Mental Health
Word Origins
Mythology
Um, actually...
Its Biggest Neighbor
200

This is the term for a persistent, strong, and irrational fear of a specific object, situation, or activity.

What is a phobia?

200

This part of an egg gets its name from the Old English for 'yellow'.

What is the yolk?

200

This Greek god is known as the king of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus.

Who is Zeus?

200

Um, actually this "blue" human bodily fluid is dark red.

What is (deoxygenated) blood?

200

The Netherlands

What is Belgium?

400

This is the practice of regularly taking time to focus on your own physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

What is self-care?

400

From the Latin for 'to come to mind', it's a memento that you might buy as a reminder of a place you visited.

What is a souvenir?

400

One look at her and you’ll turn to stone.

Who is Medusa?

400

Um, actually Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first Black man to do this, more than sixty years before No. 42 did it.

What is play in Major League Baseball (MLB)?

400

Belize

What is Guatemala?

600

This term refers to the healthy ability to understand the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of another.

What is empathy?

600

Once a carnival performer who bit the heads off chickens, today it often refers to a computer nerd.

What is a geek?

600

The King of the Sea, and the god of horses, rivers and earthquakes.

Who is Poseidon?

600

Um, actually the Sun only looks yellow because of the light the Earth's atmosphere scatters – it's really this color.

What is white?

600

North Korea

What is China?

800

This skills-based form of treatment used in substance use and mental health recovery focuses on identifying and changing thinking patterns to help change feelings and negative behaviors.

What is CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

800

This term for one who willfully destroys another’s property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe.

What is a vandal?

800

This Norse god is associated with thunder and lightning.

Who is Thor?

800

Um, actually John Hanson was the first American to have this title from 1781-1782.

What is President of the United States (in Congress Assembled)?

800

Chile

What is Argentina?

1000

This legendary Dutch painter, known for "Starry Night," grappled with mental health issues, even to the point where he knowingly cut off part of his own ear.

Who is Vincent van Gogh?

1000

My gardener told me we don't need to plant; all my flowers are this type, from the Latin for 'through the year'.

What are perennials?

1000

The underworld river of pain and its god.

What/who is Acheron?

1000

Um, actually the Powerpuff girls were originally called this before they took the name Powerpuff girls.

What are the Whoopass Girls?

1000

Peru

What is Brazil?

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