Myths and Legends
Athos, Porthos and Aramis, collectively known by this title, were created by Alexandre Dumas in his story about an elite force tasked with protecting the king of France.
Who are the Three Musketeers?
In this book by Ira Levin, published in 1967, a young woman suspects she is pregnant with the antichrist after moving into an apartment complex with a history of witchcraft and murder.
What is Rosemary's Baby?
This 8-letter A word means very cute, charming, inspiring great affection.
What is ADORABLE?
This is a shallow, circular, transparent dish with a flat lid, used for the culture of microorganisms.
What is a Petri Dish?
If you've been handed this, you have just been fired.
What are your walking papers?
in 1950, singer Patti Page asked this question as she walked by a pet shop
This water rodent is the national animal of Canada
What is a beaver?
Legend states that this series of bodies of water were created by Paul Bunyan so that Babe, his blue ox, would have a place to drink.
What are the Great Lakes?
Written by William March, this novel from 1954 tells of a mother who realizes her eight year old daughter is a serial killer.
What is The Bad Seed?
This 6-letter S word means spirited, courageous and determined. Mary Tyler Moore has it, Mr. Grant hates it.
This apparatus produces a single open flame and it is used for heating and sterilization purposes in the various experiments conducted in a lab.
What is a Bunsen Burner?
This idiom means unaware of current events or things that most people know about.
What is "living under a rock?"?
This song was originally recorded by Merv Griffin in 1950, Danny Kaye recorded it a year later. In it, a barker at a carnival cries out to "Roll or bowl a ball a penny a pitch" .
What is I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts?
This soft drink began in Morison’s Drug Store in Wako, Texas in 1885. Despite its name, it did not have medicinal properties.
What is Dr Pepper?
Remember, remember, the 5th of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
'twas (this figure's) intent
To blow up the King and the Parliament
Who is Guy Fawkes?
Well known for his children's literature, such as James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, this British author penned some truly creepy adult fare as well; like Lamb to the Slaughter and The Landlady
Who is Roald Dahl?
Use this 6-letter Q word to compliment someone who has peculiar behaviors or mannerisms
What is QUIRKY?
This piece of equipment is primarily used to separate substances based on their density. By spinning samples at high speeds, the heavier components settle at the bottom, while lighter ones remain at the top.
What is a centrifuge?
This idiom means to wilfully act in a reckless, foolish, and/or dangerous manner, and fits the category. Doing it for real is very, very dangerous.
What is Running with Scissors?
This song from Bill Haley is from 1955. After you say the title, someone will probably say "after while crocodile." or "After a while, crocodile." or "In a while, crocodile." Apparently there are regional differences.
What is See Ya Later, Alligator?
This brand of gin is named after the guards at the Tower of London.
What is Beefeater?
This swashbuckler of legend was based on a real person named Joaquin Murrieta, who was the "Mexican Robin Hood." He's a dashing masked vigilante who saves commoners and is quick with his sword.
Who is Zorro?
In this short story by WW Jacobs, the White family acquire a magical talisman that grants three wishes. At first they think its a joke but they eventually learn to be careful what they wish for.
What is the Monkey's Paw?
Use this 11-letter M word to convey that you are so interested in or so attracted to something that you cannot think about anything else. Named for an Austrian doctor who theorized about it.
As useful in a science lab as a kitchen (make sure not to use the same one for each) these two pieces are used grinding and pulverizing solid substances into fine powders.
What are a mortar and pestle?
If you are living out this idiom, you have to make a very difficult decision, none of them very good options.
What is "between a rock and a hard place."?
In this song composed in 1947, we meet a man who, through an unlikely (but legal) combination of marriages, becomes stepfather to his own stepmother, taking out the "step" step and becoming his own ancestor.
What is I Am My Own Grandpa?
What canine term refers to having a small amount of alcohol the morning to compensate for having a lot the night before.
What is "hair of the dog that bit you?"
It comes from an old folk remedy that said the cure for rabies was to apply hair from the rabid dog directly to the bite wound.
This heroic locomotive engineer was given to feats of prowess; he was the sole victim in wreck when his Illinois Central “Cannonball” Express hit a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Miss.
Who is Casey Jones?
This story by Edgar Allan Poe is a Gothic horror tale about a narrator who visits his ailing friend and his sister Madeline at his decaying family mansion.
What is The Fall of the House of Usher?
This 7-letter U word describes someone who is remarkably polite and polished.
What is URBANE?
This device uses steam under high pressure to sterilize medical and laboratory equipment and supplies.
What is an autoclave?
This idiom means one that is outwardly powerful or dangerous but inwardly weak or ineffectual
What is a paper tiger?
in 1965, Roger Miller taught us that we can't roller skate among a herd of this animal. But we can be happy, if we've a mind to.
What is a Buffalo?
This kitchen invention took the top prize at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893; invented by Josephine Garis-Cochrane.
What is the dishwasher?