Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
The scandal of the 18th century, this dance, named for the German word for "to roll or revolve" involves gliding along with your partner in three-quarter time.
What is a waltz?
At the 2019 Met Gala, Katy Perry dressed as this underwater cheeseburger. Plankton would love to get his hands on her recipe!
What is a Krabby Patty?
Sadly, Stephen Sondheim lied to us, and the sazerac sling is not a real drink, but you can order this similarly named gin-based cocktail.
What is a Singapore sling?
One of history's most infamous pirates, this swashbuckling former navy man is said to have met his end on Ocracoke Island, though some say he went into retirement to become an innkeeper instead.
Who is Blackbeard?
Located at 13 degrees North, the city of Barbados was the birthplace of this gentlemanly pirate.
Who is Stede Bonnet?
The music to this 1984 Stephen Sondheim musical is written entirely in triple meter.
What is A Little Night Music?
According to Samuel L. Jackson's Vincent, this is what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in Paris.
What is a royale with cheese?
If you're the type of guy who thinks placing a personal ad to find someone with whom to cheat on your lady is a good idea, you might enjoy this pineapple and coconut-based cocktail.
What is a piña colada?
This fictional sea captain, one of the greatest walkers of all time, can listen no longer in silence. He is half agony and half hope! A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether he enters your father's house this evening or never.
Who is Captain Frederick Wentworth?
Located at 14 degrees North, the island of Martinique is the setting of this novel by Ernest Hemingway, widely regarded to be his worst book, which was made into the best Hemingway film.
What is To Have and Have Not?
Less famous to some than his feline namesake, this composer wrote over 150 waltzes, including "On the Beautiful Blue Danube."
Who is Johann Strauss II?
The world's largest cheeseburger weighed 2,014 pounds and was made at a casino in this midwestern state. Oh, yeah, sure, you betcha it was!
What is Minnesota?
Some say you cannot improve on the perfect beverage, the Arnold Palmer. However, if you want to throw in a little limoncello, you get this delight that would be at home in the town of Twin Peaks.
What is a Leland Palmer?
Considered by many to be the best ever adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, this cinematic masterpiece gave us such brilliant characters as Clueless Morgan, Headless Bill, and Big Fat Ugly Bug Faced Baby Eating O'Brien.
What is Muppet Treasure Island?
Located at 16 degrees North, this smallest of the Honduran Bay Islands has been named an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of white-crowned pigeons, chimney swifts, and yellow-naped amazons.
What is Utila?
When the waltz was first danced in London at this prince's 1816 birthday party, the Times of London described it as a “voluptuous intertwining of the limbs and close compressor on the bodies in...dance."
Who is the Prince Regent, later King George IV?
McDonald's third-of-a-pounder failed to sell for this reason.
What is because people thought it was smaller than a quarter pounder?
In the eye of this cocktail, there is quiet for just a moment. However, that wasn't the case in the 1939 musical Naughty but Nice that first introduced the cocktail to audiences.
What is a hurricane?
Named after Hamlet's best friend, this fictional hero of the British navy first appeared as a midshipman in the 1937 novel The Happy Return.
Who is Horatio Hornblower?
Located at 14 degrees North, Cape Verde was the first stop of this ship, whose passenger list included recently graduated naturalist Charles Darwin.
What is HMS Beagle?
Rosemary Clooney recorded a version of "Falling in Love with Love" by this composer, known as America's waltz king, using a swing style. After the recording session he told her pointedly that it should be sung as a waltz.
Who is Richard Rodgers?
Lyndon B. Johnson's favorite cheeseburger included this spicy pepper addition.
What is a jalapeño?
We could be living in an entirely different timeline if this 1976 song had been recorded by Elvis Presley, for whom it was written.
What is Margaritaville?
Not to be confused with Anne of the Island, the 1951 film Anne of the Indies starred Jean Peters as this historical pirate.
Who is Anne Bonny?
Located at 20 degrees North, this sixth largest Hawaiian island, which gives its name to the open-sided verandas on many Hawaiian homes, is home to a cat sanctuary housing over 500 felines.
What is Lanai?