Clubs and Organizations
This is what AARP stands for.
American Association of Retired Persons
This updated toaster oven circulates air while it cooks.
convection oven
This is Greece’s capital.
Athens
Jelly is made primarily with this part of the fruit.
juice or liquid
Dr. Frederick Banting became the first Canadian Nobel Prize winner for his discovery of what hormone that regulates diabetes?
Insulin
This woman became the queen of England.
Queen Elizabeth II
This is the name of a children’s game where kids ask permission from a parental figure.
Mother, May I
Many of us belonged to these boys’ and girls’ clubs as children, where we earned badges for learning new skills.
Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts
These pans must be seasoned and are passed down from generation to generation
cast iron pans
Tourists visit this famous ruin atop the Acropolis.
Parthenon
This is the term for a baby giraffe.
calf
In what Shakespearean play did a character say the following line? “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.”
Romeo and Juliet
Women were rarely seen in public without this undergarment, something almost no one wears today.
girdle
This May holiday is considered the unofficial beginning of summer in the U.S.
Memorial Day
This international organization is best known for providing blood to those in need from the donations it receives
Red Cross
This machine uses an electron tube called a magnetron. The magnetron causes the water molecules in food to vibrate, which heats it.
microwave oven (or microwave)
Day trips are available to visit the ruins of the Temple of Apollo, which housed this oracle.
Oracle of Delphi (del-FI)
The first modern trains were powered by this.
steam
What branch of science studies matter and its motion as well as concepts like energy and force?
Physics
This Spanish-speaking island nation in the West Indies officially became a commonwealth of the United States.
Puerto Rico
Around one-quarter of all flower and plant sales are made in conjunction with this May holiday
Mother’s Day
This nonprofit organization helps families in need worldwide by building houses for them with the help of volunteers. The families also help with the construction of their homes
Habitat for Humanity
Aficionados of Chinese and other Asian foods must have this pan
wok
The first known Olympics were held in 776 BC at this site on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece
Olympia
This part of the rose is used in perfume.
oil
These two great lakes meet at Niagara Falls.
Ontario and Erie
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Vivien Leigh
This is May’s birthstone.
emerald
This organization is comprised of high-IQ individuals and is limited to the upper two percent of the population
Mensa
This slicer guarantees uniform thickness.
mandoline
Stroll along this main port city near Athens after a dinner at one of its many seaside tavernas (small Greek restaurants)
Piraeus (pie-REE-us)
German chocolate cake is named for him.
Samuel German
How many states make up Australia?
Six
The states are New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and Tasmania.
He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Charlie Allnutt in African Queen.
Humphrey Bogart
This Canadian holiday falls on the next-to-last Monday in May.
Victoria Day
This is a United Nations organization that provides humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide
UNICEF (originally the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)
If you’ve had it with trying to remove bread, cake, etc., from bakeware without leaving any behind, try one made of this flexible substance
silicone
Nighttime comes to life in this charming tourist district near the Acropolis. Its nickname is the “neighborhood of the gods,” and it is the oldest neighborhood in Athens.
Plaka (pla-KUH)
This is the name of one of the two main types of cinnamon you can find in the grocery store.
Ceylon or cassia
She is the only woman to have won Nobel Prizes in two science categories
Marie Curie
Once a month, a television variety show called The Buick Circus Hour began replacing this show that was sponsored by Texaco.
Milton Berle’s Texaco Star Theatre
This is the name of the May full moon.
flower moon