Old Calendars

Question 1

Never Been Higher:

The furthest humans have ever been from Earth is 248,655 miles, when this ill-fated craft rounded the moon in 1970

Answer 1

What is Apollo 13?

Question 2

Never Been Higher:

In 2005 former Mumbai sheriff Vijaypat Singhania reached 68,986 feet in one of these

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What is a (hot air) balloon?

Question 3

World Holidays and Observances:

At midnight on New Year’s Eve, Spaniards eat one of these vine fruits with each chime of a clock bell

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What is a grape? (Acceptable: raisin)

Question 4

The Big Blank Theory:

Big ______ : London attraction since 1859

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What is Ben?

Question 5

Candles:

A glass chimney protecting a candle is usually called this stormy type of lamp

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What is a hurricane lamp?

Question 6

Candles:

This petroleum-based wax was introduced in candlemaking in the 1850s and is still used today

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What is paraffin?

Question 7

Singers:

This Australian hip-hopper used the pet name / street name system to come up with her rap name

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Who is Iggy Azlea?

Question 8

Rocks and Minerals:

The luminescent effect that some minerals show is named for this, for the mineral Fluorite

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What is fluorescence?

Question 9

Rocks and Minerals:

Statuario is a slightly translucent type of this used in fine statuary

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What is marble?

Question 10

Rocks and Minerals:

A shade of gray is named for this rock originally used in blackboards

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What is slate?

Question 11

How do you…?:

Use a grip with the fingertips digging into the ball and try to push it to the catcher with no spin

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What is throw a knuckleball?

Question 12

How do you…?:

Cut blocks of hard snow, place them in a circle and add blocks on top of them to form a dome

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What is build an igloo?

Question 13

How do you…?:

Mix gelatin, kool-aid, sugar and water; place in a mold and freeze but don’t forget the stick

Answer 13

What is make a popsicle?

Question 14

Biology:

Though jellyfish are spineless, they form a hydrostatic one of these structures when they take in water

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What is a skeleton? (Acceptable: endoskeleton)

Question 15

Santa’s Reindeer Games:

“Foxy” name for an ill-tempered woman

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What is Vixen?

Question 16

Santa’s Reindeer Games:

Profession of Derek Hough and Misty Copeland

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What is Dancer?

Question 17

Santa’s Reindeer Games:

Kohoutek or Shoemaker - Levy 9

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What is Comet?

Question 18

Word Origins:

This metal more valuable than gold has a name that mean “little silver” due to its appearance

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What is platinum?

Question 19

Word Origins:

This term for an amateur photographer comes from the device that opens and closes the aperture of a lens

Answer 19

What is a shutterbug?

Question 20

Word Origins:

The name of this form of therapeutic massage using the thumbs and palms is Japanese for “finger pressure”

Answer 20

What is shiatsu?

Question 21

Let’s Exercise:

Here’s your “K” ration for today: This is the study of mechanics and anatomy of movement

Answer 21

What is kinesiology?

Question 22

A Game of Idioms:

“Step up to the plate” evokes this game

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What is baseball?

Question 23

A Game of Idioms:

“Saved by the bell” is from this sport

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What is boxing?

Question 24

A Game of Idioms:

Analysts use the term “down to the wire” to describe this sport

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What is horse racing?

Question 25

Four-Letter Words: | Be smart and do this "while you are ahead"

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What is quit? (Acceptable: stop)

Question 26

Four-Letter Words: | Dating from the 1500s when it was spelled with 5 letters, "there is no" this "like and old" this

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What is fool?

Question 27

Four-Letter Words: | From Shakespeare, one of these "by any other name would smell as sweet"

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What is a rose?

Question 28

Australia: | This 1,142-foot landmark was sighted in 1872 by explorer Ernest Giles

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What is Ayers Rock? (Acceptable: Uluru)

Question 29

A Christmas Songbook: | "Strike the harp and join the chorus, fa la la la la la la la la"

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What is "Deck the Halls"?

Question 30

A Christmas Songbook: | "He sees you when you're sleeping, He knows when you're awake"

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What is "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"?

Question 31

A Christmas Songbook: | "Good tidings we bring to you and your kin"

Answer 31

What is "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"?

Question 32

Never Been Higher: | In 1975 Junko Tabei because the first woman to reach its summit

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What is Mount Everest?

Question 33

Gems: | For its resemblance to a golden-orange gem, citrine is sometimes called false this

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What is topaz?

Question 34

Stock Symbols: | You might do some healthy shopping here, WFM

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What is Whole Foods Market Inc.?

Question 35

Chick Lit: | A giant's hen lays golden eggs in many versions of this story

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What is "Jack and the Beanstalk"?

Question 36

Science Mysteries: | In the not fully understood Mpema Effect, hot water sometimes does this faster than cold

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What is freezes?

Question 37

Science Mysteries: | Maybe they're there to heighten our sense of touch, but no one is really sure why we have these aka dactylograms

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What are fingerprints?

Question 38

Science Mysteries: | Newton thought light was a particle; Huygens said it's this; scientists are still debating

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What is a wave?

Question 39

Famous Americans: | In 1982, 72 years after his death, he became the first person inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians

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Who is Mark Twain? (Acceptable: Samuel Clemens)

Question 40

Money Talks: | Traditionally, to put in this amount is to give your opinion on an issue

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What is two cents?

Question 41

Money Talks: | If your money is doing this combusting act in your pocket, it means you're eager to spend it

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What is burning a hole?

Question 42

Money Talks: | Giving funds to be part of an organization or struggling through challenges to earn your position

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What is paying (your) dues?

Question 43

City-Titled Movies: | In this film Ingrid Bergman asks Humphrey Bogart, "Was that cannon fire, or is it my heart pounding?"

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What is Casablanca?

Question 44

City-Titled Movies: | Frances McDormand wore a fake tummy filled with birdseed to make her appear pregnant in this film

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What is Fargo?

Question 45

City-Titled Movies: | Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron danced to Gershwin in this 1951 Best Picture Oscar winner

Answer 45

What is an American in Paris?

Question 46

The 1800s: | This agency was founded in 1865 to suppress counterfeit currency

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What is the Secret Service?

Question 47

Where is it?: | Van Gogh's Irises: In this Los Angeles museum

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What is the Getty?

Question 48

Where is it?: | Volvo Automobile World Headquarters: In this country

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What is Sweden?

Question 49

Where is it?: | Monument Park: In this stadium

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What is Yankee Stadium?

Question 50

The Thanksgiving Meal: | The National Turkey Federation says your roasted turkey should be 180 degrees in the thigh or 170 in this part

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What is breast?

Question 51

The Thanksgiving Meal: | Whether fresh or sliding out of a can, these bog fruits are often served at Thanksgiving

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What are cranberries?

Question 52

The Thanksgiving Meal: | This gourd is often used to make Thanksgiving pies is rich in vitamin A

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What is pumpkin?

Question 53

Physical Science: | The exosphere, the edge of the atmosphere, is primarily made of particles of these two lightest elements

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What are Hydrogen and Helium?

Question 54

Stars of Business: | Naturally, this tuna brand dots the "i" in its name with a star

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What is Starkist?

Question 55

Stars of Business: | This brand of Italian sparkling mineral water has a red star on its label as well as a red star on its blue cap

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What is (San or S.) Pellegrino?

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Stars of Business: | In 1909 this company began using a logo with a green "t" superimposed on a red star

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What is Texaco?

Question 57

Candles: | According to the National Candle Association, about 35 percent of all candles sales occur during this holiday season

Answer 57

What is Christmas?

Question 58

The Winners: | It was the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture

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What is The Godfather Part II?

Question 59

The Winners: | With 23 golds, he's the winningest olympic medalist in history

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Who is Michael Phelps?

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The Winners: | This team was the winner of the first Super Bowl

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Who are the Green Bay Packers?

Question 61

Prize-Winning Authors: | This women is truly "Beloved," winning a Pulitzer in 1988 and a Nobel in 1993

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Who is Toni Morrison?

Question 62

Bartending Glossary: | This bartending tool looks like a little baseball bat and is used to crush fruit and herbs

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What is a muddler? (Acceptable: muddling stick, pestle)

Question 63

I Think I Love You: | In mythology, she pined away for Narcissus until nothing was left but her voice

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Who is Echo?

Question 64

I Think I Love You: | In "The Rave" by Edgar Allan Poe, she's the young woman the poet will see "Nevermore"

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Who is Lenore?

Question 65

I Think I Love You: | This Tolstoy Character is one Aleksei's lover and another Aleksei's wife

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Who is Anna Karenina?

Question 66

Climate Talk: | The length of the day affects a region's climate; at this latitude, days are always a nice, even 12 hours

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What is the equator? (Acceptable: Zero degrees latitude)

Question 67

Stock Symbols: | This company went public in 2012 as FB

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What is Facebook?

Question 68

Around the World: | The Bridge of the Americas crosses this feature at the city of Balboa

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What is the Panama Canal?

Question 69

Before and After: | An "Enthusiasm" challenged TV actor/writer is pretty, pretty, pretty good as a Dickens title guy

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Who is Larry David Copperfield?

Question 70

Gems: | Dive, Mate! The waters of Australia are rich in the White South Sea variety of these gems

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What are pearls?

Question 71

Stock Symbols: | Kids and adults like to create their own stuffed animals at this retailer, symbol BBW

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What is Build-a-Bear (Workshop)?

Question 72

Weather: Spanish for "Little Girl," it brings wetter, cooler conditions to the Pacific Northwest and drier conditions to the South

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What is La Nina?

Question 73

Weather: | In this index, 11+ means extreme exposure and you should avoid the sun between the hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm

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What is the UV Index? (Acceptable: Ultraviolet Index)

Question 74

Weather: | From the Middle English for "fall of dew," it's a light rain in which water droplets are less than .5mm in diameter

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What is drizzle?

Question 75

World Capitals: | One night in this Asian city, go to Wat Traimit, a temple with a 5 1/2 - ton solid gold Buddha statue

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What is Bangkok?

Question 76

"C" to "C": | Having a common center

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What is concentric?

Question 77

"C" to "C": | It can mean "universal" or refer to a particular Christian denomination

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What is catholic?

Question 78

Literary Landmarks: | You can visit the Belfast buildings where, as a child, this author saw a lion door knocker and an elaborate wardrobe

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Who is C.S. Lewis?

Question 79

Literary Landmarks: | In 2010 this late author's museum and inerpretive center opened in Henning Tennessee, where he had deep roots

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Who is Alex Haley?

Question 80

Interior Design: | Although named for an Italian city, these window coverings with slats may have originated in Persia

Answer 80

What are Venetian blinds?

Question 81

Interior Design: | Using urethane for this molding at the juncture of wall and ceiling will allow you to use adhesive instead of nails

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What is crown molding?