By the Numbers
A song performed by two singers
What is duet?
This most famous precious gem in the world is on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
What is Hope Diamond?
Professional who draws up plans for a house
Who is architect (or draftsman, drafter, etc.).
Streisand of singing and acting fame
Who is Barbra?
Algeria, Iran, or China
What is China?
A postulant leaves the convent temporarily to become a governess for the Von Trapp family in the Austrian Alps. Instead of returning to the convent, she marries her boss in this Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical.
What is The Sound of Music?
In 1973, this fast-food chain added the “Quarter Pounder” to its menu.
What is McDonald’s?
Originally, this piece of furniture was used by unmarried women to store clothing and linens for her married life.
What is hope chest?
Call someone in this profession when your sink has a leak.
What is plumbing?
A person who cuts hair
Who is barber?
Brazil, Ecuador, or Peru
What is Brazil?
She played the original Mrs. Dolly Levi on Broadway at the St. James Theater.
Who is Carol Channing?
A cycle with only one wheel
What is unicycle?
Children’s oath: Cross my heart and [three missing words]. It means “I promise I’m telling the truth."
What is hope to die?
This occupies the same building as the U.S. House of Representatives
What is U.S. Senate?
Trades made without the exchange of money
What is barter?
Portugal, Spain, and France
What is France?
In this musical, Tevye sings “If I Were a Rich Man.”
What is Fiddler on the Roof?
Weather reports often include this type of air pressure as a number.
What is barometric?
This comedian was Jack Benny’s contemporary and often worked with Bing Crosby.
Who is Bob Hope?
Slab and crawl space are two types of this.
What is foundation?
Mattel doll Ken’s one-time girlfriend and current wife
Who is Barbie?
Greenland, Iceland, or United Kingdom
What is United Kingdom?
In this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, household pets with human characteristics take the place of humans as characters.
What is Cats?
Another word for trinity, also starting with a T, and meaning “a group of three.” Also, a musical term meaning a chord of three tones.
What is triad?
This U.S. president used the campaign slogan “Hope and Change” in his 2007 campaign.
Who is President Barack Obama?
This is the title given to the presiding officer in the U.S. House of Representatives.
What is Speaker of the House?
Person who pours and serves coffee in a Starbucks or Tim Hortons
Who is barista?
Canada, the 48 contiguous United States, or Mexico
What is Canada?
This Broadway musical came after the film and is set in London. The storyline is woven around the life of the Banks family, their nanny, and the nanny’s friend Bert, a chimney sweep.
What is Mary Poppins?
This buzzword has been used to describe a perceived lack of any difference between the Republican and Democrat parties
What is uniparty?
This kind of hope doesn’t see.
What is blind hope?
When you want to hang something heavy on drywall, it’s best to secure it not only to the drywall but also to this vertical piece of wood behind the drywall
What is stud?
The bright red stalks of this plant are used mostly in pies and cakes, sometimes with strawberries.
What is rhubarb?
India, China, or Japan
What is Japan?
In this 1970 Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera, the lead character is a superstar
What is Jesus Christ, Superstar?