Human Anatomy
This fibrous tissue connects the calf muscles to the calcaneus. It is also named after the Greek hero who killed Hector outside of Troy.
What is the Achilles Tendon?
A boastful statement couched in false humility (may be used as a hashtag to draw attention to it before others do)
What is a Humblebrag?
“Marley was dead: to begin with.”
What is A Christmas Carol?
Don't go bananas! It's just the chemical symbol for potassium
What is K?
She was the heartbroken wife of Orpheus in Greek legend, singing laments through the Underworld?
Who was Eurydice?
Sometimes called the breastbone, this bone sits at the front of the chest and connects with the ribs the cartilage
What is the Sternum?
Someone who has acted ruthlessly (can also be used as a compliment)
What is Savage?
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
What is A Tale of Two Cities?
When fully spelled out, this letter is the longest in the alphabet.
What is W?
This daughter of Demeter spends half the year in the underworld and brings spring with her each time she resurfaces.
Who is Persephone?
This muscle gets its name from the resemblance of its shape to that of the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet
What is a Deltoid?
As a noun or adjective: two heterosexual males with such a close relationship they appear to be romantically involved
What is Bromance?
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
What is the Lorax?
Not someone you've dated, but this roman numeral for the number 10
What is X?
This hero is famous for slaying the minotaur
Who is Theseus?
The islets of Langerhans are groups of cells that produce insulin and glucagon located in this organ of the body
What is the Pancreas?
incredibly shocked or surprised, shaken to your core
What is Shook?
"To love another person is to see the face of God"
What is Les Miserables?
Sold for almost 20 years, one of Ford's best selling vehicle was called this model
What is T?
These are the enchanting beings that lure sailors with their beautiful songs
Who are Sirens?
Produced by the adrenal glands, this hormone helps control blood pressure, reduce inflammation and increase metabolism of glucose, but is best known as the body's "stress hormone"
What is Cortisol?
similar to sonar in dolphins, the innate ability to detect homosexuality in other people
What is Gaydar?
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
What is 1984?
While likely more known from the James Bond films, this character shares a name with a character (and entire species) on Star Trek
Who is Q?
This admirer of his own reflection is also the origin story for Daffodils (which grew in the place that he died)
Who is Narcissus?