BODY TALK
THE ANCIENT WORLD
"T" UP SOME ENTERTAINMENT
IN BETWEEN
Final Jeopardy!
200

Your 7 cervical vertebrae stiffen this part of your body where they're found

the neck

200

After defeating the Shang dynasty around 1000 B.C., the Zhou dynasty ruled this empire for nearly 800 years

ancient China

200

The debut album "A Beautiful World" was released under just this last name--no Robin

Thicke

200

Since the 1890s people have used this word for a meal that combines the day's first & second ones; pass the lox

brunch

200

SCIENCE & MATH VOCABULARY

These 2 words are just 1 letter different; one is a whirlpool & the other a geometry term for a meeting point

400

This word can be a synonym for number or finger

digit

400

It was the chief city-state that whipped Athens in the Peloponnesian War

Sparta

400

Russell Westbrook's NBA team

the Thunder

400

This federal holiday falls between Independence Day & Columbus Day

Labor Day

400

These 2 words are just 1 letter different; one is a whirlpool & the other a geometry term for a meeting point

vertex & vortex

600

About 4 inches long, these blood filters sit below your diaphragm

kidneys

600

Tradition says Rome was founded by twins whose ancestors fled the Greek horseplay that destroyed this city

Troy

600

In 2013 this No. 1 hit song made buying clothes at Goodwill a happening thing

"Thrift Shop"

600

Alphabetically, it's the chemical element between strontium & tantalum

sulfur

800

This nerve carries impulses from the retina to the brain

the optic nerve

800

They're the 2 calendar months named for Caesars

July and August

800

As well as part of a Disney theme park, it's a 2015 George Clooney movie about our bright techie future

Tomorrowland

800

These 4 pointy teeth are between your premolars & your incisors

your canines

1000

You can see from its shape why a Latin word meaning "pipe" or "flute" gave us the name for this long front bone of the shin



the tibia

1000

Menes is credited with unifying the upper & lower sections of this kingdom around the 3rd millennium B.C.

Egypt

1000

With partner Kurt Schneider, he's racked up 500 million YouTube views with his cover & original songs

Sam Tsui

1000

It sounds like the solar system's biggest moon, but it's No. 2, between Ganymede & Callisto

Titan