P___TION
CLASSIC CARTOON CHARACTERS
A LITTLE LATIN
MEDICAL WORD ORIGINS
TOP "TEN"
400
A drink or brew said to have medicinal or magical powers, perhaps to induce love
What is a potion?
400
This character's "Th-Th-Th-Th-That's All, Folks" is at the end of many Warner Bros. cartoons
Who is Porky Pig?
400
Rene Descartes made famous the phrase "Cogito ergo sum", which means this
What is I think therefore I am?
400
A surgical knife, its name comes from scalpere, meaning "to scratch"
What is a scalpel?
400
Squid have 8 arms & 2 of these longer limbs
What are tentacles?
800
A state of damnation or ruin; hope you won't find yourself on the "road to" it
What is perdition?
800
He "will sleep til noon but before it's dark he'll have every picnic basket that's in Jellystone Park"
Who is Yogi Bear?
800
Meaning "always faithful", it's the motto of the Marine Corps
What is semper fidelis?
800
The name of this pregnancy specialist comes from obstare, meaning "to stand before"
What is an obstetrician?
800
Once a teacher is granted this, it's hard to dismiss him
What is tenure?
1200
It's a fancy way of saying coloration, as of the skin
What is pigmentation?
1200
Jay Ward & Bill Scott created this moose & squirrel
Who are Rocky and Bullwinkle?
1200
If you're not of sound mind, you're this 3-word phrase, literally
What is non compos mentis?
1200
This term for a band of tissue that connects muscle & bone comes from a word meaning "to stretch"
What is a tendon?
1200
During the '90s Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti & Jose Carreras performed together as "The Three" these
What are Tenors?
1600
In Shinto, dolls called katashiro take on transgressions of a person & are set adrift in this type of spiritual cleansing rite
What is purification?
1600
This cartoon character from Bedrock is a large purple-ish pet snorkasaurus
Who is Dino?
1600
"In wine there is truth" or so says this phrase
What is in vino veritas?
1600
This name for the thighbone is Latin for "thigh"
What is femur?
1600
Papaya contains an enzyme that breaks down connective tissue, so it is often used as one of these for meat
What is a tenderizer?
2000
A formally drawn request, like the kind you sign to get an initiative on a ballot
What is a petition?
2000
Don Adams of "Get Smart" voiced this cartoon penguin
Who is Tennessee Tuxedo?
2000
When he crossed the Rubicon, Julius Caesar supposedly said, "Iacta alea est", which translates to this
What is the die is cast?
2000
The name of this disease also called lockjaw comes from a Greek word meaning "spasm"
What is tetanus?
2000
It's the slender part of a vine that often wraps around another plant
What is a tendril?