Asian Geography
The Himalayas border the southern end of the vast plateau of this Chinese region
What is Tibet?
The gallbladder, which stores bile, lies immediately below this organ
What is the liver?
"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, & of having nothing to do"
Before the Olympics went all-metric, the 1904 games had events like the 880 of these units freestyle swim
What are yards?
To abhor or feel intense disgust for
What is loathe?
In 2018, with ISIS pushed out, rail service re-started from Fallujah to this capital city
What is Baghdad?
Not surprisingly, the name of this longest nerve is derived from Latin for "pain in the hip"
What is the sciatic nerve?
"It was a pleasure to burn"
What is Fahrenheit 451?
In 1994 Oksana Baiul edged out this famously injured American for figure skating gold
Who is Nancy Kerrigan?
To put your sword away
What is sheathe?
Like Hong Kong in 1997, this special administrative region & gambling mecca was returned to China in 1999
What is Macau?
One of the spleen's main functions is to filter out worn & damaged these
What are blood cells?
Nonfiction:
"June 17, 1972. Nine o'clock Saturday morning. Early for the telephone"
What is All the President's Men?
The 1924 Olympics played backdrop to this film about 2 British runners
What is Chariots of Fire?
This anise-flavored liquor was made legal in the U.S. in 2007
What is absinthe?
Vientiane, capital of this country, is found just northeast of the Mekong River
What is Laos?
Your metabolic rate is controlled by hormones secreted by this gland at the front of your neck
What is the thyroid?
From 19th century England:
"There was no possibility of taking a walk that day"
What is Jane Eyre?
The 1968 Olympics in Grenoble were dubbed the "Killympics" after the exploits of a man in this sport
What is skier? (Jean-Claude Killy, the world famous skier)
To give $100 of each $1,000 you earn to the church
What is tithe?
The Camotes sea is a small sea lying between the islands of Cebu & Leyte in this republic
What are the Philippines?
Found in the ear, the body's three smallest bones are known as the anvil, hammer, and this, after their shapes
What is stirrup?
A '70s book: "I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is 8:30 in the morning"
What is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance?
A field event, the long jump favors athletes with track star speed, like this U.S. man who won 4 straight golds in the event
Who is Carl Lewis?
It's carried by the grim reaper
What is scythe?