Dreaming of Summer
Home Ec Class
The Lines Are Drawn
Sightseeing in the USA
Dining with words
100

Hayley Mills plays the double leading roles of kids who meet at camp in this film; their first meeting exposes a visceral hatred for each other

The Parent Trap? Mills plays both Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers. 

100

Pounds, ounces, tablespoons, and teaspoons are part of the category of weights and this.

What are measures. Weights and measures are units that quantify volume, length, weight, etc.

100

Vertical lines run this way

What is up and down, or from top to bottom. The straight legs on the average dinner table are vertical lines.

100

The antebellum South Carolina city boasts cobblestone streets, horse-drawn carriages, and Fort Sumter

What is Charleston? Nighttime ghost tours draw many tourists to the city

100

This term refers to a menu with separately priced items

What is a la carte? 

200

When leaving school for summer vacation, students in love are reminded by this 1966 hit single by the Happenings that they will seeeach other again in September.

What is “See You in September”? The Tempos originally recorded the song. It begins with the following lyrics:

200

We were taught about this graphical representation of food and the number of servings of each group we should have in a day

What is the food pyramid?

200

White lines that run across the street at an intersection are known as this

What is a crosswalk? the lines indicate pedestrian walkways for crossing the street.

200

This former maximum security prison sits in the middle of San Francisco Bay on a gigantic rock

What is Alcatraz

200

This term means to beat an ingredient, such as cream, to incorporate air into it

What is whip? 

300

On a cold, dreary Sunday in the dead of winter, a reminder of what lies ahead comes with watching this sport, played on lush fairways and greens and often set against the pounding waves of the ocean.

What is golf? Even if you don’t like the game, the views are spectacular, now enhanced by the addition of drones that capture a bird’s-eye view of the magnificent courses.

300

We were taught that when no fire extinguisher was available, we should put out grease fires with this common ingredient.

What is baking soda? Today, the best way to put out a grease fire is to use a fire blanket because it doesn’t create a mess.

300

This visual line separates the ocean from the sky

What is the horizon? The water doesn't really meet the sky on the horizon; it's an optical illusion. The beach is a great place to see the horizon unobscured. 
300

This string of islands off the coast of North Carolina houses the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, with its distinctive, diagonal black and white stripes

What are the Outer Banks? Orville and Wilbur Wright's historic flight took off from the Other Banks, and the majestic Wright Brothers Memorial is perched atop Kill Devil Hill

300

Food Network celebrity Alton Brown calls this type of cooking in a gas oven "upside-down grilling"

What is broiling? You won't get a charcoal flavor, but you'll get the equivalent of a gas-grilled meal

400

This 1955 classic film starring Katharine Hepburn and Italian actor Rossano Brazzi captures the romance of Venice, Italy.

What is Summertime? The plot involves a single, middle-aged woman who travels to Venice and falls in love with a married Italian antique store owner.

400

Use your glass measuring cup for measuring this type of ingredient

What is liquid? Dry ingredients are measured in metal or plastic flat-top measuring cups

400

This letter is made up of two diagonal lines that cross in the center

What is X? The alphabet comprises many letters that are formed solely of straight lines. Other letters are made of curved lines or a combination of straight and curved. 

400

If spelunking is high on your bucket list, there's no better place to take a cave tour than the Mammoth Cave in this state. 

What is Kentucky? Mammoth Cave is the longest known cave system in the world, with more than 400 miles of mapped passageways. 

400

This is the term for chipping an ingredient into cubes larger than minced cubes

What is dice? The cubes vary in size from 1/8 to 1/4 inch

500

 The refrain to this 1967 Johnny Rivers tune goes: All summer long, we spent dancin’ in the sand And the jukebox kept on playin’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”

What is “Summer Rain”? The song begins: Summer rain taps at my window , West wind soft as a sweet dream, My love, warm as the sunshine, Sittin’ here by me, yeah, she’s here by me.

500

Use your glass measuring cup for measuring this type of ingredient.

What is liquid? Dry ingredients are measured in metal or plastic flat-top measuring cups.

500

These equidistant lines never cross; for example railroad tracks

What are parallel lines? Above-ground electrical wires are an example of parallel lines

500

This city is the best place in the Northeast to see Gilded Age mansions. 

Where is Newport, Rhode Island? The most famous mansion is the Vanderbilt Mansion. 

500

According to Good Housekeeping, to do this is to "cook food in a small amount of fat in a skillet over relatively high heat, stirring often or occasionally"

What is saute 

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