Conversions
A stick of butter is this number of ounces.
What is four? A carton with four sticks is one pound.
When you’re having a bad hair day, you might say, “My hair is as flat as [this].”
What is a pancake? You might also say, “What happened to my cake? It’s flat as a pancake!”
In the United States, we use miles; in Europe and other parts of the world, they use this to measure distance.
What is a kilometer? One kilometer equals .62 miles, and one mile equals 1.6 kilometers.
The end of The Jeffersons theme song says, “We finally got a piece of [this].”
What is the pie? The tune is “Movin’ on Up.”
The United States uses yards for three feet; the rough equivalent of the yard in the metric system is this.
What is the meter? One meter is 3.2 feet.
) Israel is referred to as the land of milk and this.
What is honey? This comes from Exodus 3:8 in the Bible. In referring to the Israelites in the King James translation, it says, “…and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”
The United States uses Fahrenheit as the unit of measure for temperature, and much of the world uses this unit of measure.
What is Celsius? Under the Celsius system, 0ºC represents the freezing point, and the boiling point is 100ºC.
According to legend, this ruler once scoffed, “Let them eat cake,” but scholars have found no evidence that she said this.
Who is Marie-Antoinette? Upon hearing of her hungry subjects, the queen of France was rumored to have said the equivalent of “Let them eat bread,” which morphed in the grapevine to become “Let them eat cake.” However, there is no credible evidence to support that she said either sentence.
This is the old name for the unit of measure used for temperature in Europe
What is centigrade? That term has since been replaced with a more accurate unit of measure, also the answer to another clue in this category.
If you treat someone to an extravagant dinner and drinks, you are doing this rhyming activity for them.
What is wine and dine? The phrase is often used when the host wants something from the guest. Wining and dining is standard operating procedure in the major capitals of the world, especially in Washington, D.C.