Authors: In 1937, his sister said he had “hats of every description,” which he would use as a “foundation of his next book.”
Dr. Seuss
U.S. States: This state is 2nd in blueberry production, 3rd in cranberries, 4th in peaches but 1st in chemical production.
New Jersey
The Bible: In Chapter 1 of the Acts of the Apostles, Matthias is chosen to replace him.
Judas (Iscariot)
Candy: Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colorado, happily founded this candy company in 1949 to make money during the winter.
Jolly Rancher
North American Geography: The number of Canadian Provinces that border the Great Lakes.
One (Ontario)
Shakespeare's Tragedies: He has 272 speeches, the most of any non-title character in a Shakespeare tragedy.
Iago
U.S. States: It's the only 2-word State name in which neither word appears in the name of any other state.
Rhode Island
Latin Lingo: This 3-word phrase familiar in the U.S. originated in an ancient poem & described assembling foods to make salad.
E Pluribus Unum
Kid Stuff: In Tic-Tac-Toe, the maximum number of X's you can have on the board without winning.
5
Amounts on the banknotes in this country, one of the world's 10 largest, are in 17 different official languages.
India
Automotive: These are the last names of the motor car maker & motor car dealer who merged in Manchester, England in 1906.
Rolls & Royce
U.S. Geography: The longest boundary between any 2 U.S. states is the one between these two.
Texas & Oklahoma
Beverages: Pope Clement VIII said of this beverage around 1600, "We shall cheat Satan" by baptizing it as a christian beverage.
Coffee
Athletes: He was an Olympian, Played Pro-Baseball for the Reds, and was a charter member of Pro-Football's Hall of Fame.
Jim Thorpe
Volcanos: It's the only continent with no active volcanos.
Australia
Titles: Since 1578, only 14 men have held this title, including a 1989 Nobel Prize winner.
Dalai Lama
U.S. States: After Alaska, this state has the greatest difference between its highest & lowest points.
California
Roman Emperors: In 59 A.D. Agrippa wrote to this man, her son, "Tell me, why should I plot against your Life?" -- She was killed anyway.
Nero
President born earliest in the 20th Century.
Lyndon B. Johnson
World Capitals: This North African Capital's name is from the Greek for "Three Towns".
Tripoli, Libya
Outer Space: Physicist John Wheeler compared possible passages through space & time to the work of this creature.
Worm (Wormhole)
Americana: An 1890 Act of Congress says these can be redesigned no more than once every 25 years.
Coins
7 Wonders: The smallest ancient wonder, it was the only one ever moved, having been transported from Olympia to Constantinople around 391 A.D.
Statue of Zeus
Mainz, Germany celebrates the life of this inventor in an annual festival called Johannisnacht.
Johannes Gutenberg
Words: Meaning beneficial qualities or attributes of a person, this 9 letter word is the longest in the English Language with only a single vowel. If you get this one, more 'power' to you.
Strengths