Spring Is in Full Swing
This is a term for a young person in poultry lingo.
What is spring chicken?
When you're healthy and fit, you feel like a spring chicken regardless of your age.
This funnel-shaped phenomenon blows through its path with fury.
What is a tornado?
Tornadic winds can howl and blow at up to 300 miles per hour. While they are usually short-lived, sometimes they last for hours. It doesn't take more than a few seconds for a tornado to leave a path of utter destruction.
Space is considered this frontier.
What is final?
Unofficially, there are three "spaces": space, outer space, and deep space. Space is generic and covers outer space and deep space. Outer space is considered anything beyond Earth, and deep space is considered far beyond Earth's moon.
Fruits de mer mean this.
What is "fruits of the sea"?
It's French for "seafood".
He was the British prime minister during World War II.
Who is Winston Churchill?
When he became prime minister, he wrote, "I felt... that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial." He led Britain to victory during the war.
We switch to this time in meteorological spring.
What is daylight saving time (DST)?
Daylight saving time begins each year on the second Sunday in March.
This is the meteorological term for precipitation in the form of solid balls of ice.
What is hail?
When up upward draft carries raindrops into the cold part of the atmosphere, they freeze into spheres the size of golf balls. Sometimes they grow to the size of a baseball.
Debris floating around in space is called this.
What is space junk?
It includes debris from decommissioned satellites, rockets, and missiles.
You can defrost fish in this liquid to make it more flavorful.
What is milk?
Milk contains enzymes that break down protein, making the fish tender and giving it a fresh - caught flavor.
This country's attack on Pearl Harbor drew the United State into World War II.
According to the USO, "[Japanese Adm. Isoroku] Yamamoto -- the key architect of Pearl Habor -- had served as a military attache in Washington and had traveled across the United States."
Vernal means of this season.
What is spring?
The first day of spring is the vernal equinox.
This specific kind of landslide is defined as "a mass of material, such as snow, rock, or other debris, moving rapidly down a slope.
What is avalanche?
It's caused by a part of the slope, hill, or mountain becoming unstable, often after a heavy rain or snowfall
The discovery of this liquid on Mars gives hope for future colonization.
What is water?
It exists on Mars in both liquid and frozen form.
Fear not, Flipper! Mahi mahi comes from this fish, not the marine mammal.
What is the dolphinfish?
Coryphaena hippurus, also known as the dolphinfish, can swim at speeds of up to 57.5 mph (92.6 kph)!
This type of women's swimsuit was launched in the mid-1940s.
What is bikini?
Allegedly, part of the reason for the abbreviated swimsuits was fabric rationing during the war.
The sun is directly above this on the first day of spring.
What is the equator?
On the first day of spring, we get approximately 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness.
Clouds get their color from these.
What are water droplets?
Raindrops scatter the light that hits the water.
This planet in our solar system has the deepest canyons and the highest mountains.
What is Mars?
Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain on Mars, is three times taller than Mount Everest and is also a volcano.
When you devein shrimp, you're not removing a vein; you are removing this.
What is the intestinal tract?
The intestinal tract is located on the back of the shrimp, just under the skin. You can ask your grocer to devein the shrimp, but there may be a charge.
Here's looking at you, kid," comes from this classic 1940s -era film.
What is Casablanca?
The movie is set in Casablanca, Morocco, where American expats and other who were stranded in Europe during World War II to escape the war.
Spring was originally called this.
What is Lent?
By the 15th century, it was called springtime; in the 16th century, it was shortened to spring.
Rainbows require this in addition to rain to exist.
What is light?
The water acts as a prism to refract (or bend) light and produce a rainbow.
This is the name of the longest-running satellite.
What is Vanguard 1?
It's been in orbit since 1958.
This is the best way to tell if a fish is fresh and ready to be prepared to eat.
What is the float test?
Place the fish in a pot of water. If it floats, it's fresh; if it sinks, it's not fresh.
These brothers topped the charts in 1944 with their hit "You Always Hurt the One You Love."
Who are The Mills Brothers?
The song was written by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher