THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU
The bestseller Midnight in... this place tells of a 1986 disaster in the Soviet Union
What is Chernobyl?
FROM GRAY'S ANATOMY
This "is pyramidal in form, and its upper angle or root is connected directly with the forehead"
What is the nose?
A very old vertebrate, the Greenland shark takes nearly 150 years to reach this; for humans, it's around age 10 or 11
What is puberty?
Born in Hamburg, H.A. & Margret Rey are best known for a series of kids' books about this monkey
Who is Curious George?
A house mouse weighs about an ounce; comparatively, a black one of these weighs about 10 ounces
What is a rat (compaRATively)
Dr. Dana Scully dealt with some out there stuff on this eerie show
What is The X-Files?
Father & daughter go out at night in a children's classic by Jane Yolen titled this bird "Moon"
What is Owl?
RHYMING TERMS
A minor car accident that presumably dents a protective device
What is a fender bender?
A compressed spring is an example of an object that has strong this type of energy
What is potential?
German-born Paul Warburg was a board member of this American central banking authority
What is the Federal Reserve?
Everyone from Manitoba to Milwaukee knows the "great" this bird is now extinct
What is an auk (MilwAUKee)?
Oliver Platt & Torrey DeVitto do some Windy City doctoring on this NBC show
What is Chicago Med?
The billions made & lost in the real estate crash are detailed in this "large" Michael Lewis bestseller, later a film in 2015
What is The Big Short?
FROM GRAY'S ANATOMY
It "is the main trunk of a series of vessels which convey the oxygenated blood to the tissues of the body"
What is the aorta?
Proteins & cellulose are examples of these, materials made up of repeating chains of molecules
What are polymers?
Born in Hamburg in 1833, he rose from his humble beginnings, to become one of the three B's of classical music
Who is Johannes Brahms?
DAILY DOUBLE
After sighting one of these horned animals in Africa, we busted out a magnum of champagne
What is gnu (maGNUm)?
A few parallels with this title doc & Sherlock Holmes--both had the address 221B & played musical instruments
Who is Dr. Gregory House?
In 1846 he became a "Typee" personality, taking "a Peep at Polynesian Life"
Who is Herman Melville?
RHYMING TERMS
This phrase for magic and deception is also a 1993 Bette Midler film title
What is hocus pocus?
According to Bohr's atomic model, electrons can jump orbit, emitting this light particle
What are photons?
Hamburg-born politician Helmut Schmidt held this top job from 1974 to 1982
What is Chancellor of Germany?
About a half-million years ago, this predator ranged across North America as well as Africa
What is a lion (millLION)?
Freddie Highmore plays Shaun Murphy, the title character on this series
What is The Good Doctor?
"The Prime of" Muriel Spark's writing was this novel, penned in less than a month, according to the author
What is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?
FROM GRAY'S ANATOMY
This "is composed of four bones: the two hip bones laterally and in front and the sacrum and coccyx behind
What is the pelvis?
DAILY DOUBLE
This part of a plant contains the ovary
What is the pistil?
Orchestra leader & Hamburger Bert Kaempfert is known for classic hits like this tune that Sinatra also recorded
What is "Strangers in the Night"?
A set of bejeweled ceramic sheep may include these 2 animals, a female & a male
What is an ewe and ram (bejEWEled ceRAMic)?
Syrian refugee Dr. Bash Hamed got a job at a Toronto hospital after saving the life of one of its doctors on this NBC show
What is Transplant?