In checkers, when a piece reaches the opposite side of the board, this happens
It gets kinged (or crowned)
100
Fewer babies were crying after 1849, when Walter Hunt invented this pin for diapers
What is a safety pin
100
Parasitic protozoa called plasmodia cause this disease; female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit the parasite to humans
What is Malaria
100
Greeks were from Ares, Romans from this deity, originally an ancient Italian god who watched over agriculture
Who is Mars
100
London,
Paris,
Lisbon
What is Lisbon
200
If you suspect Mrs. Peacock did it in the conservatory with a knife, you're playing this game
What is Clue
200
Joseph Niepce created the first permanent one of these images in 1826
What is a photograph
200
Addison's disease is a metabolic dysfunction of these glands useful in an emergency
What are the adrenal glands
200
Her magic girdle induced love, as magic girdles will do, & Romans had her say, I'm no mighty Aphrodite, I'm your this
Who is Venus
200
Sydney,
Wellington,
Jakarta
What is Wellington
300
Unlike regular checkers, Chinese checkers is played on this shape board
What is A (six-pointed) star shape
300
Thimonnier, like Singer, built a type of this machine, but his was destroyed by rioting tailors
What is a sewing machine
300
(I am Katie Couric) To raise awareness of a specific type of cancer, I had an on-camera one of these procedures, aired in March of 2000
What is a colonoscopy
300
What's dis? It's another name for this Roman god who took over for Hades
Who is Pluto
300
Khartoum,
Tripoli,
Cairo
Khartoum
400
In Monopoly it's the first property after "Go"
What is Mediterranean
400
Elevators date back to Roman times; in 1853 he showed off his safety device so passengers could ride on them
Who is Otis
400
DD: In 2010 Bret Michaels suffered from hyponatremia, low levels of this element in the blood
What is sodium
400
Like Hera, this goddess was queen of heaven; unlike Hera, she was closely associated with the moon
Who is Juno
400
Taipei,
Hanoi,
Manila
Manila
500
In bridge, an attempt to take a trick with a low card while holding on to a higher one is called this
What is A finesse
500
Pushing a plunger compresses the air inside the cylinder, creating enough heat to ignite a piece of paper; the same principle is used in a type of engine invented by this man
Who is (Rudolf) Diesel
500
This structure near the center of the base of the brain directs the hormonal activities of the pituitary gland
What is the hypothalamus
500
Most of the Greek myths for Athena were adopted by the Romans for this goddess whose temple was on Capitoline Hill