Pop Culture
Before becoming the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, he won the first Grammy ever awarded in the rap performance category as half of a duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff.
Who is Will Smith?
A classic martini is garnished with an olive or, “with a twist,” a strip of peel from this citrus fruit.
What is a lemon?
Visitors toss coins into this Roman fountain whose name refers not to three fountains, but to the meeting of three roads.
What is the Trevi Fountain?
A retirement celebration may present someone with this precious-metal timepiece, a tradition once associated with long corporate service.
What is a gold watch?
Designed to trip when it detects an imbalance in electrical current, this safety outlet is commonly found near kitchen and bathroom sinks.
What is a GFCI, or ground-fault circuit interrupter?
Before becoming a Hollywood star, this actor played Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER.
Who is George Clooney?
Literally meaning “under vacuum,” this French term describes cooking food sealed in a bag at a precisely controlled temperature.
What is sous vide?
The Māori name Aotearoa, often translated as “land of the long white cloud,” refers to this Pacific nation.
What is New Zealand?
Not quite full retirement, this career arrangement gradually reduces an employee’s hours or responsibilities before departure.
What is phased retirement?
Unlike a Phillips screw, this six-pointed fastener recess resembles a star and goes by this trademarked name.
What is Torx?
This 1942 film ends at an airfield, where Rick tells Ilsa that the problems of three little people “don’t amount to a hill of beans.”
What is Casablanca?
Traditionally made with equal parts gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari, this Italian cocktail is named for a count.
What is a Negroni?
Europe and Africa face one another across this strait, barely nine miles wide at its narrowest point.
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?
In retirement planning, this product converts a lump sum into a stream of payments, sometimes guaranteed for life.
What is an annuity?
Often hidden behind drywall, these vertical framing members provide solid anchoring points for shelves and heavy pictures.
What are studs?
Long before she ruled daytime television, this media mogul received an Oscar nomination for playing Sofia in The Color Purple.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Hollandaise, béchamel, and espagnole are three of the five sauces given this maternal designation in French cuisine.
What are the mother sauces?
DD: This nation has coastline on both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf, making it the only country to border both bodies of water.
What is Iran?
This colorful term describes a lucrative financial incentive offered to persuade an employee to retire early.
What is a golden handshake?
Named for its shape, this curved section of plumbing keeps sewer gases out by retaining a small amount of water.
What is a P-trap?
David Bowie borrowed the surname of this American frontiersman’s knife to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees.
Who is Jim Bowie?
The browning of bread crusts and seared meats comes largely from this reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars.
What is the Maillard reaction?
Despite its name, this archaeological site in Jordan served as the capital of the Nabataean kingdom, not as a city built by the ancient Greeks.
What is Petra?
Popularized by financial planner William Bengen’s research, this percentage is often cited as a starting annual withdrawal rate from retirement savings.
What is 4 percent?
In a double-hung window, this movable framed section that holds the panes has a name also worn around the waist.
What is a sash?