POP & ROCK MUSIC
"C"IENCE
HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS
EXERCISE
ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY
400
Oddly, female rapper Megan Pete calls herself "Megan Thee" this word for a male horse
Stallion
400
Both the cerebrum & this, with a name meaning "little brain", are composed of 2 hemispheres
the cerebellum
400
A Celtic tradition of using hollowed-out turnips with candles inside led to these distinctive & larger Halloween gourds
jack-o-lanterns
400
This Chinese martial art has been called "meditation in motion"; balance is important in its series of fluid movements
tai chi
400
Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius named this element for a thunder god
thorium
800
In 2019 Madonna performed at but did not compete in this international song competition
Eurovision
800
This term is also used to describe the tiniest lymph & bile vessels
capillaries
800
It's said these 2 colors trace back to the festival of Samhain, one representing death & the other the autumn harvest
black & orange
800
Many consider cast iron to be the original type of this gym weight that has an attached handle; now "ring" in!
a kettlebell
800
Indium is named for this deep blue color
indigo
1200
This "Hotel California" band first came together to back Linda Ronstadt at a concert at Disneyland
The Eagles
1200
These clouds, whose names begin with "c-u", were identified in 1802 and are associated with nice weather
cumulus
1200
This no-hands Halloween game may be related to the Roman celebration of the goddess Pomona
bobbing for apples
1200
Contrology is the former name of this exercise discipline created by & named for German gymnast Joseph
Pilates
1200
Palladium honors one of these space objects that's named for Pallas Athena
an asteroid
1600
In 2019 this 5-letter rap & R&B artist had the "Juice" to be nominated for Best New Artist at the VMAs
Lizzo
1600
This connective tissue is largely made from collagen
cartillage
1600
This 20th century performer's museum in Scranton, Penn. features an online seance every Halloween
Houdini
1600
At a CrossFit gym, AMRAP stands for this, & the higher the number, the better
As many reps as possible
1600
This noble gas is named for an element discovered by the Curies
radon
2000
This Jackson Browne album about life on the road was recorded onstage, backstage, in hotel rooms & on a tour bus
Running on Empty
2000
Larger than a pebble, this rock type used in roads tops out at 256 mm in particle size
cobble
2000
The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when she, Ike's better half, hung owls & goblins
Mamie Eisenhower
2000
This alphanumeric fitness regimen uses "the advanced science of muscle confusion"
P90X
2000
Symbol Ga, this element is named from the Latin for France & maybe also the Latin for rooster (it was named by M. Lecoq)
gallium