Popular & Influential Women
After a slow start in the early 1960s, this female trio of Motown singers sat atop the Billboard charts for years. Diana Ross was among them.
Who are the Supremes?
They were among the most popular performers during the 1960s. From 1967–1970, they were known as Diana Ross and the Supremes, and in 1970, Ross went solo.
What famous horse race is held on the first Saturday of May each year?
The Kentucky Derby.
The mint julep is the traditional drink at the Derby.
Your first bicycle after a tricycle might have had these to aid you in maintaining your balance.
What are training wheels?
Today, children as young as two can skip tricycles and training wheels and start riding on balance bikes. These bikes are smaller, with wide wheels, and the bikes are so close to the ground that riders can start by scooting with their feet.
Macaroni resembles this body part.
What is elbow?
Kraft Dinner, which is mac and cheese, is Canada’s most popular grocery item
She is an East German-born figure skater who went on to become a two-time Olympic gold medalist after participating in the Olympic games in Sarajevo and Calgary.
Who is Katarina Witt (pronounced Vitt)?
Through her entrepreneurial endeavors and broadcasting, she is still involved in the sports world. She is also a founding member of Laureus Sport for Good, an organization that supports children in crisis areas through sports.
In 1981, she became the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?
Justice O’Connor served nearly 25 years and was known for her practical and pragmatic approach.
Are horses carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores?
Herbivores. Horses have very long digestive systems to help break down the cellulose fiber in plants
This is the term for a bicycle built for more than one person.
What is a tandem bike?
The front rider is considered the captain and controls where the bike goes, and the rear rider is the stoker. Sometimes these bikes even have more than two seats
Name one of America’s three favorite pasta types.
What is spaghetti, penne, or rotini?
This is according to a 2013 Barilla World Pasta Day survey.
How many feet are in a furlong: 540 feet, 660 feet, or 780 feet?
660 feet.
Furlongs are typically used for races less than one mile long.
This journalist wrote an exposé on Playboy bunnies in the ’60s. She was the youthful face of the Women’s Liberation Movement and a pioneer in the feminist movement.
Who is Gloria Steinem?
Her exposé for Show magazine brought her recognition on the national stage. In 2017, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
What horse won the Triple Crown in 1973? Hint: His story was made into a Disney movie in 2010.
Secretariat.
The horse is best known for his remarkable performance at the Belmont Stakes.
This is a cycle with only one wheel.
What is a unicycle?
There are around one million unicyclists in the United States
Name one of America’s three favorite pasta types.
What is spaghetti, penne, or rotini?
This is according to a 2013 Barilla World Pasta Day survey
In Italy, this type of wheat is used to make commercially sold pasta.
What is durum or semolina?
Durum wheat is hard wheat. Semolina is ground durum wheat
She was the first female prime minister of Israel.
Who is Golda Meir?
She was the fourth prime minister of Israel. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, she immigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before moving to Israel.
What is the name of the event wherein competitors perform gymnastics on top of a horse?
Equestrian vaulting.
It can be performed solo, in pairs, or as a team.
When riding on rough terrain, cyclists ride this type of bike.
What is a mountain bike?
The road bike is built for speed on streets. The mountain bike is rugged and made for uneven, off-road terrain, including gravel, snow, dirt, and mud
Pasta was first eaten in this country.
What is China?
Legend states that Marco Polo introduced pasta to Italy in the 12th century; however, records show pasta was made in China in 500 BC.
Garbanzo beans commonly go by this name as well.
Chickpeas.
She is remembered as one of the best jazz vocalists of all time and as an actress who appeared with Duke Ellington in the film Symphony in Black.
Who is Billie Holiday?
She began her performing career in Harlem when she was 18 years old.
What horse phrase means “to get back to something you stopped doing”? Hint: Gene Autry’s signature song uses the expression in its title.
“Back in the saddle.”
The phrase was used at one time to encourage injured jockeys and cowboys to return to riding their horses once they recovered.
In 1963, Schwinn introduced a bicycle with this elongated seat.
What is a banana seat?
The bicycle was the Schwinn Sting-Ray.
This founding father is said to have brought pasta to America.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
He brought it to America in 1798.
The 4 words that complete the line from “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Fee, fi, fo, fum, I smell the…”
“Blood of an Englishman.”