Beverages
This is referred to as the fruit of the vine.
What is wine?
Wine is made from grapes, which grow on a vine. In addition, the phrase appears in the Bible and refers to what is presumed to be wine.
John [missing initial] Kennedy
What is F? It stands for Fitzgerald. The Kennedy family is considered to be American royalty
Dolly Parton works these hours in the film by the same name.
What is 9 to 5?
It’s also the title of her song from the film.
This symbol is on Canada’s red and white flag.
What is a maple leaf?
The flag began flying in 1965. The maple leaf is also a part of the Canadian Armed Forces’ flags and coat of arms
“Ali Baba and the [number] Thieves” is part of the One Thousand and One Nights collection.
What is 40?
The expression “Open sesame” comes from “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.”
New Year’s Eve transitions into the New Year with this bubbly beverage.
What is champagne?
It is considered the beverage of choice for celebrations. Bottles used to routinely explode before modern fermentation processes were invented
FBI Director [missing initial] Edgar Hoover
What is J?
It stands for John. He took on Communists, Nazis, gangsters, and gangs, but his term at the FBI was checkered with controversy.
For business people, time is this.
What is money?
It’s another way of saying that time is an important commodity, and everyone gets the same amount of time in a day.
It regulates the heart via electrical impulses, and the battery needs to be replaced approximately every 15 years.
What is a pacemaker?
It can be used to correct arrythmias.
When you took a standardized test in school, you used a No. [number] pencil to fill in the answers
What is 2?
Pencils range from No. 1 to No. 5. The lower the number, the softer the pencil and the more graphite transfers to the paper.
This holiday beverage is made from eggs, cream, sugar, and optional rum and/or whiskey, and is topped with nutmeg.
What is eggnog?
It’s traditionally served between Thanksgiving and the New Year. Eggnog originated in England (where it is called egg flip) as a drink for the upper crust
[Two missing initials] Barnum
What is P. T.?
He founded Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1871 and is famous for saying, “There’s a sucker born every minute.”
These are the two transition seasons.
What are spring and fall (or autumn)?
The two milder seasons are called transition seasons because they bridge the two extreme seasons.
This adorable tree-dwelling marsupial is found Down Under
What is the koala?
Many people who visit Australia want to commune with them until they find out that they can be aggressive when bothered. Treat koalas the same way you treat bears—by keeping your distance.
A person who has had too much to drink is said to be this number of “sheets to the wind.”
What is three?
The expression began as a nautical phrase. Sheets in nautical terms are ropes that hold the sails. If the sheets aren’t secured properly, the sails will be loose, and the boat will lurch like a drunken sailor.
Children are often served this drink made with ginger ale, a lemon-lime soda, grenadine, and a cherry garnish—named for a child star.
What is a Shirley Temple?
The Great Gatsby author [missing initial] Scott Fitzgerald
What is F?
His full name is Frances Scott Key Fitzgerald. He was the son of an aristocrat.
The New Year’s Eve ball drop begins at 11:59 p.m., and it takes exactly this many seconds to drop in order to reach the bottom on New Year’s Day.
What is 60?
The ball is 12 feet in diameter and full of Waterford crystals illuminated by LED lights.
This “hotline” was established by President John F. Kennedy for emergency diplomatic communications between Washington and this city.
What is Moscow?
It was established between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Some have called it the “red phone,” but there has never been a red phone in the White House.
This applies to numbers such as 11, 13, and 15, but not to numbers such as 10, 12, and 14. It is also a synonym for unusual.
What is odd?
This is the flavor of Grand Marnier.
What is orange? It’s made with three types of brandy.
Actor George [missing initial] Scott
What is C?
It stands for Campbell. He played General George Patton in the 1970 film Patton and in the 1986 film The Last Days of Patton. He was awarded an Academy Award for Patton, but he refused it.
These isles are associated with Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT
What are British?
Greenwich, England, sits on the prime meridian, and time zones around the world are based on GMT.
Canada’s federal Parliament buildings are found in this city.
What is Ottawa?
Parliament is a complex composed of three buildings. The east and west buildings are administrative buildings.
This is when you have summed a string of numbers, and it also describes a car wrecked beyond repair.
What is totaled?