Clocks & Calendars
The popular saying “a month of Sundays” is flawed because you can have a maximum of only this number of Sundays in a month.
five
Months have only four or five of each day, depending on what day of the week the first of the month falls.
This elongated car is used by wedding parties, in funeral processions, and to and from the office by moguls of industry.
limousine
Initially, they were used to transport freight. The name comes from the Limousin region in France.
Even before she performed the final concert with the Supremes in 1970, she was recording her first solo album.
Diana Ross
She and Mary Wilson, fellow former Supreme, had a spat on stage at the Motown reunion years after the Supremes had disbanded. It ended with Ross shoving Wilson, and Smokey Robinson took the stage to defuse the scene.
Baltic Avenue, Park Place, St. James Place, Atlantic Avenue, and Boardwalk are all street names in this city.
Atlantic City
If you have ever played classic Monopoly, you are familiar with the names of some Atlantic City streets.
This expression means a person takes after one of their parents.
chip off the old block
This typically refers to a child having the same personality traits or work ethic as a parent, rather than necessarily sharing the same physical build or appearance.
This bell rings inside the giant grandfather-style clock that is one of the dominating features of the London skyline.
Big Ben
The clock’s proper name is the Great Clock of the Elizabeth Tower.
In the film Murder on the Orient Express, the train ride starts in this city.
Istanbul
The original luxury train route went from Istanbul to Paris and took five days.
He left his band of five family members in 1979 and struck out on his own with two consecutive hit albums, Off the Wall and Thriller, right out of the gate.
Michael Jackson
The Jackson 5, as the family band was known, consisted of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael.
Juan Valdez’s coffee hails from Colombia, whose capital city is this.
Bogotá
The fictional character Juan Valdez was created in 1959 as the spokesman for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia.
You do this when you complete an item on your to-do list.
cross it off (or tick it off)
It’s helpful to prioritize tasks before creating a to-do list, and it’s beneficial to maintain both a long-term and a short-term task list.
This refers to a calendar that businesses or governments use when their calendars do not start on January 1.
fiscal year
For example, the U.S. government’s calendar year runs from October 1 through September 30 of the following year.
One tourist adventure in Venice is to ride one of these through the canals.
gondola
All 280 components of modern Venetian gondolas are still handcrafted.
This popular duo, consisting of Paul and Art, who each went on to successful solo careers.
Simon and Garfunkel
They have since performed reunion tours together. “The Sound of Silence,” released in 1965, is the tune that catapulted their duo career.
This capital city of a Pacific Rim country has the largest population in the world.
Tokyo
Its population exceeds 37 million. Delhi, India, is in the No. 2 spot, with more than 34 million. There is no North American city in the top 20.
Ready-made clothes are also called this.
off the rack
Men’s custom suits are available in three categories: standard, premium, and luxury. In 2024, the minimum prices for men’s custom suits were $699 for standard, $1,200 for premium, and $1,400 for luxury.
This is the official name of the prevalent calendar in use today, particularly in the West.
Gregorian calendar
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the calendar because the Julian calendar made it difficult to calculate when Easter should fall.
Jules Verne wrote a book about traveling for five weeks in one of these unlikely modes of transportation, customarily used for recreation and sightseeing.
a balloon
The book is Five Weeks in a Balloon, a notable departure from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
This performer was a member of the New Christy Minstrels and the First Edition before he left to pursue a solo career.
Kenny Rogers
According to the bio on his website, “Rogers sold over 120 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling male artists of all-time according to the RIAA, with one Diamond album, 20 Platinum albums, and 11 Gold albums.”
One of the world’s most expensive places to live, this lavish European city is located on the Mediterranean Sea.
Monaco
Fun fact: Monaco is both a city and a state, known as a city-state.
Take this to exit the interstate highway system.
off-ramp
Before the interstate was inaugurated, it could take more than two months to travel by car from coast to coast.
This ultra-precise device is so accurate that it can measure Earth’s rotation slowing down by milliseconds.
atomic clock
The atomic clock uses the vibrations of cesium or rubidium atoms to measure time.
Get comfortable—we’re going for a ride on this, the longest highway in the world.
Pan-American Highway
It runs 19,000 miles (30,578 km) from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to the tip of Argentina. It traverses 14 countries from the United States south through Central and South America.
A member of many bands, including Genesis before launching his successful solo career, his tune “In the Air Tonight” is among his many contributions to the world of music.
Phil Collins
The highly decorated musician has won an Oscar, a Grammy, two BMI awards, three ASCAP awards, and two Golden Globes.
Africa’s oldest subway is found in this city.
Cairo
It was opened in 1987 and spans 66 miles, with 80 stations.
Pharmaceuticals prescribed for purposes other than those officially approved are referred to as this.
off-label
An example of off-label medication is gabapentin, an anti-seizure medication that is sometimes prescribed to treat nerve pain and hot flashes, among other ailments.