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This is another name for powdered sugar.
What is confectioners’ sugar? To prevent clumping, it’s mixed with cornstarch.
Two pints equals this.
What is a quart? Thirty-two ounces equals one quart. Four quarts equals one gallon.
This natural water wonder spans Canada and the United States.
What is Niagara Falls? The three waterfalls have the highest flow rate of all falls on Earth.
What British band is often credited with spearheading the “British Invasion” of the United States in the early 1960s?
The Beatles. Their groundbreaking appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1965, marked a significant cultural moment. Over 73 million people gathered at their TVs to watch the Beatles’ first live performance in the U.S., which helped pave the way for other British bands to gain popularity in the States.
According to the Sheb Wooley song lyric, this creature is a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' what?
Purple People Eater
This is the sugar substitute in the pink packet.
What is Sweet’N Low? It’s a popular brand of saccharin, and it’s 300–500 times sweeter than sugar.
This kitchen small appliance company was founded in 1971 and is renowned for its food processors, ice cream makers, blenders, convection ovens, and coffee makers.
What is Cuisinart? Conair, a popular maker of personal care products such as hair dryers, now owns the company.
Fruit and vegetable production relies heavily on these stinging pollinators.
What are bees? Honeybees also provide food. Bees must gather pollen from around two million flowers to make a pound of honey.
Who is often called the “King of Rock and Roll”?
Elvis Presley. His dynamic performances, groundbreaking recordings, and charismatic stage presence revolutionized popular music in the 1950s and 1960s.
This popular cartoon ghost has appeared in dozens of films, tv series' and comic books.
Casper the Friendly Ghost
This gives brown sugar its flavor.
What is molasses? When the molasses loses moisture due to air exposure, this causes brown sugar to harden. When brown sugar clumps, place a piece of bread in the container and return in an hour. The molasses in the sugar absorbs the moisture from the bread.
To go against the grain is to upset this.
What is applecart? The idiom originated in Roman times, when it meant “to mess up the whole thing.”
Today we have regulations and technologies to help lower carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But we still depend on these living things to pull the greenhouse gas out of the air.
What are plants or trees? In one year, a mature tree absorbs 22 pounds of carbon dioxide and releases enough oxygen for one person to breathe for two years.
What iconic 1955 rock-and-roll song, famously performed by Little Richard, is known for its energetic piano riff and lyrics about colorful candy treats?
“Tutti Frutti.” Richard said that “Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boo” was his catchphrase that he often used as a reply when asked how he was doing.
How many bones are in the average human skeleton?
206
Sugar is derived from the sugarcane plant or this root vegetable.
What is sugar beet? The majority of U.S. sugar comes from the sugar beet plant
This is another word for sour
What is tart? Cherries come in two major varieties: sweet and tart.
This dwarf planet was discovered in 1930 and hasn’t made a revolution around the sun since then.
What is Pluto? It takes 248.09 years for Pluto to complete one revolution around the sun.
What 1969 festival is considered a pivotal moment in rock music history?
Woodstock. Though the festival got its name from the town, it took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 60 miles from Woodstock.
What classic Halloween TV special by Charles M. Schulz first aired in 1966?
“It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,”
This is the generic name for Splenda.
What is sucralose? Sucralose is 600 times sweeter than table sugar.
This means to one-up or gain an advantage over your intellectual opponent.
What is outsmart? According to Chinese military general Sun Tsu, one way to outsmart your opponent is to use the art of deception to appear weak when you are strong and strong when you are weak.
This peak in the Himalayan Mountains straddles Nepal and Tibet.
What is Mount Everest? Visitors who don’t want to climb to the peak at 29,029 feet can book a sightseeing flight.
What American rock band, known for their harmonies and hits like “Good Vibrations” and “California Girls,” was founded in 1961?
The Beach Boys. The group was founded by Brian Wilson, his brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine.
Who wrote the 1818 classic book “Frankenstein"?
Mary Shelley