Cinematic Spielberg
The director's first summer blockbuster to make you fear the beach, proving that bigger boats are often necessary.
What is Jaws
This very polite, flightless bird often shares the city's namesake river, giving Perth its official nickname.
The Black Swan
When someone says they'll "cross that..." they mean they'll deal with a problem only when it actually happens.
What is "bridge when they come to it"
The first element on the periodic table, usually symbolized by a single 'H'
What is Hydrogen
If you average around 12 to 20 times per minute, you're performing this vital function; a good way to see if someone's heart is still beating.
What is Breathing (or Respiration)
He received an Oscar for Best Director for this 1993 film, it was shot in black and white except for one item, a girls red coat.
What is Schindler's List
The first European settlement in Western Australia, established in 1826 (three years before Perth), was this place known to the Noongar as Kinjarling.
What is Albany (or King George Sound)
This idiom for being nervous or anxious suggests you have the jitters named after the winged insects that hover and buzz.
What is "Having butterflies in your stomach"
Group 18 of the table is dedicated to these unreactive elements, like Neon and Argon, which are named for their standoffish nature.
What are Noble Gases
Though often associated with a painful jab, this largest organ in your body is actually what you wear every day.
What is Skin
The star-studded World War II flick where Tom Hanks goes looking for the titular Army Private after D-Day.
What is Saving Private Ryan
This earliest surviving public building in the City of Perth was completed in 1836 and was designed by civil engineer Henry Willey Reveley.
What is The Old Court House
This phrase means to face consequences or criticism for one's actions, perhaps by being forced to consume the very dish they created.
What is "Eating humble pie"
The abbreviation 'Au' for the element Gold is derived from its Latin name, which means "shining dawn."
What is Aurum
Found in pairs, these bean-shaped organs are the body's master filtration system, helping to regulate water and salt.
What are Kidneys
The sci-fi thriller about a Pre-Crime unit where Tom Cruise can predict a felony before it even happens.
What is Minority Report
The original name of Perth's central business district area, used by the Whadjuk Noongar people, which linguists now believe means "river" or "the place of rain."
What is Boorloo
When you want to find the simple, most direct meaning or reason, you're looking for this, which suggests a cut-down, unembellished truth.
What is "The lowest common denominator (or The bottom line)"
Found in Period 2, this element is the main component of diamonds and is essential to all organic life.
What is Carbon
This substance, which is approximately 55% of your total blood volume, is mostly water but is responsible for carrying cells, nutrients, and waste.
What is Plasma
This 1987 film based on a J.G. Ballard memoir about a boy's life in a Japanese internment camp during WWII was his first with the Warner Bros. studio.
What is Empire of the Sun
This prominent art deco monument sits on the north end of Cottesloe Beach and was built in 1934, not as a monument to war, but as a memorial to the town's famous resident, Claude de Bernales.
What is The Cottesloe Pylon
This phrase suggests that one is doing something without any real enthusiasm or care, and is sometimes attributed to a tired actor's lack of commitment during a matinée.
What is "going through the motion"
This property refers to an atom's tendency to attract a shared pair of electrons, and Fluorine has the highest measure of it.
What is Electronegativity
The body's longest single nerve, it runs from the lower back down the leg, and when it gets irritated, you know it.
What is The Sciatic Nerve