LET'S TALK INTERNAL ORGANS
TRANSPORTATION
TV SHOW OPENING NARRATIONS
UNITS OF MEASURE
GO WEST
200
'Unlike most veins, the pulmonary ones carry oxygenated blood from these organs to the heart'
the lungs
200
'These transports, first sent up in 1981, lift off like a rocket & land like a plane'
space shuttles
200
'"On Nov. 13th, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife..."'
The Odd Couple
200
'The energy content of food is measured in these well-watched units'
calories
200
'In 1784 John Filson wrote an exciting bio of this pioneer to get people interested in buying land out west in Kentucky'
Daniel Boone
400
'Early experiments on dogs showed that when this organ was removed diabetes occurred'
the pancreas
400
'These have largely replaced dogsleds as the Eskimos' main mode of winter transportation'
snowmobiles
400
'"Once upon a time there were three little girls who went to the police academy..."'
Charlie\'s Angels
400
'Someone has to give you 63,360 of these for you to "take a mile"'
inches
400
'This wanderer in the West spread the word on Swedenborgism, as well as his famous fruit trees'
Johnny Appleseed
600
'A dialyzer is an artificial one'
kidney
600
'In Edward Lear's poem, "The Owl and the Pussycat" head to sea in this colorful transport'
a pea-green boat
600
'"In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires..."'
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
600
'These units that measure the intensity of sound increase logarithmically'
decibels
600
'Stage robber Black Bart, known for leaving these behind at the scene of the crime, only really did it twice'
little poems
800
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Portland, Maine) Real lobster lovers will look right in here to find the tamale, this green organ'
the liver
800
'These trains were introduced in October 1964 to celebrate the first Olympic Games held in Asia'
bullet trains
800
'"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man..."'
The Twilight Zone
800
'The scale on the bottom of a sextant is in these units'
degrees
800
'By 1845 the price of these pelts had dropped from a $6 high to $1; silk replaced it for men's hats'
beaver pelts
1000
'In the fetus, this organ produces red blood cells; in adults, it focuses on destroying worn-out ones'
the spleen
1000
'Suspended from an overhead wire, it transports passengers up steep hills or across valleys'
cable car
1000
'"Name: Richard Kimble. Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Destination: Death Row..."'
The Fugitive
1000
'1/12 of the starry night; the main may be in the 7th one'
house
1000
'One of the reasons Jefferson sent Lewis & Clark out was to see if this Northwestern river connected to the Missouri'
the Columbia