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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 build or 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 popular saying “a month of Sundays” is flawed because you can have a maximum of only this number of Sundays in a month.
What is five? Months have only four or five of each day, depending on what day of the week the first of the month falls.
Born December 1, 1935, this actor-director was once married to Mia Farrow and is often quoted as saying, “Eighty percent of life is showing up.”
Who is Woody Allen? Two of his romantic partners starred in his most memorable romantic comedies: Diane Keaton in Annie Hall and Mia Farrow in Manhattan.
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? The fictional character Juan Valdez was created in 1959 as the spokesman for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia. The federation paid $1.5 million for product placement in the film Bruce Almighty, and the Juan Valdez character also made an appearance in the movie, too.
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.
Who is Michael Jackson? The Jackson 5, as the family band was known, consisted of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael.
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.
This bell rings inside the giant grandfather-style clock that is one of the dominating features of the London skyline.
What is Big Ben? The clock’s proper name is the Great Clock of the Elizabeth Tower
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, known by this name.
Who is Pope Francis? He lived in a two-room apartment rather than the lavish papal suite. No pope had done this in more than a century.
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.
Answer: What is gondola? All 280 components of modern Venetian gondolas are still handcrafted.
This refers to a calendar that businesses or governments use when their calendars do not start on January 1.
What is a fiscal year? For example, the U.S. government’s calendar year runs from October 1 through September 30 of the following year.
Born December 1, 1913, she will always be remembered for her role as Peter Pan, for which she won a Tony Award.
Who is Mary Martin? She also played the role of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific.
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.
When someone at a speech or presentation holds up their arm and taps their watch so the speaker can see it, it means this.
What is your time is up (or similar)? If there is no watch, it still means the same thing. Organizers use two signals—one to indicate time is short, and one to indicate time is up.
Born December 25, 1949, this actress plays the title role in the 1976 film Carrie.
Who is Sissy Spacek? She also portrays Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter and narrates Stephen King’s blockbuster audiobook Carrie.
Pharmaceuticals prescribed for purposes other than those officially approved are referred to as this.
What is off-label? An example of off-label medication is gabapentin, an anti-seizure medication that is sometimes prescribed to treat nerve pain and hot flashes, among other ailments.
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.
Who is Kenny Rogers? According to the bio on his website, “Rogers sold over 120 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling male artists of all-time according to the RIAA, with one Diamond album, 20 Platinum albums, and 11 Gold albums.”
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.
This is the official name of the prevalent calendar in use today, particularly in the West.
What is the Gregorian calendar? In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the calendar because the Julian calendar made it difficult to calculate when Easter should fall.
On Christmas Night 1776, George Washington crossed this river with his bedraggled army to make a surprise attack on the Hessians.
What is the Delaware River? The attack was successful because the Hessians were not in fighting condition after their Christmas feast, and they didn’t expect an attack from Patriot forces in the early hours of the morning on the day after Christmas.
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.
Africa’s oldest subway is found in this city.
What is Cairo? It was opened in 1987 and spans 66 miles (106 km), with 80 stations.
A member of many bands, including Genesis before launching his successful solo career, his tune “In the Air Tonight” is among his many contributions to the world of music.
Who is Phil Collins? The highly decorated musician has won an Oscar, a Grammy, two BMI awards, three ASCAP awards, and two Golden Globes.
Cruise control was designed by an engineer who had this disability.
What is blindness? Ralph Teeter invented cruise control in 1945. He got the idea when he noticed that his driver’s speed varied depending on whether he was talking.
This ultra-precise device is so accurate that it can measure Earth’s rotation slowing down by milliseconds.
What is an atomic clock? The atomic clock uses the vibrations of cesium or rubidium atoms to measure time.
On December 4, 1872, this American ghost ship was discovered near the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean by the captain of the Dei Gratia, a small British brig.
What is the Mary Celeste? The ship was found in working order, with its full complement of cargo, but no one was found aboard it. The cause of the disappearance of the captain, his family, and the crew of eight has never been determined.