Food and Drink
Sliced apples sautéed in butter are a classic filling for these French pancakes.
What are crepes?
This issue had the most lobbyists working on it in 1999.
What is taxation?
The eastern gray kangaroo can cover 25 feet in a single leap, & they’re widespread in this, the country’s smallest state.
What is Tasmania?
She had 3 of Billboard’s Top 20 songs of 2015, including “Bad Blood.”
Who is Taylor Swift?
This is the long form for the acronym IRS.
What is the Internal Revenue Service.
If you’re in Central Asia, ask for shashlik; if you head down to the Middle East, ask for this 2-word skewered meat equivalent.
What is a shish kebab?
This ancient civilization revered the tax professional as the most noble man in society.
What is Greece?
The right or bowhead this gets tangled in fishing nets, which can stunt growth, causing the species to be shorter than its typical 52 feet.
What is a whale?
In 1995 this one-named singer rose to the top of the charts with “Kiss From A Rose.”
Who is Seal?
This president used the IRS to harass newspaper publishers who were opposed to his plans for the New Deal?
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
For a change of pace at soup time, try soup aux cerises, made with red wine & this fruit.
This is a direct tax on imported and exported goods.
What is a tariff?
The 2-toed one of these can live up to 20 years, most of it upside down in the canopy of the rainforest.
What is a sloth?
In the late 1980s Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson & Michael Steele had 5 Top 10 hits as this band.
Who are the Bangles?
This is the Department that the IRS belongs to.
What is the Department of the Treasury?
The name of this Caribbean liqueur is from the Spanish for “Aunt Mary.”
What is Tia Maria?
This many Americans were out of work during the Great Depression?
What is between 12 and 15 million workers?
When faced with danger, certain ducks, snakes & mammals do this, also called thanatosis.
What is "play dead"?
1988 hit in which George Michael offered to be your “preacher, teacher, anything you have in mind.”
What is "Father Figure"?
This president encouraged a secret IRS program called the Special Services Staff, which investigated his political opponents as well as harassing them with audits.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Gruyere is a firm, tangy cheese named for a district in this nation.
What is Switzerland?
This was the average annual income in 1913.
$800
This fearsome ocean predator gets the first part of its name from the stripes on its sides.
What is a tiger shark?
In a song from The Temptations, “Papa” was one of these, “wherever he laid his hat was his home.”
What is "A Rolling Stone"?
This led to the creation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, which later became the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
What is World War II?