1960s Rom-Coms
This timeless film stars Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly and George Peppard as Paul Varjak in a cat-and-mouse romance.
What is Breakfast at Tiffany’s?
Hepburn earned $750,000 for the film, making her the highest-paid actress for a movie at the time.
Hayley Mills plays the double leading roles of kids who meet at camp in this film; their first meeting exposes a visceral hatred for each other.
What is The Parent Trap?
Mills plays both Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers. After they are disciplined by being placed together in solitary confinement, they learn they are twins, separated during infancy.
Pounds, ounces, tablespoons, and teaspoons are part of the category of weights and this.
What are measures?
Weights and measures are units that quantify volume, length, weight, etc.
Vertical lines run this way.
What is up and down, or from top to bottom?
The straight legs on the average dinner table are vertical lines.
This color is on top of a traffic light.
What is red?
Red is the universal color for “stop!” or “danger.” It’s always on top of a vertical traffic light and on the left side of a horizontal traffic light. Its placement is in the most conspicuous location in both instances.
Free-spirited Corie (Jane Fonda) and stuffed-shirt Paul (Robert Redford) are newlyweds in this 1967 film.
What is Barefoot in the Park?
After a glorious honeymoon at the famed Plaza Hotel, they navigate the reality of New York City life in a tiny fifth-floor walk-up apartment with an array of eccentric neighbors.
When leaving school for summer vacation, students in love are reminded by this 1966 hit single by the Happenings that they will see each other again in September.
What is “See You in September”?
The Tempos originally recorded the song.
We were taught about this graphical representation of food and the number of servings of each group we should have in a day.
What is the food pyramid?
MyPlate has since replaced the food pyramid.
This visual line separates the ocean from the sky.
What is horizon?
The water doesn’t really meet the sky on the horizon; it’s an optical illusion. The beach is a great place to see the horizon unobscured.
The odd one out, this is the only letter that doesn’t appear in the name of a U.S. state.
What is Q?
The letter X appears in Texas and New Mexico
This romantic thriller starring Audrey Hepburn as Regina Lampert and Cary Grant as Peter Joshua is set in Paris and adds a who-dunnit aspect with an astounding twist ending.
What is Charade?
The opening scene finds Regina vacationing in the French Alps, shortly before returning to the apartment in Paris she shares with her husband. Only, the apartment has been emptied of all its belongings—including her husband.
On a cold, dreary Sunday in the dead of winter, a reminder of what lies ahead comes with watching this sport, played on lush fairways and greens and often set against the pounding waves of the ocean.
What is golf?
Even if you don’t like the game, the views are spectacular, now enhanced by the addition of drones that capture a bird’s-eye view of the magnificent courses.
Add this to a roux to make a béchamel sauce.
What is milk?
Both are basic French sauces and made with flour and a fat, usually butter. They have been incorporated into American sauces and are the base of gravies, Alfredo, and cheese sauces.
White lines that run across the street at an intersection are known as this.
What is a crosswalk?
The lines indicate pedestrian walkways for crossing the street.
Some say Chicago is called the Windy City because of its windy weather, but in the late 19th century it was so named because these types of people were full of hot air.
Who are politicians?
A New York Sun journalist introduced the moniker in 1893.
That Touch of [This] pairs Cary Grant as Philip Shayne with Doris Day as Cathy Timberlake.
What is Mink?
The plot is the classic “young woman falls for a wealthy businessman” motif. It follows the predictable path of the man wanting an affair while the woman wants marriage.
This 1955 classic film starring Katharine Hepburn and Italian actor Rossano Brazzi captures the romance of Venice, Italy.
What is Summertime?
The plot involves a single, middle-aged woman who travels to Venice and falls in love with a married Italian antique store owner.
We learned this important concept regarding preparing food so all of it would be ready at the same time; it also applies to timing work, projects, and other tasks.
What is time management?
Though multitasking became a desirable skill during the rise of the personal computer, researchers have found that, from a time-management point of view, it is better to work on one task at a time.
This letter is made up of two diagonal lines that cross in the center
What is X?
The alphabet comprises many letters that are formed solely of straight lines. Other letters are made of curved lines or a combination of straight and curved.
Some believe these imaginary straight lines connect sacred places, such as Stonehenge and the Giza Pyramids.
What are ley lines?
Some believe ley lines are energetic and are associated with magnetic fields.
Doris Day and James Garner play Beverly and Dr. Gerald Boyer in this wacky rom-com about a married couple whose life is turned upside down when she becomes a spokesperson for a soap company.
What is The Thrill of It All?
Chaos almost rips their marriage apart until an unlikely intervention occurs.
This 1973 film, set at the end of the summer of 1962, stars Ron Howard and Richard Dreyfuss; it covers only one night as the two prepare to leave for college.
What is American Graffiti?
The two have very differing opinions of their small, northern California town, and those differences play out in the film.
We were taught that when no fire extinguisher was available, we should put out grease fires with this common ingredient.
What is baking soda?
Today, the best way to put out a grease fire is to use a fire blanket because it doesn’t create a mess.
These equidistant lines never cross; for example, railroad tracks.
What are parallel lines?
Above-ground electrical wires are another example of parallel lines
Rock Hudson and Doris Day star as Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton in this 1961 film about two rival advertising executives.
What is Lover Come Back?
It’s no secret that advertising can be a dirty business, but sometimes the dirty tricks backfire, and that’s the core hilarity of this rom-com.