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This enormous white marble monument in India was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
A washboard and one of these hand-operated devices with two rollers were once commonly used to remove water from wet clothing.
What is a wringer?
Despite its name, this fuzzy brown fruit originally came from China, not New Zealand.
What is a kiwi?
Charlton Heston played the title character in this 1959 epic famous for its enormous chariot race.
What is Ben-Hur?
A standard pair of dice has this many dots altogether.v
What is 42?
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" was spoken at the inauguration of this president.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Construction of this famous Barcelona church designed by Antoni Gaudí began in 1882 and continues today.
What is the Sagrada Família?
Before disposable tissues became popular, people commonly carried one of these small squares of cloth in a pocket or purse.
What is a handkerchief?
Broccoli, cauliflower, kale and Brussels sprouts are actually varieties of the same species of this vegetable.
What is cabbage?
Paul Newman and Robert Redford played outlaws on the run in this 1969 Western.
What is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
In Roman numerals, this letter represents the number 100.
What is C?
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" is associated with this legendary boxer.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
The giant statues called moai were carved by the Rapa Nui people on this remote Pacific island.
What is Easter Island/Rapa Nui?
Before ballpoint pens became widespread, this type of pen used a replaceable metal point that was dipped directly into an inkwell.
What is a dip pen?
This fruit has varieties called Bartlett, Bosc and Anjou.
What is a pear?
Sidney Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in this 1963 film about an itinerant handyman helping a group of nuns.
What is Lilies of the Field?
If you add all the numbers on a standard roulette wheel, from 1 through 36, you get this number.
What is 666?
"I think, therefore I am" is the famous statement of this French philosopher and mathematician.
Who is René Descartes?
The Brandenburg Gate, once located near the division between East and West, is a famous landmark in this European capital.
What is Berlin?
Before automatic telephone dialing, you would pick up the receiver and speak to one of these people to have your call connected.
Who is a telephone operator?
The spice paprika is produced by drying and grinding varieties of this vegetable.
What are peppers?
This 1952 musical starring Gene Kelly includes one of cinema's most famous scenes involving an umbrella, a lamppost and very wet weather.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
A gross is a quantity equal to this many items.
What is 144?
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" was delivered near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate by this U.S. president in 1987.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
The Acropolis overlooks this European capital and contains the ancient Parthenon.
What is Athens?
This Sears publication allowed generations of shoppers to order everything from clothing and furniture to entire houses through the mail.
What is the Sears catalogue?
This fruit is traditionally used to make the French liqueur crème de cassis.
What is blackcurrant?
In The African Queen, Humphrey Bogart starred opposite this legendary actress.
Who is Katharine Hepburn?
A score represents this many years, as in Abraham Lincoln's phrase "four score and seven years ago."
What is 20?
"Veni, vidi, vici," meaning "I came, I saw, I conquered," is attributed to this Roman leader.
Who is Julius Caesar?