Name the Artist
MUSIC CUE 1. Listen to the clip. Name the ARTIST OR GROUP.
Al Green
MUSIC CUE 6. Listen to the clip. Name the SONG TITLE.
Mustang Sally
Rocky Balboa trains on the museum steps in this city.
Philadelphia
These legumes form the main ingredient in traditional hummus.
Chickpeas, or garbanzo beans
Rearrange the letters in LISTEN to make a word meaning quiet.
SILENT
MUSIC CUE 2. Listen to the clip. Name the ARTIST OR GROUP.
Donna Summer
MUSIC CUE 7. Listen to the clip. Name the SONG TITLE.
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
In Casablanca, what is the first name of the piano player at Rick’s café?
Sam
This expensive spice, harvested from crocus flowers, gives many paellas a golden color.
Saffron
What do we call a word such as LEVEL that reads the same forward and backward?
A palindrome
MUSIC CUE 3. Listen to the clip. Name the ARTIST OR GROUP.
Dionne Warwick. Use her recording.
MUSIC CUE 8. Listen to the clip. Name the SONG TITLE.
Knock on Wood
Paul Newman and Robert Redford play con artists in this 1973 film.
The Sting
This dessert puts ice cream and cake beneath a browned meringue coating.
Baked Alaska
Flour and flower sound alike but have different meanings. What is the term for this kind of word pair?
Homophones
MUSIC CUE 4. Listen to the clip. Name the ARTIST OR GROUP.
Chaka Khan. Use her original solo recording.
MUSIC CUE 9. Listen to the clip. Name the SONG TITLE.
Rock Steady
This actor played detective Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night.
Sidney Poitier
These small, pickled flower buds often accompany smoked salmon and appear in chicken piccata.
Capers
NASA is formed from initial letters and spoken as a word. What is the term for that kind of abbreviation?
An acronym
MUSIC CUE 5. Listen to the clip. Name the ARTIST OR GROUP.
Bill Withers
MUSIC CUE 10. Listen to the clip. Name the SONG TITLE.
You Dropped a Bomb on Me
This actress won an Oscar for playing Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Louise Fletcher
What is the French name for a flavor base of diced onion, carrot, and celery?
Mirepoix
Swapping the opening sounds of two words, such as saying bunny phone for funny bone, creates this kind of verbal mix-up.
A spoonerism