FOOD FACTS
Pompion is an old name for this yellow-orange pie ingredient that's grown on vines
Pumpkin
The name of this continent may come from the word Ereb, meaning “land of the setting sun”
Europe
In 1921, she became the first leading female fashion designer to introduce a perfume – and it is still a bestseller today.
Coco Chanel (Chanel No. 5)
Ernest Evans, better known by this stage name, introduced The Twist in 1960 and started an unprecedented dance craze.
Chubby Checker
This inexpensive Kodak camera shares its name with a popular baked good.
Brownie
Stollen is a sweet, fruit-filled loaf served in Germany during this holiday season
Christmas
This 3-letter term for a clumsy person may be derived from an old form of “elf”
Oaf
Of the three gifts that the Magi brought to the baby Jesus, these two are resins used in perfumes.
Frankincense and myrrh. (The third gift was gold.)
In a 1960 hit, Berry Gordy wrote: “The best things in life are free, but you can give them to the birds and bees. I need …” What?
Money
Brown is a composite color. In printing and painting, it is made by combining black, yellow, and this third color.
Red
Before it's broiled, grilled or baked, a wahoo, one of these, often weighs over 40 pounds
A fish (a mackerel)
As a verb it means to coat with metal; as a noun it can refer to a piece of dinnerware
Plate
Ambergris, a substance produced in the intestines of this animal, is a highly prized ingredient used in luxury perfumes.
Whales (sperm whales, to be specific)
According to Neil Sedaka 60 years ago, “Come-a, come-a, down doobie doo, down down …” this “is hard to do.”
Breaking Up
Brown University is the only Ivy League college located in this US state.
Rhode Island
In England the name of this watery porridge is a synonym for punishment
Gruel
From the Greek for “universe” or “order”, it’s any of various beauty preparations
Cosmetics
Introduced in 1952 by Prince Matchabelli, this perfume “stayed on his mind” … at least according to the advertisements.
Windsong
This pair of harmonizing brothers released three big hits in 1960: “Cathy’s Clown,” “When Will I Be Loved?” and “Let It Be Me.”
The Everly Brothers
The term amber, a popular shade of golden brown, is derived from this natural substance.
Amber is fossilized tree resin - mostly from pine trees
What American Indians once called "sweet water" came from these trees
When it refers to machines like the cotton gin, “gin” is short for this word
Engine
Her perfume White Diamonds was introduced in 1991, and is still wildly popular today – nearly ten years after her death, at age 79, in 2011.
Elizabeth Taylor
Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers declined to record “Only the Lonely”; but the song shot to Number Two on the 1960 Billboard charts for this new artist, who often wore dark sunglasses on stage to counter his stage fright.
Roy Orbison
In the late 1960s, during the Civil Rights era, this James Brown hit song encouraged the listener to say this “loud.”
"I'm Black and I'm proud!"