What is created when sound waves bounce off a solid object?
An echo
A female parent & an inconvenience
A MOTHER & A BOTHER
The art of producing formal lettering with a brush or a pen
CALLIGRAPHY
A four-in-hand is one method of securing this fashion item.
A TIE
The first vegetables called potatoes were actually what we now call these potatoes.
SWEET POTATOES
In the car industry, what do the initials BMW stand for?
Bavarian Motor Works
To close & open the eyes; free from marks or writing
BLINK & BLANK
It used to mean the writing of books; now it's a list
A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sarah Burton became world-famous in 2011 as the designer of this duchess' wedding gown.
KATE MIDDLETON
When the kernels are not removed corn is described with this 3-word prepositional phrase.
ON THE COB
Which was invented first, the telephone or the light bulb?
Telephone
A tailed primate & a mule's father
A MONKEY & A DONKEY
The science of mapmaking
CARTOGRAPHY
Back in 1991, before he was a household name, Brad Pitt did a TV ad for this brand of jeans.
LEVI'S
Before polishing began most of the rice people ate was this color variety; now the term is used for a whole-grain type
BROWN
What year did Bill Gates graduate from Harvard?
He never graduated from college.
A surgical device that compresses objects & a compact mass of an item like dirt
A CLAMP & A CLUMP
Emmanuel Lubezki has won 3 Oscars in this category
CINEMATOGRAPHY
These wide & loose pants were named for a 19th-century social reformer & feminist
BLOOMERS
Due to the emergence of the vodka type, the original martini now has this liquor in front
GIN
The word “engineer” comes from the Latin word for what?
ingeniare
French-speaking people of Belgium & to swell out
WALLOON & BALLOON
The T in CAT scan it's a method of using electromagnetic waves to produce an image of an internal structure
TOMOGRAPHY
This fashion company famous for its plaid patterns & trench coats outfitted the ill-fated Robert Scott expedition
BURBERRY
The black type of this is the original type made from a plant; the black part was added when candy-like Twizzlers came along
LICORICE