Music 🎵
This is an organized group of singers that performs regularly in public.
What is a choir?
The largest choir in the world consisted of 121,440 people singing in unison in India, setting a Guinness World Record.
The beginning of the phrase ...."we all scream for ice cream”
What is "I scream, you scream.."
This popular saying comes from a song written by Howard Johnson, Billy Moll and Robert King in 1927.
A "bookworm" enjoys doing this.
What is reading?
Reading in the afternoon can be a great way to de-stress and relax, as it's been shown to reduce stress by as much as 68%. It also offers a variety of benefits, including improving sleep, increasing general knowledge, and expanding your vocabulary.
McDonald’s signature burger.
What is the Big Mac?
It was introduced in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1967 and originally cost 45 cents.
This is another term for church songs.
What are hymns?
The word hymn comes from the Greek word hymnos, meaning “a song of praise.
This flavor of ice cream comes from is a bean pod.
What is vanilla?
Vanilla bean pods come from the vanilla orchid, a vine native to Mexico and Central and South America.
A "siesta" involves this afternoon activity.
What is a nap?
The word siesta comes from the Latin phrase “hora sexta, ” meaning the sixth hour after dawn. That puts it right around noon or early afternoon. The Romans practised it first.
The name for the main circus tent.
What is the big top?
The big top was first used about 1825, and the iconic large tent that serves as the main performance space, is now synonymous with the circus experience.
This is when the sound of two or more notes are heard simultaneously.
What is harmony?
The concept of harmony dates back to ancient Greece, with the term "harmonia" meaning "joint, agreement, concord".
This is the two-word synonym for ice cream headaches.
What is brain freeze?
If you prepare your palate by drinking something warm before every few bites of ice cream, it will help with the brain freeze.
Late afternoon is the time for this formal British tradition served at a table with guests.
What is high tea?
The earlier afternoon tea is served in a less formal setting, such as comfortable seating or in the garden. Food for both includes scones, sandwiches, and small fruits and cakes.
This is a phrase often used to describe someone who is over weight.
What is big-boned?
Literally having big boned means having wider bones. You can figure out if you’re big boned by measuring your wrist sized compared to your height, but it only accounts for a few pounds of weight.
This instrument shares the same name as the music term for playing quietly.
What is piano?
The instrument "piano" is short for pianoforte, an Italian term meaning "soft-loud". This name reflects the instrument's revolutionary ability, to produce a wide range of dynamics depending on the force applied to the keys.
This fruit flavor makes up one-third of Neapolitan ice cream.
What is strawberry?
We can thank Italian immigrants from the 19th century for introducing the U.S. to this tri-flavored treat from Naples.
This is an afternoon theater or movie performance.
What is a matinee?
The word originally comes from the Latin matins, meaning “morning prayers.” Today, matinees start between 1 and 3 p.m.
The musical style started at the end of the Great Depression
What is big band?
Big band music was characterized by jazz orchestras and often a solo vocalist
This is the term for performers singing without instruments.
What is a cappella?
Cappella means “chapel” or “choir”; a cappella means “in a church or in a choir.”
This is the Italian version of ice cream.
What is gelato?
Gelato’s fat content is lower than ice cream’s because it contains less cream and more milk. It is softer with fewer ice crystals and is generally served at a higher temperature than ice cream
On a bicycle built for two, you are riding in this manner
What is tandem?
The front rider is called the captain; the back rider is called the stoker.
This is a theory about how the universe started.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
The Big Bang theory suggests the universe began from a tiny, dense, hot point called a singularity, which rapidly expanded and cooled, eventually forming the structures we see today.