🦷 Plaque to the Future
This highly mineralized substance covers the outer layer of the tooth and protects against wear and acid.
What is enamel?
Before he was rapping about Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda was heating up this NYC barrio with salsa, soul, and subway dreams.
What is In the Heights?
Nader and Natalie famously met at Yasmin’s abode in One University Circle. What was the name of the street?
What is Euclid?
Before Tom Hanks made it in Hollywood, he got his start in theater at this historic Cleveland playhouse, now part of a nationally renowned Playhouse Square.
What is Great Lakes Theater?
This ancient city, once the capital of Lower Egypt, was home to the legendary Library of Serapeum and later the Serapis cult.
What is Memphis?
This soft tissue connects the tooth to the surrounding bone via the periodontal ligament.
What is the cementum?
From the musical Rent, how many minutes are there in a year?
What is 525,600?
According to the cosmos, Natalie brings the intensity of a fixed water sign, while Nader offers the precision of a mutable earth sign. Together, they form this astrological duo.
What are Virgo and Scorpio?
This Parma-based amusement park had dolphins, a wooden rollercoaster, and a waterpark named “Wildwater Kingdom,” before Six Flags bought it and chaos ensued.
What is Geauga Lake?
Built in the 13th century BCE, this massive temple complex was dedicated to Amun-Ra and includes the Hypostyle Hall with 134 columns.
What is the Karnak Temple Complex?
This is the name for the space between the teeth and gums that can deepen with gum disease.
What is the periodontal pocket?
The 1932 election of FDR over Herbert Hoover serves as the backdrop to what 1977 Broadway musical about a protagonist who actually gets to meet Roosevelt in Act II?
What is Annie?
Natalie and Nader were known to take romantic strolls along this iconic Boston river—ideal for hand-holding, people-watching, and the occasional blunder of “sharmuta.”
What is the Charles River?
Long before Instagram made brunch cool, the real ones lined up at this tiny Tremont spot for lemon ricotta pancakes.
What is Lucky’s Café?
This last reigning king of Egypt was overthrown in the 1952 revolution, ending the monarchy and beginning Egypt’s era as a republic.
Who is King Farouk I?
What is the number of adult teeth in a permanent set?
What is 32?
This musical’s cast sings directly to the audience from the stage, set entirely within a therapy session, and its lead wears a cast for most of Act I.
What is Dear Evan Hansen?
The spotlight wasn’t on stage but on Nader and Natalie, who got engaged at this iconic Detroit venue known for its ornate ceilings and Broadway tours.
What is the Fisher Theatre?
In a 2007 debate, Joe Biden quipped, “The thing I like best about you is your wife,” when asked to compliment this Ohio Democratic candidate.
What is Dennis Kucinich?
This genre of traditional Arabic music, associated with emotional improvisation and deep listening, was the hallmark of singers like Umm Kulthum.
What is tarab?
This cranial nerve provides motor function to the muscles of mastication and sensory input to the teeth.
What is the trigeminal nerve (CN V)?
"I Dreamed a Dream" is one of the most iconic ballads from Les Misérables. Who sings it in the show?
Who is Fantine?
Combine the meanings of Nader and Natalie’s last names and you get this unexpectedly legendary creature.
What is the noble hyena?
This former Browns owner became public enemy #1 in Cleveland after announcing the team’s relocation to Baltimore in 1995.
Who is Art Modell?
In 2023, this U.S. Senator from New Jersey was indicted on federal charges alleging he accepted bribes—including gold bars—in exchange for aiding Egyptian interests.
Who is Senator Bob Menendez?