In Honor of Earth Day
This day in April has been declared Earth Day
What is APRIL 22ND?
During this period that began in 1920, keg parties weren't for drinking but for the dumping of liquor
What is PROHIBITION?
As an adjective it means lesser in importance; as a noun, it means a child not yet of legal age
What is MINOR?
You want to cease a foul habit abruptly? Time to "kick it" this "fowl" way
What is COLD TURKEY?
The specific gem-like color of Dorothy's shoes
What is RUBY?
A standard courtroom setting has attorneys, juries, bailiffs, stenographers, and what robed profession responsible for governing the trial at hand?
What are JUDGES?
The name for an organism that eats both plants and animals
What is an OMNIVORE?
It takes the Earth 365 days to complete one entire orbit around the ____. We call this orbit a year.
What is the SUN?
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
What is RUSSIA?
smaller, shorter, or less extensive than the standard, normal, or average version. It is used as an adjective, a noun for compact items (e.g., car, skirt), and a prefix, originating from "miniature" or "minimum"
What is MINI?
Dean Martin sang, "How lucky can one guy be? I kissed her & she kissed me, like the fella once said, ain't that" this?
What is A KICK IN THE HEAD?
Somewhere over in Australia is this variety of lorikeet, named for its array of colors
What is a RAINBOW?
Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp, and McIntosh are all popular varieties of this fruit
What is an APPLE?
This region on Earth produces 20% of the planet’s oxygen
What is the RAINFOREST?
At the first Thanksgiving in 1621, the Pilgrims shared a feast with these native people of Massachusetts
What are the WAMPANOAG?
A french word meaning attractively small and dainty (used of a woman).
What is PETITE?
The number of points received if a football team successfully kicks the football through the field goal
What is THREE?
This is a classic — and sometimes controversial — Thanksgiving staple in the US.
What is CRANBERRY?
“May the Fourth be with you” is the official tagline of the galaxy-wide holiday celebrated the first week of May in honor of what sci-fi franchise?
What is STAR WARS?
Most of Earth’s breathable air comes from
What is THE OCEAN?
5 years before his famous ride, Paul Revere made a print depicting this bloody March 5, 1770 event
In the popular folk tale, this is the descriptive word for the girl in the Red Hood
What is LITTLE?
If the front of your work boot has this, a kick would be more than just painful
What is a STEEL TOE?
This "colour" fever is spread by mosquito bites, is common in tropical areas, and had a major outbreak in the US in 1793
What is YELLOW?
Relax, breathe, and tell me: a Japanese sect of Mahayana Buddhism shares what Z-word name with a state of calm attentiveness?
What is ZEN?
The first Earth Day eventually led to the creation of the EPA which stands for
what is the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY?
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
Who are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt?
Of limited breadth, like an alley you can barely pass through or a mind that won't admit new ideas
What is NARROW?
A dance kick where you change legs in the air, or a swimming kick used as part of the sidestroke
What is a SCISSOR KICK?
This classic novel was written by Oscar Wilde?
What is A PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY?
Der Tagesspiegel and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung are daily newspapers published in this country
What is GERMANY?
This year was the first Earth Day
What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during the Great Depression?
What is THE NEW DEAL?
In nursery rhyme land, it describes Willie Winkie
What is WEE?
Also called mawashi geri, this "domicile" kick swings a leg in a semi-circular motion to strike with the foot - Chuck Norris did this often
What is ROUNDHOUSE KICK?
If you're born in june, this is your birthstone.
What is PEARL?
Mammals and birds experience a unique phase of sleep characterized by random quick motion in the eyes accompanied by low muscle tone throughout the body and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly. This is the common three-letter abbreviation for this phase
What is REM?