U.S. City Nicknames
The Big Apple
What is New York, NY?
A Knight, Samurai, and Fencer all wield these.
What is a Sword?
A 1974 film about the fall of a mob boss and the rise of his father, told in non-linear fashion. sequel to another best picture winner. Won 6 Oscars. Stars Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton
What is The Godfather: Part 2?
What is a Rat With Wings or El Rata Alada.
Either a Falcon, Pidgeon, Penguin, or Bat?
I bet on a horse down in Lexington
Well I might be lucky for I just won
I might have resources, but I never would cheat
because all of these races are just for "______"
What is fun?
The Big Easy
What is New Orleans, LA?
In the world of Dune, the most iconic animal on the planet Arrakis. Hears vibration on the open sand to track it's prey.
What is a Sandworm
A 1984 film about the life of Mozart through the eyes of Antonio Salieri. Won 8 Oscars. Stars Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham
What is Amadeus?
Why did two fathers and two sons come home from the mall. Yet when they arrive home, only three people get out of the car.
A Grandfather, Father and Son got out of the car.
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a "___"
What is a Shake?
The Sweetest City In the World
What is Hershey, PA?
The right to vote in an election.
What is suffrage?
A 1962 film about British involvement in the Arab Uprising during WW1. Won 7 Oscars. Stars Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, and Alec Guinness
What is Lawrence of Arabia?
What are the next 10 letters in this sequence
OnTwThFoFi
SiSeEiNiTe
Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
...
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the "___".
What is Night?
The Horse Capital of the World
What is Lexington, KY?
An extended break from work. Sometimes paid for, which is known as paid leave in certain regions.
What is a Sabbatical?
A 1948 adaptation of one of Shakespeare's classic plays. Won 4 oscars. Stars Lawrence Olivier, Patrick Troughton and Jean Simmons.
What is Hamlet?
What am I?
I turn polar bears white and I make you cry
I make guys have to shave and girls comb their hair
I make celebrities look normal and make normal people celebrities
I turn Pancakes brown and soda bubble
If you squeeze me I'll pop and if you look at me, you'll pop
Can you solve this riddle?
No. You can't solve this riddle.
Lewis Carrol's "The Three Voices"
With huge umbrella, lank and brown,
Unerringly she pinned it down,
Right through the centre of the "___".
What is a Crown?
The First City on the Mississippi
What is Bemidji, MN?
A Drug used to treat motion sickness and prevent nausea or vomiting after the use of anesthesia. Often administered in a patch
What is Scopolamine?
A 1935 film about a famous historical mutiny of a British ship on route to Tahiti. Won only Best picture despite 6 nominations. Stars Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, and Charles Laughton.
What is Mutiny on the Bounty?
You have an empty Three Gallon Jug and an empty Five Gallon Jug and an infinite supply of water. How do you get the 5 gallon jug filled with exactly 4 gallons of water without eyeballing it or any water level indicators on the jug.
You fill up the 5 gallon jug completely, then fill up the 3 gallon jug with the water from the 5 gal jug leaving 2 gallons left in the 5 gal jug, then you emptied out the 3 gal jug and poured the remaining 2 gallons from the 5 gal jug into the 3 gal jug. Then you refilled the empty 5 gal jug and poured 1 gallon into the 3 gallon leaving exactly 4 gallons left in the 5 gallon Jug.
(If you got this correct, you deserve an award)
From Hamlet, Player King, lines 176-181, Act 3, Scene 2
Full thirty times hath Phoebus' cart gone round
Neptune's salt wash and Tellus' orbed ground,
And thirty dozen moons with borrow'd sheen
About the world have times twelve thirties been,
Since love our hearts and Hymen did our hands
Unite commutual in most sacred "____"
What is Bands?