Potpourri
This ancient machine is the basis for the Dial of Destiny
What is the
Antikythera mechanism/machine
?
This Godfather author tried to write for Marvel Comics.
Who is Mario Puzo?
This is the art, science, and discipline of preparing and presenting food.
What is COOKING?
This British Monarch sadly passed away in 2022.
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
This abbreviation is AML.
What is ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING?
This Chinese initiative began in 2013 and will impact 150 countries when completed in 2049.
What is the Silk Road Initiative (The Belt and Road Initiative)?
This Marvel Superhero originally got his green color due to a printing error.
Who is the Hulk?
This cookie was invented by mistake in 1930.
What is the Toll House or chocolate chip cookie?
This Christmas film about a family's disastrous holiday recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.
(Is that right, Clark?)
What is Christmas Vacation?
NAV - In mutual funds, the market value of a fund share, synonymous with bid price.
What is NET ASSET VALUE?
The number of days it would take a skydiver to fall through a hypothetical hole the Earth
What is almost 3?
This Star Trek Captain also played Marvel character Professor X.
Who is Patrick Stewart?
What is June?
This app currently has more users than the populations of any major nation.
What is FACEBOOK?
FHA - An agency of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
What is the Fair Housing Administration?
According to Cricwindow.com, this person holds the most runs in international cricket.
Who is
SR Tendulkar (Ind)
played 1989-2013
34,357 runs
?
Dr. Doom was the Marvel Superhero who inspired this Star Wars character, voiced by James Earl Jones.
Who is Darth Vader?
Fine dining originated in this international city.
What is Paris?
What is FUSION?
WBS - A project tracking document created to track and report out on each project TAR.
From 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Mae Questel who played Aunt Bethany also voiced a famous garter-wearing cartoon character from the 1930s.
Who is Betty Boop?
Michael Jackson wanted to be this Marvel Superhero.
Who is Spider-Man?
The first cookbooks were written on this material.
What is CLAY?
This type of creepy insect consumes between 440 million and 880 million tons of prey every year.
What are SPIDERS?
PPP - A penalty assessed by some lenders if a loan is paid off early.
What is a PREPAYMENT PENALTY?