Medical History
In 1954, the first successful organ transplant took place. Which organ was successfully transplanted?
Kidney
Fans the world over celebrate this reggae legend, on February 6th, his birthday.
Bob Marley
A characteristic of this type of fruit is that once it is peeled, it is sectioned
Citrus
This emblem of death is used as a warning sign on poisons
Skull and Cross-bones
This man is responsible for "The Great Gatsby"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins all received a Nobel Prize in 1962 for the discovery of what?
DNA
At the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, she delighted fans with a performance of her “Both Sides Now” among others.
Joni Mitchell
Green fruit such as kiwi or limes gets its coloring from this
Chlorophyll
A diet very heavy in seafood can lead to this condition
Mercury Poisoning
Scout, Jem and Atticus are characters from this American classic.
To Kill a Mockingbird
In 1927, Philip Drink invented the ‘iron lung’ to help patients paralyzed by what disease?
Polio
Valerie Bertinelli said of this rock icon that she “loved him more than I know how to explain. I loved his soul”
Van Halen
A characteristic of this type of fruit is that it contains a pit in the centre and grows on trees
Drupe
A poisonous red variety of this with white spots is called fly agaric, because it was once used to kill flies
An American author who wrote novels from the 1920's through the 1950's. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature in 1954.
Ernest Hemingway
One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks
Julius Caesar
Joe strummer met Mick Jones in London calling their legendary band this, came later.
The Clash
Clingstone & freestone are the two main classifications for this fruit, once called a Persian apple
Peach
Adding IDE to this blueish green colour can result in a deadly poison
Cyan
This author of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” set the groundwork for Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" and the entire genre of detective fiction.
Edgar Allen Poe
The Ancient Greeks believed that illness was caused by an imbalance of the ‘Four Humours’. What were the four humours?
Yellow bile, black bile, phlegm & blood
Her recording career lasted less than 4 years. Her final studio album was 1971’s “Pearl”.
Janis Joplin
It’s the only commercially important edible fruit of the bromeliad family.
Pineapple
Lucrezia Borgia, may have been an expert in this, the study of poisonous substances
Toxicology
This novel, published in 1961, entered the English language as a reference to a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem
Catch-22