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A song performed by two singers
What is duet?
Sonny and Cher’s “I’ve Got You Babe” is a famous duet.
Professional who draws up plans for a house.
Who is architect (or draftsman, drafter, etc.).
The difference between a drafter and an architect is that a drafter is not limited to drafting designs for buildings; they also design other structures such as highways bridges, sewage systems, etc.
Streisand of singing and acting fame
Who is Barbra?
Her birthname is Barbara. She dropped the second “a” in 1960 when she won a talent contest in a local nightclub, her first break.
Algeria, Iran, or China
What is China?
Algeria is in North Africa directly across the Mediterranean Sea from France. Iran is in the Middle East, and China is in Asia
hat is the name of the official residence of Russian president Vladimir Putin?
The Kremlin.
The Kremlin is a fortified complex in the middle of Moscow. It includes more than 15 buildings and 20 towers. The walls surrounding it are almost one and a half miles long and up to 21 feet thick in some places.
In 1973, this fast-food chain added the “Quarter Pounder” to its menu.
What is McDonald’s?
McDonald’s offers delivery through Uber Eats
Call someone in this profession when your sink has a leak.
What is plumbing?
A person who cuts hair
Who is barber?
Brazil, Ecuador, or Peru
What is Brazil?
Brazil is the only one of the three on the Atlantic Ocean. The other two are on the Pacific Ocean.
Starbucks is best known for selling what product?
Coffee.
Starbucks opened its first store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market in 1971
A cycle with only one wheel.
What is unicycle?
Since there’s no handlebar, riders steer the unicycle by gripping the seat with their legs and twisting their body.
This occupies the same building as the U.S. House of Representatives.
What is U.S. Senate?
The House occupies the south side of the U.S. Capitol, and the Senate occupies the north side of the building. A series of underground tunnels and a subway system connect the Capitol and the office buildings.
Trades made without the exchange of money
What is barter?
Some people barter to avoid sales and income tax
Portugal, Spain, and France
What is France?
What is the term for a young deer?
A fawn.
Did you know? A fawn typically weighs 4 to 8 pounds at birth and has about 300 white spots on a reddish-brown coat.
Weather reports often include this type of air pressure as a number.
What is barometric?
The actual number means little to laypeople, but a dropping barometric pressure is associated with clouds and rain, and a rising barometric pressure indicates clear, sunny weather.
Slab and crawl space are two types of this.
What is foundation?
Slab foundations are around half the cost of crawl space foundations and are often used on level ground
Mattel doll Ken’s one-time girlfriend and current wife
Who is Barbie?
Greenland, Iceland, or United Kingdom
What is United Kingdom?
All three are in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Doris Day sang “Que Sera, Sera.” What does this phrase mean?
“Whatever will be, will be.”
Doris Day first performed the song in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
This buzzword has been used to describe a perceived lack of any difference between the Republican and Democrat parties.
What is uniparty?
The uniparty can profess different paths, but the outcome is the same. For example, when each party’s desired outcome is war, one party might push sanctions, while the other party might push regime change.
This is the title given to the presiding officer in the U.S. House of Representatives.
What is Speaker of the House?
Nancy Pelosi is the first woman to preside as Speaker of the House.
Person who pours and serves coffee in a Starbucks or Tim Hortons
Who is barista?
It comes from the Italian barista/bariste, which means “bartender.”
India, China, or Japan
What is Japan?
It is east of North and South Korea and Russia and separated from them by the Pacific Ocean.
What does the acronym RIP stand for?
Rest in peace.
The phrase imparts the hope that someone’s spirit has found tranquility after their passing