Brainy Matters
This part of the brain is considered the emotional center and is involved in processing fear and pleasure.
What is the amygdala?
"You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life. Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, digging the dancing queen."
What is Dancing Queen by ABBA?
This American author wrote The Great Gatsby, which explores themes of the American Dream and social class in the 1920s.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This NBA player is known as "His Airness" and is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Tucson is a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, partly because of this specialty, wrapped in bacon and topped with avocado, beans, and more.
What is a Sonoran hot dog?
Low levels of this neurotransmitter are commonly associated with depression and are the target of many antidepressant medications.
What is serotonin?
This song, Like a Prayer, was featured in this movie that came out July 26, 2024. It is known for breaking the fourth wall and blending action with humor.
What is Deadpool and Wolverine?
This sorceress in The Odyssey turns Odysseus' men into pigs but later helps him on his journey after he resists her magic.
Who is Circe?
This Formula 1 driver holds the record for the most World Championship titles with seven, tied with Michael Schumacher.
Who is Lewis Hamilton?
This trophy, awarded to the winner of the Wildcats vs. Sun Devils football game, is the nation’s oldest collegiate rivalry trophy.
What is the Territorial Cup?
This term refers to the process where undifferentiated stem cells become specialized into distinct cell types like neurons or glial cells.
What is neurogenesis?
This actor and comedian hosted SNL 17 times, holding the record for most times hosting the show, and is known for roles in The Godfather and Scarface.
Who is Al Pacino?
The desert planet where the story of Dune takes place.
What is Arrakis?
This English soccer club is known as "The Red Devils" and has won 20 Premier League titles.
What is Manchester United?
This historic hotel in downtown Tucson, built in 1919, is rumored to be haunted and was once visited by John Dillinger.
What is the Hotel Congress?)
In this disease, there is progressive degeneration of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles, leading to muscle weakness and atrophy.
What is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)?
Kim Kardashian famously married this NBA player in 2011, but their marriage lasted only 72 days.
Who is Kris Humphries?
This popular romance by Colleen Hoover tells the intense and dramatic story of Lily Bloom and Ryle Kincaid, two people dealing with love, loss, and personal struggle.
What is It Ends with Us?
This "Great One" is widely regarded as the greatest hockey player of all time.
Who is Wayne Gretzky?
The Wildcats baseball team plays their home games at this stadium, located off-campus.
What is Hi Corbett Field?
The human brain is particularly large in relation to body size, a feature known as this.
What is encephalization quotient (EQ)?
"Alright, alright, alright" is one of McConaughey’s most famous quotes, first uttered in this 1993 film.
What is Dazed and Confused?
Shutter Island takes place in a mental institution located on a remote island off the coast of this U.S. state.
What is Massachusetts?
This legendary coach led the Green Bay Packers to victories in the first two Super Bowls and is considered one of the best in NFL history.
Who is Vince Lombardi?
The first college of the University of Arizona, established in 1885.
What is the College of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Science.