Human Anatomy
This dome-shaped muscle separates the chest from the abdomen and is the main muscle used for breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
Emirates operates its main hub in this UAE city, home to airport code DXB.
What is Dubai?
This chess piece moves any number of squares diagonally and stays on the same color throughout the game.
What is a bishop?
This spice consists of the dried stigmas of a crocus flower and is often used in paella.
What is saffron?
Despite not being closest to the Sun, this planet has the hottest average surface temperature.
What is Venus?
This stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear is the smallest bone in the human body.
What is the stapes?
Founded in 1919, this Dutch airline is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
What is KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines)?
Named after its French inventor, this writing system uses patterns of raised dots.
What is Braille?
Tahini is made by grinding these seeds into a paste.
What are sesame seeds?
This largest moon of Saturn is the only moon in our solar system with a dense atmosphere.
What is Titan?
This valve, also called the bicuspid valve, lies between the left atrium and left ventricle.
What is the mitral valve?
In October 2007, this airline became the first to operate the Airbus A380 commercially.
What is Singapore Airlines?
The Roman numeral D represents this number.
What is 500?
Arborio rice is commonly used to make this creamy Italian dish, cooked by gradually adding stock.
What is risotto?
In August 2012, this spacecraft became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space.
What is Voyager 1?
This vein carries nutrient-rich blood from much of the digestive tract to the liver.
What is the hepatic portal vein? (Accept: portal vein.)
This American airline launched the Boeing 747's first commercial passenger service in January 1970.
What is Pan Am (Pan American World Airways)?
This ancient Greek philosopher described the Allegory of the Cave in The Republic.
Who is Plato?
Traditional pesto alla genovese uses these nuts, along with basil, garlic, cheese, and olive oil.
What are pine nuts?
With an axial tilt of about 98 degrees, this ice giant rotates nearly on its side.
What is Uranus?
This saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone houses the pituitary gland.
What is the sella turcica?
Spell out the original name represented by the acronym QANTAS.
What is Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services? (Accept with or without Limited.)
This Latin phrase, meaning something for something, describes an exchange of favors or benefits.
What is quid pro quo?
Named after a French chemist, this reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars creates much of the browning and flavor in seared meat and toasted bread.
What is the Maillard reaction?
This named limit is the maximum mass of an ideal, non-rotating white dwarf: approximately 1.4 times the mass of the Sun.
What is the Chandrasekhar limit?