Physiology to Anatomy
Foreign Language Cognates
Aircraft in Pop Culture
Historical Plot Twists
Strange Sports
100
Pumps blood throughout the body.
Heart
100
Familia
(Spanish)
Family
100
In Independence Day, these planes are sent to try to destroy the aliens for the first time.
B-2 Stealth Bomber
100
In 1492, Columbus meant to find a route to Asia, but instead found...
The Americas
100
This Japanese fighting sport has to have its ring hand crafted with clay shaped with boards.
Sumo
200
This organ's function consists of countless neuron impulses.
Brain
200
Computadora
(Spanish)
Computer
200
A Bell 47 helicopter would appear in the opening credits of every episode of this TV show.
M*A*S*H
200
Gavrilo Princip tried and failed to assassinate his target. He gave up. By chance, his target drove up right next to him and parked his car.
Who was the target?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
200
This urban running sport was invented in France.
Parkour
300
Filters waste from the blood and produces urine.
Kidneys
300
Sekund
(Swedish)
Second
300
In Top Gun: Maverick, they are trying to create a plane that reaches mach 10. What is mach 10?
Ten times the speed of sound.
300
When Japan planned their sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, why did they attack on Sunday morning?
They knew most of the sailors would be at religious services and not at their stations.
300
This sport involves using brooms to sweep ice so that a stone glides to a target.
Curling
400
This organ is over 20 feet long.
Small Intestine
400
Musee
(French)
Museum
400
In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, what odd aircraft from the 1930s do the main characters take to escape Berlin?
Zeppelin
400
The printing press was intended to preserve religious texts and further the reach of the Catholic church, but it ended up leading to the...
Protestant Reformation
400
This elementary PE game was a popular sport at the Olympics from 1900 to 1920.
Tug of War
500
Secretes insulin and glucagon
Pancreas
500
Buch
(German)
Book
500
In Air Force One, Harrison Ford plays the US president on his personal plane. What is the model plane is Air Force One?
Boeing 747
500
Emperors in Europe were traditionally crowned by the Pope. Napoleon shocked Europe when he was crowned by...
Himself
500
This extremely dangerous sport occurs yearly in Spain.
Running of the Bulls
600
We're not 100% sure what this organ does, but it probably has something to do with storing bacteria in the digestive system.
Appendix
600
Plantage
(Dutch)
Plantation/Farm
600
In Catch Me if you Can, the main character defrauds an airline by pretending to be a pilot.
What is the name of this old, defunct airline?
Pan Am
600
In 1519, Hernan Cortez led a small army to conquer the Aztec Empire. He should have lost, but he was unexpectedly helped by...
Smallpox
600
Many colleges have teams of players that run around with a stick between their legs while trying to throw a ball through three hoops. There are three types of balls in this game.
Quidditch
700
Filters old red blood cells by working with the lymphatic system.
Spleen
700
PoliĊ£ie
(Romanian)
Police
700
In WW2, a group of pilots were known as the Red Tails. They have a movie of the same name. Who were they?
African American Pilots who protected bombers and never lost a single bomber they protected.
700
During the California gold rush, many people flocked to the new land to become rich from gold.
However, who ended up actually becoming extremely wealthy from this event?
Merchants that sold pickaxes, shovels, equipment, etc.
700
Near Gloucester, England competitors roll an object down a hill in order to beat the other teams.
What do they roll down the hill?
Cheese Wheel