Sleep
This hormone produced by the brain helps regulate the sleep-wake cycle.
What is melatonin?
This Stephen King debut novel follows a bullied high school student whose powers emerge on prom night.
What is Carrie?
At the time, this American civil rights leader became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1964.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Portugal shares its only land border with this country.
What is Spain?
The teddy bear takes its name from this U.S. president, who reportedly refused to shoot a bear cub during a hunting trip.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This disorder causes people to briefly stop breathing during sleep.
What is sleep apnea?
This novel warns that sometimes bringing something back that has died isn't worth the cost.
What is Pet Sematary?
The Nobel Prize-winning novel The Old Man and the Sea helped secure the Literature Prize for this American author.
Who is Ernest Hemmingway?
This tiny European nation borders only Italy and contains St. Peter's Basilica.
What is Vatican City?
This French military engineer gave his name to a scale used to measure diamonds and other gemstones.
Who is Louis de Carat?
This internal biological clock operates on a roughly 24-hour cycle.
What is circadian rhythm?
Part of this novel follows seven childhood friends who reunite decades later to confront Pennywise the Dancing Clown, a terror they thought was gone.
What is IT?
This scientist is the only person to win two Nobel prizes in two separate categories. In this case, physics and chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
These two countries share the longest international border in the world.
What are the United States and Canada?
The Americas are named after this Italian explorer, not Christopher Columbus.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
This disorder causes excessive daytime sleepiness and can sometimes trigger sudden episodes of muscle weakness.
What is narcolepsy?
This novel's title is the name of a seemingly possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury.
What is Christine?
She was 17 years old when she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her advocacy of children's rights and girls' access to education.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
This South American country borders every other mainland South American nation except Chile and Ecuador.
What is Brazil?
A severe neurological disorder once called "shaking palsy" now bears the name of this English physician.
Who is James Parkinson?
This term describes a person's natural tendency to be most alert at certain times of day, often labeled as "morning larks" or "night owls."
What is a chronotype?
This fictional Maine town is the recurring setting for many Stephen King stories.
What is Derry?
In 2016, this singer-songwriter became the first musician awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Bob Dylan?
The only two countries that border this Southeast Asian nation are Thailand and Vietnam. Also, the Dead Kennedys sing about taking a holiday to there.
What is Cambodia?
This Belgian instrument maker's surname became synonymous with a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. Charlie Parker would be grateful.
Who is Adolphe Sax?