ANATOMY
This largest organ of the human body is also the most visible.
What is the skin?
A book called "Homegrown Terror" chronicles this patriot-turned-traitor & the burning of New London
Who is Benedict Arnold?
This muscle (brachii) is a call to arms
What are biceps?
Her citation mentioned "work in bringing help to suffering humanity" in Calcutta
Who is Mother Teresa?
In prayer this phrase traditionally follows "Hail Mary"
What is full of grace?
This organ filters blood, regulates electrolytes, and produces urine.
What is the kidney?
Born in New Haven in 1752, this inventor and clockmaker developed one of the first mass-production methods in American manufacturing.
Who is Eli Whitney?
It means fake or not genuine; it's totally this 5-letter word, dude!
What is bogus?
2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo spent 2 years in prison for taking part in the 1989 student protests here
What is Tiananmen Square?
It's what you "hate to" do if you can't linger after a meal
What is eat and run?
Located deep in the brain, this almond-shaped structure is crucial for processing fear and other emotions.
What is the amygdala? Easy question! (We did this for final jeopardy. Just making sure you are not asleep)
This author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, born in Litchfield in 1811, helped fuel the abolitionist movement.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Early portraits of this Roman god show him as handsome, but later ones have him old, fat & drunk
Who is Bacchus?
This U.S. president won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This three-word phrase often ends fairy tales and suggests everything turned out perfectly in the end.
What is Happily ever after?
Humans have 7 superior or true pairs of these bones & 5 pairs of inferior or false ones
what are ribs
Before he ran off & ran the circus, he published a Danbury newspaper & was arrested for libel
Who is Barnum?
Daily Double. How much would you like to wager?
This inflammation of the air passages in the lungs causes an increase of mucus production
This South African leader shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. de Klerk for ending apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This three-word phrase was the battle cry of the French Revolution, representing liberty, unity, and human rights.
What is Liberty, Equality, Fraternity?
The point called the funny bone is a sensitive spot on the pathway beginning in the spine, going through your shoulder, down your arm, to your ring & pinkie fingers, known as this nerve
What is the Ulnar nerve?
This Yale grad put out "An American Dictionary of the English Language" in 1828, when he was 70
Who is (Noah) Webster?
It's the study of motions of projectiles such as bullets
What is ballistics?
In 1976, Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams shared the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in this conflict-ridden region.
What is Northern Ireland?
In a 1988 political speech, they came before "No new taxes"
What is read my lips?