It Happened in May
By the Numbers
"Fire" Alarm!
Barbie
Anatomy
100

May 1607 saw this first permanent English settlement in the Americas established in Virginia.

What is Jamestown?

100

The total number of adult human teeth, including wisdom teeth

What is 32?

100

When you are terminated from employment 

What is being fired?

100

Color traditionally associated with Barbie

What is pink?

100

The pericardium is a double-walled sac containing this vital human organ.

What is the heart?

200

Still with her head attached, she married the future King Louis XVI on May 16, 1770.

Who is Marie Antoinette?

200

The elevation of the Colorado State Capitol in feet, giving Denver its nickname “The Mile High City”

What is 5280?

200

This popular web browser from Mozilla was derived from the browser formerly known as Netscape Navigator.

What is Firefox?

200

Barbie's pet is this animal

What is a dog?

200

These third molars are smart enough to appear between the ages of 17 and 25.

What are wisdom teeth?

300

On May 28, 2016, this gorilla was infamously shot after grabbing a toddler at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Who is Harambe?

300

In Roman numerals, the letter L represents the number.

What is 50?

300

It's what happens when kids at school practice evacuating in a combustion-related emergency.

What is a fire drill?

300

Barbie's full name

What is Barbara Millicent Roberts?

300

Your eye color is determined by this part of the eye.

What is the iris?

400

On May 1, 1931, this NYC skyscraper officially opened.

What is the Empire State Building?

400

The ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, better known as pi

What is 3.14?

400

When you deal with someone by using their behavior back at them, you might be said to be doing this.

What is fighting fire with fire?

400

Barbie's younger sister

Who is Skipper?

400

Goiter is the enlargement of this butterfly-shaped gland in the neck.

What is the thyroid gland?

500

On May 20, 1932, this person took off to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

Who is Amelia Earhart?

500

The number of keys on a standard piano, which is also the number of officially recognized constellations

What is 88?

500

This popular anime and manga series tells the story of a pyrokinetic who joins a team that investigates incidents of spontaneous human combustion

What is Fire Force?

500

Designer of the original Barbie doll

Who is Ruth Handler?

500

Anatomical term for the shoulder blade, Latin for "small shovel"

What is the scapula?

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