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100

a first aid procedure used to treat upper airway obstructions by foreign objects.

What is the heimlich maneuver?

100

blood type that is known as the universal acceptor

What is blood type AB+?

100

Word for a specialist who treats diseases related to intestines/stomach

What is a Gastroenterologist?

100

Name of oldest public park in Boston (and the entire US)

What is the Boston Common?

100

Year Northeastern was founded

What is 1898?

200

Largest bone in the human body.

What is the femur?

200

This organ is the only one that can float. 

What are the lungs?

200

Word for inflammation of the skin

What is dermatitis?

200
Name of suburb the Fig Newton was named after. 

What is Newton?

200

Iconic TV show host who attended Northeastern

Who is Wendy Williams?

300

part of the brain controls balance, movement, and coordination

What is the cerebellum?

300

Number of bones in the human body.

What is 206?

300

Word that means abnormal enlargement of the liver

What is hepatomegaly?

300

Name of the oldest original major league baseball stadium in Boston

What is Fenway?

300

The oldest arena still in use for ice hockey, which happens to be on Northeastern's campus

What is Matthews arena?

400

Superficial layer of the skin

What is the epidermis?

400

More than half of your bones are located in these two parts of the body

What are hands and feet?

400

Word for infection of the blood

What is septicemia?

400

A flood of this substance in 1919 resulted in 21 deaths and 100 injuries. 

What is molasses?

400

Number of Satellite campuses Northeastern has.

what is 13?

500

Number of muscles in the human body (to the nearest hundred)

What is 600?

500
Smallest organ in the human body

What is the Pineal Gland?

500
Word that means an involuntary tightening of the eyelids

What is blepharospasm?

500

The year the T started running.

What is 1897?

500

Number of species of trees in Northeastern's Arboretum

What is 143?