Dreaming of Summer
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.
Answer: 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.
Pounds, ounces, tablespoons, and teaspoons are part of the category of weights and this.
Answer: What are measures? Weights and measures are units that quantify volume, length, weight, etc.
This is the most popular color of rose given on Valentine’s Day
Answer: What is red? Roses account for 83 percent of all flowers sold on Valentine’s Day, and 63 percent of those roses are red.
This antebellum South Carolina city boasts cobblestone streets, horse-drawn carriages, and Fort Sumter.
Answer: What is Charleston? Nighttime ghost tours draw many tourists to the city.
This term refers to a menu with separately priced items.
Answer: 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.
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.
Answer: 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.
Use your glass measuring cup for measuring this type of ingredient.
Answer: What is liquid? Dry ingredients are measured in metal or plastic flat-top measuring cups.
This major bodily organ gets its own month in February.
Answer: What is red? Roses account for 83 percent of all flowers sold on Valentine’s Day, and 63 percent of those roses are red.
This former maximum security prison sits in the middle of San Francisco Bay on a gigantic rock.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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
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.
Answer: 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.
Add this to a roux to make a béchamel sauce.
Answer: What is milk? Both are basic French sauces and made with flour and a fat, usually butter. They have been incorporated into American sauces and are the base of gravies, Alfredo, and cheese sauces.
Fat Tuesday is the culmination of this event.
Answer: What is Mardi Gras? Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday in the Christian faith
This string of islands off the coast of North Carolina houses the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, with its distinctive, diagonal black-and-white stripes.
Answer: 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."
Answer: What is broiling? You won’t get a charcoal flavor, but you’ll get the equivalent of a gas-grilled meal
This 1955 classic film starring Katharine Hepburn and Italian actor Rossano Brazzi captures the romance of Venice, Italy.
Answer: 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.
We learned this important concept regarding preparing food so all of it would be ready at the same time; it also applies to timing work, projects, and other tasks.
Answer: What is time management? Though multitasking became a desirable skill during the rise of the personal computer, researchers have found that, from a time-management point of view, it is better to work on one task at a time.
Chosen because it includes the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, February is when this annual observance is celebrated
Answer: What is Black History Month? We started observing Black History Month in 1976. It is the outgrowth of Black History Week, established in 1926.
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.
Answer: What is Kentucky? Mammoth Cave is the longest known cave system in the world, with more than 400 miles of mapped passageways.
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.”
Answer: What is sauté? When sautéing a protein, you turn it once or twice. However, when sautéing vegetables, the technique is similar to stir-frying.
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.
Answer: What is American Graffiti? The two have very differing opinions of their small, northern California town, and those differences play out in the film
We were taught that when no fire extinguisher was available, we should put out grease fires with this common ingredient.
Answer: What is baking soda? Today, the best way to put out a grease fire is to use a fire blanket because it doesn’t create a mess.
If you are born on this numerical day in February, technically your birthday will happen only every four years
Answer: What is February 29? Leap years occur every four years, and February gains an extra day
This national park near Jackson, Wyoming, is named for the highest mountain peak within its borders
Answer: What is Grand Teton National Park? The highest peak of the Teton Range in Wyoming is Grand Teton. Experienced hikers in peak physical condition can navigate the steep inclines of the 7,000-foot climb to the top and back.
A tied bunch of fresh herbs used while cooking is called this
Answer: What is bouquet garni? They are often used in soups and stews. By tying the stems together, you don’t have to waste time pulling them out individually before serving.