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Linda Brown, who as a young student was at the center of this landmark 1954 court case, died in Topeka at 75 |
Brown v. Board of Education
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The body's largest joint, it's susceptible to injury such as a torn meniscus |
the knee
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Herrick: "Gather ye ____ while ye may, old time is still a-flying" |
rosebuds
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It's 17 letters long, but it means fear of the number 13 |
triskaidekaphobia
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The Norway species of this furry, stubby-tailed little rodent is famous for Arctic mass migrations |
(Brad: What's a rat?)
a lemming
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This dance that shares its name with a Southern city was popularized by a 1923 Broadway show |
the Charleston
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He became a prominent neurologist in England, but he's best remembered for breaking the 4-minute mile |
(Roger) Bannister
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Highly oxygenated blood is carried away from the heart by this largest artery |
the aorta
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Abel Meeropol: "Southern trees bear a strange ____, blood on the leaves and blood at the root" |
fruit
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I get to say "aspirin"; you get to say this "acid", its other name |
(Pam: What is salicylic?) (Alex Trebek: No.) (Pam: Acid?)
acetylsalicylic acid
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NASA's Themis project is dedicated to studying this display in the Arctic caused by charged particles in the magnetosphere |
the aurora borealis
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This dance calls for a line, as seen here |
the conga
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The book closed on this bestselling author in his trademark white suit, who died at 88 |
(Tom) Wolfe
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The dura mater is the outermost of these layers of protective membranes that surround the brain & the spinal cord |
meninges
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Kipling: "We were promised abundance for all, by robbing selected Peter to pay for collective ____" |
Paul
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Smithsonian magazine called sleight-of-hand artist Ricky Jay "a leading scholar of" this "and illusion" |
prestidigitation
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On a seal it forms a 3-4" thick layer & the Inuit make lollipops for children from it |
blubber
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In the 1890s a woman known as la goulue was said to be Paris' best at this dance dance |
the can-can
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Friends & fans mourned the loss of this fashion designer in June; she was only 55 |
(Kate) Spade
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Lying beneath the trapezius muscles, these muscles of the shoulder look like an oblique parallelogram, hence the name |
(Alex Jacob: What are deltoids?)
the rhomboids
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Eliot: "I will show you fear in a handful of ____" |
in a handful of dust
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On May 23, 1618 3 guys were tossed out of a castle's windows in what is known as this, sparking a Bohemian revolt |
the defenestration of Prague
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Going from Norway to Alaska, this Scandinavian completed the first trip through the Northwest Passage in 1906 |
[The time's-up signal sounds.] (Alex Jacob: [Overlapping] Who is [*]?) (Alex Trebek: Oh, the right response but a tad too late, Alex.)
Amundsen
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Bruno noted the "replacement hip action" of a "Dancing With the Stars" competitor in this dance dance dance |
the cha-cha-cha
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Famous for his iconic Love series, this pop artist who took his last name from his home state died at 89 |
(Robert) Indiana
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This bone serves as an anchor for the tongue & does not directly articulate with any other bone |
the hyoid
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Carroll: "Beware the jubjub bird, and shun the frumious ____!" |
(Brad: [Sighs] Crap.) ... (Pam: [After successfully rebounding] While that was a mouthful, let's go back to THAT'S A MOUTHFUL!)
bandersnatch
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Horace's phrase for "words a foot & a half long" gives us this adjective meaning "given to using long words" |
sesquipedalian
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The largest on the Arctic Ocean, this Russian city was a base for the British, French & U.S. forces against the Bolsheviks |
(Brad: What is Archangel?) (Pam: What is Vladivostok?)
Murmansk
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"La Bayadere" has 40 arabesques in the entrance for this group, a 3-word French term for a dance troupe's non-soloists |
the corps de ballet
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