Medical Terms
Often called "the silent killer," this is the medical term for high blood pressure.
What is Hypertension?
While many know the show ER, few realize it was created by this best-selling author, who graduated from Harvard Medical School before writing Jurassic Park.
Who is Michael Crichton?
Founded in 1948 by Harry and Esther Snyder, the very first In-N-Out Burger was a tiny 10-foot-wide stand located in this San Gabriel Valley city.
What is Baldwin Park?
This 1994 Disney film’s soundtrack, featuring songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, is the best-selling soundtrack to an animated film in the U.S.
What is The Lion King?
This company was originally named "BackRub" by its founders because of its ability to analyze website "backlinks."
What is Google?
This is the common name for the clavicle, the bone that connects the breastbone to the shoulder.
What is the collarbone?
This actor, who played the diagnostic foil Dr. James Wilson on House, famously portrayed a student in Dead Poets Society before donning the white coat.
Who is Robert Sean Leonard?
This body of water, created by an engineering accident in 1905, is the largest lake in California by surface area.
What is the Salton Sea?
While John Williams is known for Star Wars, he also holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for any living person; he won his first Academy Award for adapting the music for this 1971 film musical.
What is Fiddler on the Roof?
Founded in 1964 as "Blue Ribbon Sports," this athletic giant officially changed its name in 1971 to the name of the Greek goddess of victory.
What is Nike?
In medical terminology, the suffix "-itis" (as in Tonsillitis or Arthritis) always indicates this condition.
What is inflammation?
This 1980s medical drama was famous for its gritty realism and for launching the career of Denzel Washington, who played Dr. Philip Chandler.
What is St. Elsewhere?
This 405-freeway pass, which cuts through the Santa Monica Mountains, is the primary link between the Westside and the San Fernando Valley.
What is the Sepulveda Pass?
Known for his "Inception" horn and deep bass, this composer has scored Interstellar, The Dark Knight, and Dune.
Who is Hans Zimmer?
This online retailer was almost named "Cadabra" (as in Abracadabra), but the founder changed it after a lawyer misheard it as "Cadaver."
What is Amazon?
This is the anatomical name for the "voice box," located between the pharynx and the trachea.
What is the larynx?
A legendary 1990s rivalry was born when these two medical dramas premiered in the same week.
What are Chicago Hope and ER?
At the corner of Florence and Central, this bakery's giant, 32-foot-tall doughnut has "appeared" in films like Iron Man 2 and Mars Attacks!.
What is Randy’s Donuts?
"Mrs. Robinson" was written by Simon & Garfunkel specifically for this 1967 film starring Dustin Hoffman.
What is The Graduate?
This company was founded in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad; the name is an acronym of his initials and the farm and village where he grew up.
What is IKEA? (Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd).
A "myocardial infarction" is the formal medical name for this life-threatening event.
What is a heart attack?
Before it was purchased by the Harper Avery Foundation and renamed Grey Sloan Memorial, the hospital in Grey’s Anatomy was known by this four-word hyphenated name following a merger.
What is Seattle Grace-Mercy West?
The "Nakatomi Plaza" from the movie Die Hard is actually the real-life headquarters of this major film studio located in Century City.
What is 20th Century Studios? (Formerly 20th Century Fox).
This specific Bernard Herrmann score is famous for using only a string orchestra—no brass or woodwinds—to create a "cold," sharp sound for a 1960 Hitchcock thriller.
What is Psycho?
This luxury car brand’s logo—the "Spirit of Ecstasy"—was modeled after Eleanor Thornton, the secret lover of a British Lord who helped fund the company’s early days.
What is Rolls-Royce?