BRAINZ
A sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, more commonly known as this, is the result of drinking a milkshake too fast
What is a brain freeze?
One of the physical indicators of Down syndrome is a palmar crease, which is a single line across this body part
What is the palm?
My body really is “too bootylicious for you babe” now that I know this is my largest muscle
What is the gluteus maximus?
WAAAA!! Of all the fluids a newborn will expel during the first month of their life, these are not among them
What are tears?
The word photography has Greek origins and it means drawing with this
What is Light?
Smells like this OG grunge band who became famous on the Sub Pop label (7 years)
What is Nirvana?
60% of human brains are made up of this substance - no wonder the diet craze of the 90s left everyone feeling so dumb!
What is fat?
No need to be hush-hush about the fact that that Sofía Jirau is the first person with Down syndrome to model for this brand
What is Victoria's Secret?
A human body contains more than 600 muscles which are divided into 3 categories: skeletal, smooth, and these blood-pumpers
What are cardiac muscles?
This part of a newborn’s body is merely the size of a walnut. No wonder they require constant feeding!
What is the stomach?
It’s probably no surprise that “Bliss” captured by Charles O’Rear in 1996, is the most viewed photograph in the world aftee it was set as the default desktop background for this operating system
What is Windows XP?
The production of this movie trilogy because Peter Jackson insisted on filming all 3 prior to the release of the first. How precious! (7 years)
What is Lord of the Rings?
The brain is incapable of feeling because it lacks these
What are pain receptors?
As a nod to the extra chromosome that people with Down Syndrome have, this day is celebrated as World Down Syndrome Day
What is March 21st? (3/21)
Humans love masticating multiple times a day with the help of our strongest muscle, which is found in this part of our body
What is the jaw?
(the muscle is called the masseter)
All babies are born with this eye color
What is blue?
A camera’s f-stop impacts this stylistic feature that defines how much of an image is in focus
What is Depth of Field?
Microsoft’s response to Apple’s iPod (5 years)
What is The Zune?
The brain's two hemispheres are connected by this alliterative bundle of nerves that sounds like a Harry Potter spell
What is the Corpus Callosum?
Despite being a famous “progressive” pediatrician of his time, this mid-century doctor published a baby book suggesting that Down Syndrome babies be institutionalized at birth
Who is Dr. Spock?
It not only contains the smallest bones in the body, but it contains the smallest muscles as well
What is the inner ear?
(the muscle is called the Tensor Tympani)
Endearingly called a stork mark, salmon patch, or angel kiss, about a third of babies are born with one of these
What is a birth mark?
These french brothers were some of the earliest manufacturers of photography equipment and inspired the name of the candlestick in Disney’s Beauty & the Beast
What is Lumiere?
Ironically, the car from Dukes of Hazzard with a Confederate flag on the roof (6 years)
What is the General Lee?
Adrenaline and dopamine are examples of these chemical messengers that allow the brain's neurons to communicate
What are neurotransmitters?
There are 3 types of Down syndrome - Translocation, Mosic, and this type which accounts for ~95% of individuals with Down syndrome
What is Trisomy 21?
This is what connects muscles to bone
What are tendons?
Even though they are born with 300 bones, newborns are notably missing their patellae, more commonly known as these
What are kneecaps?
Released in 1900, the Brownie by this camera company, enabled the masses to take snapshots of their daily lives for the first time in history
What is Kodak?
The mayor of McDonaldland (14 years)
Who is Mayor McCheese?