Anatomy, Medicine, Etc.
The number of chambers in the human heart.
What are four?
This Mississippi-born King of Rock and Roll rose to fame with “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock.”
Who is Elvis Presley?
This long-running children’s show debuted in 1969 with a cast of humans and Muppets.
What is Sesame Street?
This famous telescope was launched into orbit in 1990 and continues to capture deep space images.
This famous telescope was launched into orbit in 1990 and continues to capture deep space images.
This British monarch was crowned in 1953.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
This author wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The largest internal organ in the human body.
What is the liver?
This song from The Animals shares a title with a biblical parable.
What is "The House of the Rising Sun"?
This public television painter encouraged viewers to paint “happy little trees.”
Who is Bob Ross?
The scientific name for the "Northern Lights".
What is the Aurora Borealis?
This phrase describes the youth-driven cultural revolution in 1960s Britain.
What is the British Invasion?
This American author wrote about a boy named Huck Finn.
Who is Mark Twain?
This hormone helps regulate blood sugar levels.
What is insulin?
Known as “Ol’ Blue Eyes,” this crooner sang “My Way” and “Fly Me to the Moon.”
Who is Frank Sinatra?
He hosted “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” (First and Last Name)
Who is Fred Rogers?
The four primary tastes distinguished by the tongue?
What are sweet, sour, salty, bitter
(umami = +100pts)
He served as British Prime Minister twice, including a term beginning in 1951.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This girl falls down a rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll’s famous novel.
Who is Alice?
The organ responsible for producing insulin.
What is the pancreas?
This 1971 hit by Don McLean is often interpreted as mourning the death of Buddy Holly.
What is "American Pie"?
This public radio show begins with the phrase, “From WBEZ Chicago, it’s…”
What is This American Life?
In Einstein's theory of the universe, this is the fourth dimension.
What is time?
This band rivaled The Beatles and was known for their blues-influenced rock sound.
Who are The Rolling Stones?
This tragic Shakespeare play features a Danish prince seeking revenge.
What is Hamlet?
The technical/medical term for a "joint".
What is an articulation?
He asked you to “Rock Around the Clock” in 1954.
Who is Bill Haley?
This PBS cooking icon had a high-pitched voice and loved French cuisine.
Who is Julia Child?
This spacecraft, launched in 1977, is now traveling through interstellar space with a golden record aboard.
What is Voyager 1?
This 1965 film musical starred Julie Andrews and featured a singing family.
What is The Sound of Music?
This poet and playwright wrote Paradise Lost in the 17th century.
Who is John Milton?
The longest running nerve in the human body, running from the lower back to the foot.
What is the sciatic nerve?
This female country pioneer broke barriers with songs like “Walkin’ After Midnight.”
Who is Patsy Cline?
This British period drama about the Crawley family became a PBS hit.
What is "Downtown Abbey"?
An icicle-like growth of calcium carbonate, hanging from the roof of a limestone cave.
What What is a stalactite?
This Prime Minister succeeded Churchill in 1955.
Who is Anthony Eden?
This Russian author created Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment.
Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?
The condition in which bones become brittle from loss of tissue.
What is osteoporosis?
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” was a hit for this duo.
Who are Simon & Garfunkel?
This host of “Antiques Roadshow” encourages appraisals of heirlooms and oddities.
Who is Mark l. Walberg?
In Ancient Greece it was 18 years. In the 1980s United States it was 73.
What is the average life expectancy?
This British TV spy series debuted in 1961 and featured the character John Steed.
What is The Avengers?
This poetic form consists of 14 lines, often written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
This gland regulates your metabolism and is shaped like a butterfly.
What is the thyroid?
The Platters scored hits with “Only You” and this haunting ballad.
What is "The Great Pretender"?
This show, hosted by Huell Howser, explored the state of California.
What is California's Gold?
This ancient Greek philosopher correctly deduced that the Earth was spherical based on lunar eclipses.
Who is Aristotle?
This British Prime Minister resigned in 1963 following the Profumo Affair.
Who is Harold Macmillan?
When Sherlock Holmes retired, he took up this vocation.
What is beekeeping?
The average number of vertebrae in a human spine.
What is 33?
This singer-songwriter was born Robert Zimmerman.
Who is Bob Dylan?
He hosted “Reading Rainbow” and later appeared on “Star Trek.”
Who is LeVar Burton?
This red supergiant is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and part of the Orion constellation.
What is Betelgeuse?
This BBC news program, launched in 1954, became a staple of evening broadcasting.
What is Panorama?
This ancient Mesopotamian epic features a hero’s journey and a great flood narrative.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
The small flap of tissue that covers the windpipe when swallowing.
What is the epiglottis?
This album by Fleetwood Mac includes “Go Your Own Way” and “Dreams.”
What is "Rumors"?
This pioneering series aired early LGBTQ+ content on PBS starting in the 1980s.
What is "In the Life?"
This mammal lays eggs and uses electroreception to find prey.
What is the platypus?
This 1968 strike by female workers at the Ford Dagenham plant helped bring about equal pay legislation.
What is the Ford sewing machinists strike?
This 18th-century satirical novel features voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag.
This 18th-century satirical novel features voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag.