oldest mammal in the fossil record is brasilodon quadrangularis, a small subterranean creature similar to this modern day mammal

What is a shrew (mole is fine)

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