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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.
This antebellum South Carolina city boasts cobblestone streets, horse-drawn carriages, and Fort Sumter.
What is Charleston? Nighttime ghost tours draw many tourists to the city.
This term refers to a menu with separately priced items.
What is à la carte? In the United States, you can order à la carte from most menus. Prix fixe, or all-inclusive meals, from appetizers to dessert, are often found in high-end restaurants.
This is the most popular color of rose given on Valentine’s Day.
What is red? Roses account for 83 percent of all flowers sold on Valentine’s Day, and 63 percent of those roses are red.
In 1985 sports news, Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm were inducted into this Hall of Fame.
What is the Baseball Hall of Fame? Brock was an outfielder for the Cardinals, while Wilhelm was a pitcher known for knuckleballs.
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. It begins with the following lyrics: See you in September See you when the summer’s through Here we are saying goodbye at the station Summer vacation is taking you away.
This former maximum security prison sits in the middle of San Francisco Bay on a gigantic rock.
What is Alcatraz? Tours are conducted daily, with ferry service from San Francisco. Alcatraz was first a military prison during the Civil War and operated as a federal prison from 1934 to 1963. Al Capone was its most famous prisoner. Whitey Bulger also served time there.
This term means to beat an ingredient, such as cream, to incorporate air into it.
What is whip? You can whip cream with a mixer, or you can use a whisk to accomplish the same result with elbow grease and more time.
This major bodily organ gets its own month in February.
What is the heart? The American Heart Association has designated February as American Heart Month, a time to raise awareness about heart disease, including prevention and treatment.
On January 19, 1985, his single “Born in the U.S.A.” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard charts.
Who is Bruce Springsteen? He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, the first year he was eligible.
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.
This string of islands off the coast of North Carolina houses the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, with its distinctive, diagonal black-and-white stripes.
What are the Outer Banks? Orville and Wilbur Wright’s historic flight took off from the Outer Banks, and the majestic Wright Brothers Memorial is perched atop Kill Devil Hill.
Food Network celebrity Alton Brown calls this type of cooking in a gas oven “upside-down grilling.”
What is broiling? You won’t get a charcoal flavor, but you’ll get the equivalent of a gas-grilled meal.
Fat Tuesday is the culmination of this event.
What is Mardi Gras? Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday in the Christian faith.
His final appearance as James Bond was in A View to a Kill.
Who is Roger Moore? Moore stars in seven Bond films, released between 1973 and 1985.
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.
If spelunking is high on your bucket list, there’s no better place to take a cave tour than the Mammoth Cave in this state
What is Kentucky? Mammoth Cave is the longest known cave system in the world, with more than 400 miles of mapped passageways.
This is the term for chopping an ingredient into cubes larger than minced cubes.
What is dice? The cubes vary in size from 1/8 to 1/4 inch.
Chosen because it includes the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, February is when this annual observance is celebrated.
What is Black History Month? We started observing Black History Month in 1976. It is the outgrowth of Black History Week, established in 1926.
On June 27, this iconic route from Chicago to Santa Monica was decertified.
What is Route 66? A huge cultural landmark associated with music, literature, and, of course, Burma Shave, parts of the route can still be visited.
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.
This city is best place in the Northeast to see Gilded Age mansions.
Where is Newport, Rhode Island? The most famous mansion is the Vanderbilt Mansion. You can tour the mansions, but some are open only during the summer.
According to Good Housekeeping, to do this is “to cook food in a small amount of fat in a skillet over relatively high heat, stirring often or occasionally.”
What is sauté? When sautéing a protein, you turn it once or twice. However, when sautéing vegetables, the technique is similar to stir-frying.
The people who ride the Mardi Gras floats are required by law to wear these.
What are masks? They are required to remain anonymous, a tradition that started hundreds of years ago. They can wear full face masks or masks that shield only the eyes.
In September, Nintendo introduced this video game, featuring 2 Italian brothers as the main characters.
What is Super Mario Bros.? The ever-popular game featuring brothers Mario and Luigi was created by Shigeru Miyamoto.