Behind the Music
Body of Knowledge
Through the Decades
A Quick Workout

IT STARTS WITH "ME"
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Before becoming a solo superstar, Justin Timberlake was a member of this boy band

NSYNC

100

This bone is the largest in the human arm and a homophone with a word used to describe something that is comical

The humerus

100

This classic 80s arcade game had players dodging ghosts while gobbling pellets in a neon maze

Pac-Man

100

Looking to get in some cardio without too much impact on your joints? Check out this machine named for the oval path your feet take

Elliptical

100

Alyssa Milano used this 2-word phrase on social media in 2017, sharing her experience of sexual abuse to try to help other survivors

Me Too

200

Kanye West’s “Stronger” prominently samples “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” by this French electronic duo

Daft Punk

200

Humans normally have this many pairs of ribs

12

200

This colorful puzzle invented in the 1970s became one of the biggest toy crazes of the 1980s

Rubik's Cube

200

Strongman George Hackenschmidt popularized this chest exercise named for the equipment you lie on while performing it

Bench Press


200

As "Sirloin Noggin" didn't pop quite as well, people went with this quasi-synonym for a not-so-intelligent person

Meathead

300

Stefani Germanotta is the real name of this famous singer

Lady Gaga

300

This is the longest nerve in the human body, running from the lower back down each leg

Sciatic nerve

300

This 90s Nirvana album featuring “Smells Like Teen Spirit” helped bring grunge into the mainstream

Nevermind

300

RDL is short for the "Romanian" variation of this exercise, which can be done with a barbell or dumbbells

Deadlift

300

Black's Law Dictionary defines it as "a neutral person who tries to help disputing parties reach an agreement"

Mediator

400

The famous guitar solo on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” was performed by this legendary guitarist

Eddie Van Halen

400

This part of the brain, whose name means “little brain,” plays a major role in balance and coordination

Cerebellum

400

In the 1980s this space shuttle broke apart shortly after launch in one of the most widely watched disasters of the decade

The Challenger

400

The open warehouse-style facilities of this fitness program are called "boxes"; the first one opened in California in 2001

CrossFit

400

It precedes "labor" regarding boring, low-status & poorly paid work

Menial

500

This artist sang the iconic vocals on Pink Floyd's song "The Great Gig in the Sky" from the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon

Clare Torry 

500

Often called the body's "sixth sense" this term describes your body's ability to sense its position, movement, and force in space 

Proprioception

500

This 90s web portal originally went by the name "Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web" was the dominant search engine before Google.

Yahoo!

500

If these bodyweight exercises popular in the military got the first name of the man who invented them, we'd all hate doing Royals

Burpees

500

Put that in your tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this white clay-like substance & smoke it

Meerschaum