AS TIME GOES BY
Usual working hours.
9 to 5
This game is played with kings, queens, rooks, bishops, knights, and pawns.
Chess
What popular SUV (sports utility vehicle) was originally developed as an all-purpose military automobile: Starts with letter J
Jeep
Professional who draws up plans for a house
architect (or draftsman, drafter)
A song performed by two singers. Starts with letter D.
Duet
For business people, time is ______
Money
A form of team game played in North America with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron.
Football
True or false? CBS stands for Columbia Broadcasting System.
True.
CBS was the network that broadcast the infamous, panic-inducing The War of the Worlds radio drama in 1938 that led listeners to believe aliens from Mars were invading Earth.
Call someone in this profession when your sink has a leak.
Plumber
In 1973, this fast-food chain added the “Quarter Pounder” to its menu
MCDonald's
These are two transition seasons.
Spring and Fall
(The two milder seasons are called
transition seasons because they
bridge the two extreme seasons.)
A game in which two or four players strike a ball with rackets over a net stretched across a court. The usual form is played with a felt-covered hollow rubber ball on a grass, clay, or artificial surface.
Tennis
What device is used to listen to your heart:
A stethoscope
Slab and crawl space are two types of this. Starts with letter F
foundation
A cycle with only one wheel
Unicycle.
Since there’s no handlebar, riders steer the unicycle by gripping the seat with their legs and twisting their body
The New Year’s Eve ball drop begins at 11:59 p.m., and it takes exactly this many seconds to drop in order to reach the bottom on New Year’s Day.
60 seconds
This over-50 women’s society exists “for no other purpose than to have fun with like-minded women.” You’ll see all of them wearing hats of a certain color.
Red Hat Society
What kind of wind is considered more forceful. Starts with Letter G
Gale
When you want to hang something heavy on drywall, it’s best to secure it not only to the drywall but also to this vertical piece of wood behind the drywall.
Stud
Weather reports often include this type of air pressure as a number.
Barometric.
A dropping barometric pressure is associated with clouds and rain, and a rising barometric pressure indicates clear, sunny weather.
The ceasefire agreement for this war was signed at 11 a.m. sharp on 11/11.
World War I
(The year was 1918. Armistice Day is celebrated each November 11.)
North Americans involved in this hobby know all about
the Canadian Maple,Walking Liberty, and Saint Gaudens.
coin collecting
Animal with the tallest neck
giraffe
This occupies the same building as the U.S. House of Representatives.
US Senate
Another word for trinity, also starting with a T, and meaning “a group of three.” Also, a musical term meaning achord of three tones.
triad