Need For Speed
The Human Body
Rhyming & Cooking
Stranger Than Fiction
Music Genres
100

With a stooping or diving speed up to 186 mph, the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird, and like all birds has a nictitating membrane, which is also called this nudge, nudge, wink, wink! ).  

What is "eyelid"?

100

The human body, our ship, has around 100,000 miles of this.

What is "blood vessels"?

100

Labor Day: Cooking food quickly in a small amount of oil or fat over relatively high heat, usually in a shallow pan.

What is "Sauté"?

100

People used a professional "knocker-up or knocker-upper" who woke them up for work because this sound device was neither cheap nor reliable.


What is "alarm clock"?

100

This genre, known for its electronic sounds and repetitive beats, was pioneered by bands like Kraftwerk and became influential in dance music in the 70s.

What is "Disco"?

200

This travels approximately 670,616,629 miles per hour, the fastest speed possible in the universe; ( but you have to come to it ).

What is "light"?

200

Babies are born with 300 of these, but adults have only 206; at least it wouldn't be drenched.

What is "bones"?

200

Light Dimmer: Cooking food gently in liquid just below the boiling point, with small bubbles forming slowly.

What is "simmer"?

200

This was built for the 1889 World's Fair and scheduled for demolition after - as the Scottish say: a wee bit-wee bit - 20 years. However it remains standing today, a major tourist stop for people from around the globe. 

What is "The Eiffel Tower"?

200

Associated with jazz music, this is characterized by rhythm that creates a bouncy, propulsive groove and was played in the 30s-40s by big bands ( baseball player do it before striking out ).

What is "Swing"?

300

This is the fastest planet in the Solar System, completes a full orbit of the Sun every 87 days and 21 hours at an average speed of 107,029 miles per hour (What's the temperature?).

What is "Mercury?

300

This organ can fix itself through regeneration, cause it wants to live it up.

What is "liver"?

300

Purple Haze: Cooking food slowly in a small amount of liquid in a covered pot, often after browning it, to tenderize tougher cuts.

What is "Braise"?

300

A plague between July 1518 to September 1518,1518 was a case of mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace ( modern-day France ) that caused some people to die by performing this physical activity, just don't step on my toes.

What is "dancing?

300

1930s singer and guitarist Robert Johnson, who has influenced many later colorful musicians and recording artists from various genres, is known as the "Father of the Delta . . . ." this.


What is "Blues"?

400

This is the fastest flying insect, reaching up to 35 mph; so fast it could go drag racing.

What is "dragonfly"?

400

Found your stomach, this gastric element is not only strong enough to melt metal, but is also another name for psychedelic rock music 

What is "acid"? 

400

Stagecoach: Cooking food gently in liquid at a low temperature, below simmering, often used for eggs or delicate items.


What is "poach"?

400

Mums the word: Powders made from these were consumed for medicinal purposes in Europe from the Middle Ages through the Victorian era, as they were believed to possess magical healing powers.

What are "mummies"?

400

This music in the United States became a staple of American music in the 1940s, blending folk, blues, and gospel.

What is "Country"?

500

This animal has a mutation that protects against snake venom and uses their quickness and agility to kill venomous snakes like the king cobra and the black mamba; but remember: it doesn't lay golden eggs.

What is "mongoose"?

500

Much like fingerprints, this part of the body has a unique print and is one of the five senses.  

What is "tongue"?  


500

Land Buy: Cooking food in a moderate amount of oil or fat in a pan, allowing the food to brown on one side before flipping.

What is "pan fry"?


500

In Boston, Massachusetts in 1919, a massive tank holding 2.3 million gallons of this sticky yet tasty substance burst, creating a 25-foot-high wave that killed 21 people and injured 150, and destroyed buildings and left streets sticky for months.



What is "molasses"?

500

Emerging in the early 1960s, the new genre of music called "Rock" was this type of invasion of the United States and is associated with bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

What is “British"?