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100

What is the name of the pigment responsible for giving skin and hair color?

Melanin

100

What modern US state did the Pilgruns land in to establish their colony?

Massachusetts

100

What invention, it allowed doctors to listen to heart and lung sounds without placing their ear directly on the patient's chest?

Stethoscope

100

What is the name of the red, jellied side dish often served at Thanksgiving feasts?

Cranberry Sauce

100

What is the element symbol for Thallium?

Tl

200

How many chambers does the heart have?

4 Chambers

200

Who was the Native American who acted as a quide for the Pilgrims?

Squanto

200

The general meaning of "corpus" is best described which word?

Body
200

What is the name of the famous parade-- sponsored by a department store-- that features giant balloons and is held in NYC?

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

200

What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?

Magma

300

What internal organ stores bile

The gallbladder

300

What year is the "first thanksgiving" believed to have taken place in?

1621

300

What is the term for an abnormally low white blood cell count?

Leukopenia

300

What president started the tradition of pardoning a turkey officially?

George H.W. Bush

300

What does a Geiger counter measure?

Radiation

400

How many square feet is the average adult human’s skin?

19 feet

400

What was the name of the Wampanoag leader that forged the alliance with the Pilgrims, and attended the first Thanksgiving?

Massasoit

400

What does the term "mastectomy" refer to?

The surgical removal of breast tissue

400

The Monday after Thanksgiving is what unofficial shopping holiday

Cyber Monday

400

What is the splitting of atomic nuclei called

Fission

500

What part of the brain is responsible for regulating basic bodily functions like heartbeat and breathing

Medulla Oblongata

500

What US president officially moved Thanksgiving to the 4th Thursday, in November in 1941?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

500

What is the root word for Female Reproductive organs

GYN

500

Which two NFL teams have played a game on Thanksgiving Day since 1966

Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys

500

What is it called when a solid changes directly into a gas?

Sublimation