“B” CAPITALS
What country’s capital city is Buenos Aires?
Argentina
The 1984 book The Presidents: Tidbits and Trivia includes this First Lady’s recipe for peanut soup.
Rosalynn Carter
In Walden (1854), Henry David Thoreau wrote: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet …..” what?
Desperation
What word is used more often than any other word in the Bible?
The
Officially, the June 1994 double murder of these two people, which occurred at 875 South Bundy Drive in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, is unsolved.
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman
What country’s capital city is Baghdad?
Iraq
A white cake becomes a yellow cake when you add this ingredient.
Egg Yolks
On Dec. 13, 2000, he said: “While I strongly disagree with the court’s decision, I accept it.”
Al Gore
We have to remember a lot of passwords these days. Can you come up with one of the top five most used passwords?
123456; Password; 12345678; 1234; 12345
She was acquitted of the double murder that occurred in her home at 92 Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892.
Lizzie Borden
What country’s capital city is Beirut?
Lebanon
In 2007, The New York Times recipe for this type of cake called for nearly half a cup of red food coloring.
Red Velvet Cake
Who wrote in 1900: “I have always been fond of the West African proverb, “Speak softly, but carry a big stick.”
Teddy Roosevelt
Name one of the top five most common street names in the US.
Park; 2nd; Oak; 1st; 3rd
This Dallas nightclub owner carried out the 1963 murder of his victim on national television.
Jack Ruby (when he shot Lee Harvey Oswald)
What country’s capital city is Bogota?
Colombia
Combine tahini and lemon juice in a food processor. Add olive oil, garlic and salt. Add chickpeas. Process and serve. What did you just make?
Hummus
In an April 1958 article in the Observer magazine, Harry Truman said: “It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job;” but it’s this “when you lose yours.”
A Depression
Name three of the five most popular men’s names over the last 100 years in the United States.
James, John, Robert, Michael, William
The brutally mutilated body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was found in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. It remains one of Southern California's oldest and most infamous unsolved murder cases.
The Case of The Black Dahlia (1947)
What country’s capital city is Bangkok?
Thailand
This salad dressing, largely made of ketchup and mayonnaise, is an American invention; but it may have gotten its name because caviar was once one of its ingredients.
Russian Dressing
In 1883, this American author wrote: “Your true pilot cares nothing about anything on Earth but the river.”
Mark Twain (Life On The Mississippi)
Name three of the five most popular women’s names over the last 100 years in the United States.
Mary, Patricia, Jennifer, Elizabeth, Linda
The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip is widely considered the catalyst that triggered World War I
Archduke Franz Ferdinand