WILD ABOUT ANIMALS
This flightless bird is the national symbol of New Zealand and shares its name with the country's residents.
What is the kiwi?
September's name comes from septem, the Latin word for this number.
What is seven?
This cheese is traditionally used in a Greek salad and is commonly made from sheep's milk.
What is feta?
Jack Benny's long-running comedy persona famously claimed to remain this age year after year.
What is 39?
In Roman numerals, D represents this number.
What is 500?
The plastic coating on the ends of some shoelaces is called this.
What is an aglet?
This mammal has the longest gestation period, lasting approximately 22 months.
What is the elephant?
Two zodiac signs fall during September: Virgo and this sign represented by scales.
What is Libra?
The French culinary term julienne means cutting food into this shape.
What are thin matchstick-sized strips?
This comedian famously ended her routines by tugging her ear as a secret signal to her grandmother.
Who is Carol Burnett?
This is the smallest country in the world by land area.
What is Vatican City?
This common fruit floats in water because roughly 25% of its volume is air.
What is an apple?
Narwhals are famous for a long spiral “tusk” that is actually this part of their body.
What is a tooth?
On September 8, 1966, this science-fiction television series starring William Shatner premiered on NBC.
What is Star Trek?
This nut is traditionally used to make marzipan.
What is an almond?
Rodney Dangerfield's signature catchphrase complained that he couldn't get any of this.
What is respect?
The longest river entirely within the United States is this river, which flows into the Mississippi near St. Louis.
What is the Missouri River?
This board game was originally called “The Landlord’s Game” before becoming one of the world's most famous games.
What is Monopoly?
This egg-laying Australian mammal has a duck-like bill and males possess venomous spurs.
What is the platypus?
On September 1, 1939, Germany's invasion of this country triggered the beginning of World War II in Europe.
What is Poland?
Worcestershire sauce traditionally contains this small fish as an ingredient.
What are anchovies?
This comedian created the characters Geraldine Jones and Reverend Leroy and frequently declared, “The Devil made me do it!”
Who is Flip Wilson?
This element has the chemical symbol W, derived from its former name, wolfram.
What is tungsten?
The cardboard sleeve placed around a hot coffee cup is sometimes called this unusual word.
What is a zarf?
Scientists use the word “murder” to describe a group of these intelligent birds.
What are crows?
On September 9, 1956, this singer made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, although Sullivan himself wasn't hosting that night.
Who is Elvis Presley?
The classic French dessert Île flottante, or “floating island,” consists primarily of meringue floating on this sauce.
What is crème anglaise/custard?
Before becoming famous on television, Don Rickles earned this nickname for his rapid-fire insult comedy.
Who is “Mr. Warmth”?
This layer of Earth's atmosphere contains most of the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
The symbol & was once commonly treated as an additional character following Z and is known by this name.
What is an ampersand?
The axolotl is famous for its extraordinary ability to do what?
What is regenerate limbs limbs?
On September 17, delegates signed this document in Philadelphia after months of debate.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The name of this Italian cured ham literally means “before the meal” or relates to its traditional preparation and is commonly associated with Parma.
What is prosciutto?
This comedian's 1960s album The Button-Down Mind became the first comedy album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard album chart.
Who is Bob Newhart?
The Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War, was signed in this year.
What is 1648?
This unusual word refers to the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
What is defenestration?