Quotable Quotes
All roads lead to this city.
What is Rome? This quote derives from the 12th-century expression “A thousand roads lead men forever to Rome.” And, in fact, they did. All secondary cities on the peninsula had a road leading to Rome.
This lime pie comes from the Florida Keys.
What is key lime? Key lime pie made with regular limes just doesn’t taste the same. Key limes are tart, seedier, and less acidic, making them more flavorful than regular limes.
This beautiful pink bird is born gray.
What is the flamingo? Flamingos eat a diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae that contains carotenoids that turn their feathers pink. They also eat with their heads upside down
This Green Bay Packers coach is credited with saying, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.”
Who is Vince Lombardi? He gets the credit, but it’s since been discovered that Vanderbilt University football coach Henry “Red” Sanders first uttered the saying in 1948, as recorded in The Birmingham News.
The smell of bagels wafts through the early-morning air in this major East Coast city that never sleeps.
The smell of bagels wafts through the early-morning air in this major East Coast city that never sleeps.
This is the world’s tallest land animal.
What is a giraffe? It can grow up to 19 feet tall, with its neck reaching nine feet long.
“Much ado about nothing” is a 16th-century expression from this playwright.
Who is William Shakespeare? Its meaning is similar to “making a mountain out of a molehill.”
Lobster roll is found in this “New” region of the United States
What is New England? Good luck finding the “rolls,” sometimes called New England hot dog buns, in grocery stores outside of this region. They look like hot dog buns sliced almost in half on top, but lobster salad in a hot dog bun is not the same.
This flightless bird has the same name as a fruit.
What is the kiwi? Kiwis are an endangered species, with only five percent surviving birth. They’re the national bird of New Zealand.
This expression is boxing slang for getting out of serious trouble just in the nick of time.
What is saved by the bell? Though the expression has come to be associated with getting out of school work, it originated in boxing circles in the late 1800s as a way of saying a round ended just in time for a fighter to escape defeat.
If you order barbecue in one of these two states, you’ll get a side of mustard barbecue sauce.
What are North Carolina and South Carolina? The sauce is called Carolina Gold
These docile marine mammals “get high” on pufferfish
What are dolphins? Scientists have observed dolphins handling the pufferfish in such a way that the fish release a toxin. The toxin causes dolphins to get high and even have hallucinations.
“With malice for none, with [this] for all” is a quote from President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address in 1865.
What is charity? Lincoln delivered the address just 41 days before his assassination
You’ll find most Americans eating nearly the same meal on this day
What is Thanksgiving? You won’t find another day with more American families sitting down to a similar meal, and you won’t find entire countries or regions anywhere else eating this dinner on American Thanksgiving Day. At a typical Thanksgiving table, you’ll find a turkey dinner with sides such as dressing or breading, cranberry, sweet potatoes, and green bean casserole.
This is the deadliest creature in the animal kingdom.
What is the mosquito? The World Health Organization reports that hundreds of thousands of deaths each year are attributable to vector-borne diseases, including mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, etc.