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THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE BODY CONSISTS OF THE SPINAL CORD & THIS ORGAN

WHAT IS THE BRAIN?

100

ON AUGUST 10, 1966 NASA LAUNCHED A PROBE TO TAKE HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOS OF LANDING SITES HERE

WHAT IS THE MOON?

100

THIS AUSTRIAN PHYSICIST'S NAME IS NOW SYNONYMOUS WITH A MEASUREMENT OF THE SPEED OF SOUND

WHO IS ERNST MACH?

100

HIS BEST-KNOWN COMPOSITIONS INCLUDE "HERE COMES THE SUN" & "TAXMAN"

WHO IS GEORGE HARRISON?

100

T.D. IS THE MASCOT OF THIS FLORIDA PRO FOOTBALL TEAM

WHAT ARE THE MIAMI DOLPHINS?

200

THESE TEETH ARE NAMED FOR THEIR RESEMBLANCE TO A DOG'S SHARP TEETH

WHAT ARE CANINES?

200

A HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT AT THIS U.S. LANDMARK OPENED IN 1881

WHAT IS NIAGARA FALLS?

200

THIS SNUG-FITTING ONE-PIECE GARMENT USED BY DANCERS WAS INVENTED BY & NAMED FOR A FRENCH AERIALIST

WHAT IS A LEOTARD?

200

HE RECEIVED THE 1953 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR ORGANIZING THE EUROPEAN RECOVERY PLAN

WHO IS GEORGE MARSHALL?

200

BONNIE ERICKSON HELPED CREATE MISS PIGGY AS WELL AS THIS GREEN-FEATHERED PHILLY MASCOT

WHO IS THE PHANATIC?

300

THE SYSTEM INSIDE THESE ORGANS IS COMMONLY CALLED THE "BRONCHIAL TREE"

WHAT ARE THE LUNGS?

300

THIS VIDEO-SHARING WEBSITE FOUNDED IN 2005 WAS BANNED IN THAILAND, TURKEY, PAKISTAN & IRAN

WHAT IS YOUTUBE?
300

THIS DISEASE'S NAME IS FROM THE ITALIAN FOR "BAD AIR"; IT WAS FIRST THOUGHT TO BE CAUSED BY FOUL SWAMP AIR, NOT MOSQUITOS

WHAT IS MALARIA?

300

IN 1876 MARY ANN EVANS USED THIS MASCULINE PEN NAME FOR "DANIEL DERONDA"

WHO IS GEORGE ELIOT?

300

BERNIE THE ST. BERNARD REPLACED HOWLER THE YETI AS MASCOT OF THIS DENVER HOCKEY TEAM

WHAT ARE THE COLORADO AVALANCHE?

400

THIS IS THE MEDICAL NAME FOR THE THIGHBONE, THE LONGEST BONE IN THE BODY

WHAT IS THE FEMUR?

400

THE NAME OF THIS DEVICE WAS REPORTEDLY INSPIRED BY A LINE FROM "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY"

WHAT IS THE iPOD?

400

USED TO FORETELL THE FUTURE, THIS GAME'S NAME IS DERIVED FROM THE FRENCH & GERMAN WORDS FOR "YES"

WHAT IS THE OUIJA BOARD?

400

HIS "SEVEN WORDS YOU CAN'T SAY ON TV" WILL NOT BE FEATURED ON "JEOPARDY!"

WHO IS GEORGE CARLIN?

400

WALLY THE GREEN MONSTER REPRESENTS THIS EAST COAST BASEBALL TEAM

WHAT ARE THE BOSTON RED SOX?

500

THE STAPES, THE SMALLEST BONE IN THE BODY, IS LOCATED IN THIS ORGAN

WHAT IS THE EAR?

500

SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO CALL THIS DEVICE RANGED FROM FARSCOPE TO TELEBAIRD

WHAT IS THE TELEVISION?

500

FIRST LAUNCED ON OCTOBER 4, 1957, ITS NAME IS RUSSIAN FOR "FELLOW TRAVELLER"

WHAT IS SPUTNIK?

500

IN 1919 THIS "PORGY & BESS"COMPOSER WROTE HIS FIRST SUCCESSFUL POPULAR SONG: "SWANEE"

WHO IS GEORGE GERSHWIN?

500

IT'S SUSPECTED THAT WILD WING, THIS TEAM'S MASCOT, IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF DONALD DUCK

WHAT ARE THE MIGHTY DUCKS?