SONG LYRICS
FROM THE NECK UP
I'M AN ANIMAL
FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDES
WHAT A CONCEPT
200
'This band:
"There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold and she's buying a stairway to heaven"'
Led Zeppelin
200
'(Jon of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram and a micrograph on the monitor.)
The retina has a blind spot, the optic disk, where the optic nerve exits from the eyeball; it's not sensitive to light, because it doesn't have these two types of photoreceptor nerve cells found in the rest of the eye'
rods and cones
200
'I'm this bird, whose "baby bringing" legends may arise from how lovingly it takes care of its young'
a stork
200
'On Oct. 1, 1969 the Concorde broke this barrier for the first time'
the sound barrier
200
'A Sicilian separatist movement in 1945 campaigned for the island to become the 49th of these'
a U.S. state
400
'This band told us to
"Crack that whip, give the past the slip, step on a crack, break your momma's back"'
Devo
400
'The soft one of these is pressed upward during swallowing so you don't get food in your nose'
a palate
400
'I'm this three-toed guy hanging around here; even if it wasn't a picture, I still wouldn't be moving so fast'
a sloth
400
'When the Concordes were flying, a round-trip flight between Paris & this U.S. city cost about $8,700'
New York City
400
'Some thought the "face" captured on film when Viking I was circling this planet was an alien artifact'
Mars
600
'This Texas trio:
"I ain't askin' for much I said Lord, take me downtown I'm just lookin' for some tush"'
ZZ Top
600
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives a skeleton a pain in the neck.) Because the first cervical vertebra supports the head, it's called this, like a certain mythical Titan'
Atlas
600
'I'm this type of horse, famous for some TV ads; I originated in Scotland & can literally weigh a ton'
a Clydesdale
600
'Following a deadly crash at the airport named for this man, the Concorde made its last flight in 2003'
Charles de Gaulle
600
'After monitoring the deaths of terminal patients, Dr. Duncan MacDougall noted that this must weigh 21 grams'
the soul
800
'He rapped,
"It's gettin' hot in herre, so take off all your clothes"'
Nelly
800
'This membrane transmits vibrations to little bones called auditory ossicles'
the eardrum
800
'I'm this type of rhinoceros seen here, the largest of the three Asian species'
an Indian rhinoceros
800
'Flying on the Concorde in 1985, this Genesis singer performed at both the London & Philadelphia Live Aid shows'
Phil Collins
800
'This music trade group tried suing Gertrude Walton for piracy, but she was dead & had never owned a computer'
RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America)
1000
'She intoned,
"So, like, I don't know (valley girl) I'm like freaking out totally (valley girl) oh my God!"'
Moon Zappa
1000
'(Jon of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) High-end cognitive thought is done at the extreme anterior of the brain in this cortex; yours is probably humming right now'
prefrontal cortex
1000
'Woolly but not so mammoth, I'm a cria, the young of this South American animal, Lama pacos'
an alpaca
1000
'4 Olympus 593 turbojet engines from this British auto company powered each Concorde'
Rolls-Royce
1000
'Yeah, right...
This type of stone, a mythical substance, was thought to turn base metals into gold'
the Philosopher\'s Stone
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