THAT'S LIT
THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
ALSO A COMPUTING TERM
US LAKES AND RIVERS
BLACK EMMY WINNERS
100

Buck is the central character in this London work.

What is "The Call of the Wild"?

100

Shaped like a butterfly, this endocrine gland is below the Adam's Apple.

What is the thyroid?

100

Oreos are the best-selling type of this baked treat, that is also a computing term.

What is cookie?

100

As you can gather from its name, Lake Texoma is shared by these 2 states.

What is Texas and Oklahoma?
100

Shortly after appearing in Girl's Trip, she won an Emmy for guest starring on Saturday Night Live.

Who is Tiffany Haddish?

200

Ezra Jack Keats wrote this children's book, the first to featuring an African-American protagonist to win a major award.

What is "The Snowy Day"?

200

Epinephrine, a "flight or fight" hormone, is secreted by these glands that sit atop the kidneys.

What are adrenals?

200

An invitation to return for a second audition or interview is also a computing term.

What is callback?

200

This large Louisiana lake is named for Louis XIV's marine minister?

What is Lake Pontchartrain?

200

Winning in 2015 for "How To Get Away With Murder," this actress highlighted the plight of actress of color her acceptance speech.

Who is Viola Davis?

300

"Fledgling" is an genre bending example of vampire lore and science-fiction by this author.

Who is Octavia Butler?

300

From the Greek for 'under chamber,' this gland links the endocrine system to the nervous system.

What is hypothalamus?

300

A group of students regularly meeting to study the same subject(s).

What is class?

300

Until 1900 when engineers reversed the flow, this river flowed into Lake Michigan.

What is the Chicago River?

300

Ayo Edebiri took Best Supporting Actress in 2024 for her role on this hit Hulu show.

What is The Bear?

400

Filled with #blackgirlmagic, B.B. Alston's debut is this book about a girl trying to find her brother.

What is "Amari and the Night Brothers"?

400

The pineal gland secretes this hormone, which synchronizes sleep-wake cycles.

What is melatonin?

400

An alternative term for a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote.

What is closure?

400

In 1819 the Independence became the first steamboat used on this river 

What is the Missouri River?

400
Isabel Sanford won in 1981 for her role as Weezy on this groundbreaking sitcom.

What is The Jeffersons?

500

"Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" earned a 1923 Pulitzer Prize for this poet.

Who is Edna Saint Vincent Millay?

500

Gigantism is caused by the production of too much HGH by this gland.

What is the pituitary gland?

500

A person's point of view or general attitude to life.

What is outlook?

500

Straddling California and Nevada, this is the largest alpine lake in North America.

What is Lake Tahoe?

500

This actress won three times, including two for her role in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

Who is Cicely Tyson?