WORDS
WHAT IS WAMPUM?
WAMPUM ARE TUBULAR PURPLE AND WHITE BEADS MADE FROM SHELLS. THEY ARE USED FOR THE ORNEMENTAL, CEREMONIAL, DIPLOMATIC AND COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. MADE FROM THE SAP OF SOME TREES.
THIS ANNUAL FESTIVAL BEGAN IN 1810 WHEN PRINCE LUDWIG OF BAVARIA INVITED THE PEOPLE OF MUNICH TO JOIN IN CELEBRATING HIS MARRIAGE
OKTOBERFEST
TYHE WATERFRONT OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, IS ALSO KNOWN AS "THE NATION'S RIVER"
THE POTOMAC
THE CLASSIC LINCOLN MOTOR CAR THAT CAME OUT IN THE 1950'S
CONTINENTAL
SINCE 1925, THE SHOWCASE OF COUNTRY MUSIC KNOWN AS THE GRAND OLE OPRY HAS BEEN BROADCAST FROM THIS CITY
NASHVILLE
WHAT IS MYRRH?
WHAT IS FRANKINCENSE?
CHORUS:
THEN ENTERED IN THOSE WISE MEN THREE
FULL REVERENTLY UPON THEIR KNEE
AND OFFERED THERE IN HIS PRESENCE
THEIR GOLD AND MYRRH AND FRANKINCENSE
THEY ARE RESINS THAT COME FROM THE DRIED SAP OF CERTAIN TREES. THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR FRAGRANCE, SCENT, MEDICINAL PURPOSES AND RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM
THE TYRAMINE IN FERMENTED PRODUCTS LIKE AGED CHEESE OR BEER MAY CAUSE THESE HEADACHES DERIVED FOM THE WORD "HEMICRANIA"
MIGRAINES
NORTH CAROLINA'S RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK CONSISTS OF 3 UNIVERSITIES: DURHAM, CHAPEL HILL AND THE HOME OF NC STATE
RALEIGH
THIS TWO-WORD PHRASE FOR A FAREWELL PERFORMANCE IS DERIVED FROM THE BELIEF THAT A CERTAIN BIRD MAKES MUSIC AS IT DIES
SWAN SONG
DATING FROM 1880, THIS RENOWN LIQUOR IS MADE WITH FINE COGNAC AND THE ESSENCE OF BITTER ORANGES
GRAND MARNIER
WHAT IS THE AMERICAN VERSION OF THE "RIO BRAVO", WHICH SEPARATES EL PASO, TX FROM CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO?
RIO GRANDE
LETS GET DOWN TO THIS, THE HEART OF THE MATTER
WHAT IS NITTY-GRITTY
JERUSALEM WAS CAPTURED DURING THE FIRST OF THESE CAMPAIGNS I THE 1090s
THE CRUSADES
THE FIRST AND LAST LETTERS IN THE GREEK ALPHABET
ALPHA - OMEGA
WHEN FACED WITH DANGER, CERTAIN DUCKS, SNAKES, AND MAMMALS DO THIS, ALSO CALLED THANATOSIS
PLAY DEAD
WHAT IS XENOPHOBIA?
THE FEAR OR DISLIKE OF ANYHTHING WHICH IS PERCEIVED AS BEING FOREIGN OR STRANGE.
A SERIOUS REACTION TO THIS LEGUME CAN BE CAUSED BY IT'S ARA h 1, 2, and 3 PROTEINS
PEANUTS
THE JUNKANOO PARADE STARTS IN THE WEE HOURS OF NEW YEAR'S DAY IN NASSAU, HIS COUNTRY'S CAPITAL
THE BAHAMAS
A TOYOTA TRUCK: A LEVEL TREELESS ARCTIC PLAIN
TUNDRA
VIA A WEBCAM IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS LEGENDARY CREATURE IN IT'S WATERY ABODE
LOCH NESS MONSTER
1. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE OWNS A RADIO STATION WITH THE CALL LETTERS "WGN". WHAT DOES THIS STAND FOR?
2. WHY ARE THE CALL LETTERS OF THE RADIO STATION KDKA IMPORTANT?
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KDKA, LOCATED IN PITTSBURGH, IS THE FIRST COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION ON THE AIR, STARTED MY EN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, DR. FRANK CONRAD I THE EARKY 1920'S
POPYE'S FAVORITE FOOD
SPINACH
IN 1776, 228 SAILING SHIPS AND 53 NAVAL VESSELS SAILED ACROSS NEW YORK HARBOR TO CELEBRATE THIS BIG BIRTHDAY
WHAT IS THE BICENTENNIAL
A CHEVY SUV: IT CAN BE VERNAL OR AUTUMNAL
EQUINOX
IN 1060, MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ASSISSINATED IN THIS CAPITAL
ATLANTA