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This expression means a person takes after one of their parents.
What is a chip off the old block?
This typically refers to a child having the same
personality traits or work ethic as a parent, rather than necessarily sharing the same physical appearance.
Baltic Avenue, Park Place, St. James Place, Atlantic Avenue, and Boardwalk are all
street names in this city.
What is Atlantic City? If you have ever played classic Monopoly, you are familiar
with the names of some Atlantic City streets.
Even before she performed the final concert with the
Supremes in 1970, she was recording her first solo album
Who is Diana Ross?
She and Mary Wilson, fellow former
Supreme, had a spat on stage at the Motown reunion years after the
Supremes had disbanded. It ended with Ross shoving Wilson, and
Smokey Robinson took the stage to defuse the scene.
This elongated car is used by wedding parties, in funeral processions, and to and
from the office by moguls of industry.
What is a limousine? Initially, they were used to transport freight. The name comes
from the Limousin region in France.
The first man to set foot on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong? On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human
to descend in the lunar module Eagle and set foot on the moon, “a giant leap for mankind,” in
his words. He was part of a three-man team on NASA’s Apollo mission. He was accompanied
in the lunar module by Buzz Aldrin, who joined him in planting the American flag on the moon.
Michael Collins remained behind in the command module Columbia.
You do this when you complete an item on your to-do list.
What is cross it off (or tick it off)?
It’s helpful to prioritize tasks before creating a to-do
list, and it’s beneficial to maintain both a long-term and a short-term task list.
Juan Valdez’s coffee hails from Colombia, whose capital city is this.
What is Bogotá?
He left his band of five family members in 1979 and struck out
on his own with two consecutive hit albums, Off the Wall and Thriller,
right out of the gate.
He left his band of five family members in 1979 and struck out
on his own with two consecutive hit albums, Off the Wall and Thriller,
right out of the gate.
In the film Murder on the Orient Express, the train ride starts in this city.
What is Istanbul? The original luxury train route went from Istanbul to Paris and
took five days.
The century during which the first U.S. transcontinental railroad was finished
What is 19th century? In 1869, the inauguration of the railroad led to the country’s
westward expansion.
Ready-made clothes are also called this.
What is off the rack? Men’s custom suits are available in three categories: standard,
premium, and luxury. In 2024, the minimum prices for men’s custom suits were $699 for standard,
$1,200 for premium, and $1,400 for luxury.
This capital city of a Pacific Rim country has the largest population in the world.
What is Tokyo? Its population exceeds 37 million. Delhi, India, is in the No. 2 spot,
with more than 34 million. There is no North American city in the top 20.
In 1971, this Beatle started a band known as Wings.
Who is Paul McCartney?
His wife Linda played the keyboard.
The band disbanded in 1981. Its most popular album is Band on the Run,
which features two Top 10 singles, including the title song.
One tourist adventure in Venice is to ride one of these
through the canals.
What is gondola? All 280 components of modern
Venetian gondolas are still handcrafted.
The first American self-made businesswoman to become a millionaire
Who is Sarah Breedlove (or Madam C. J. Walker)? Breedlove had a problem with
hair loss, so she started a hair-care company for Black women that focused on healthy hair.
Madam C. J. Walker was her business name and the name of her line of products.
Take this to exit the interstate highway system.
What is an off-ramp? Before the interstate was inaugurated, it could take more than
two months to travel by car from coast to coast.
One of the world’s most expensive places to live, this lavish European city is located
on the Mediterranean Sea
What is Monaco? Fun fact: Monaco is both a city
and a state, known as a city-state.
This popular duo, consisting of Paul and Art, who each went on to
successful solo careers.
Who are Simon and Garfunkel? They have since performed
reunion tours together. “The Sound of Silence,” released in 1965, is
the tune that catapulted their duo career.
Jules Verne wrote a book about traveling for five weeks
in one of these unlikely modes of transportation, customarily
used for recreation and sightseeing.
What is a balloon? The book is Five Weeks in a Balloon, a notable departure from
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
First woman to win a Nobel Prize; did so for her work in the
field of radioactivity and then again for her work in chemistry
Who is Marie Curie? In 1903, the Nobel committee awarded
the prize to Curie, her husband Pierre, and physicist Becquerel, “in
recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their
joint research on the radiation phenomena discovered by [Becquerel].”
To take the blush off this flower is to find something mundane that was once exciting
What is rose? The alternate expression is to take the bloom off the rose.
This European city is infamous for its red-light district.
What is Amsterdam? De Wallen, Amsterdam’s oldest neighborhood, is the best-known
modern red-light district.
This performer was a member of the New Christy Minstrels and the First Edition before he left to pursue a solo career in which he gained fame with songs including The Gambler and Through the Years.
Who is Kenny Rogers?
Get comfortable—we’re going for a ride on this, the longest highway in the world.
What is Pan-American Highway? It runs 19,000 miles (30,578 km) from Prudhoe
Bay, Alaska, to the tip of Argentina. It traverses 14 countries from the United States south
through Central and South America.
Origin country of the first woman in space
What is Soviet Union (not Russia)? In 1963, Valentina
Tereshkova orbited Earth for three days.