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The number of seconds in a minute.
What is 60? It’s also the number of minutes in an hour. Seconds and minutes are based on the decimal system, but 24 hours in a day comes from the old duodecimal system, which is based on the number 12.
Steakhouse salad, with blue cheese dressing, blue cheese crumbles, and bacon, begins with a wedge of this lettuce.
What is iceberg?
This sport is similar to baseball but uses a larger ball and an underhanded pitch.
What is softball? The field for both is diamond shaped, but the space between bases differs. A high school baseball diamond has 90 feet between bases, and a softball diamond has 60 feet between bases.
Born July 1, 1961, she is Prince Harry’s mother
Who is Princess Diana? Diana kept her title of Princess of Wales but lost the title of Her Royal Highness after divorcing Prince Charles. In interviews, Prince Harry often talks about his mother.
On July 2, 1937, this famed pilot and her navigator made their last contact with the U.S. Coast Guard before going missing.
Who is Amelia Earhart? The airplane went missing while circumnavigating the equator.
The time it takes for Earth to orbit the sun.
What is a year (or 365 days)? Earth rotates every day but orbits the sun every 365.25 days
Every good salad starts by washing lettuce and drying it in this kitchen gadget.
What is a spinner? An alternate method to quickly remove water from fresh lettuce is to place the lettuce in a clean dishtowel, bring all four corners together and twist, and then swing the towel.
These runners focus on endurance over the long haul.
What are marathon runners? Runners use cross-training to build strength and endurance.
Born July 16, 1911, she was Fred Astaire’s dance partner and leading lady in films.
Who is Ginger Rogers? Her catchphrase, “Cigarette me, big boy,” is from her 1930 film debut in Young Man of Manhattan.
The first footage of the shipwreck of this iconic ship was filmed in 1985 and released to the public on July 18, 1986.
What is (R.M.S.) Titanic? It was discovered when its boiler was spotted on the ocean floor in the North Atlantic.
Thirty days hath these months.
What is September, April, June, and November? It comes from a 16th-century nursery rhyme.
This backyard-grown lettuce comes in green and red varieties.
What is leaf? Leaf lettuce tolerates all types of soil, so it can be planted just about anywhere.
This type of rafting involves going through rapids.
What is white-water rafting? The 1972 film Deliverance features a scene of canoeing through rapids. You can also navigate white water in inner tubes.
Born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940, he is one of two surviving Beatles.
Who is Ringo Starr? He was very sick as a child with appendicitis, peritonitis, and tuberculosis. He will always be remembered as the drummer, but he sang the lead on “Yellow Submarine” and “With a Little Help from My Friends.”
On July 1, 1902, this French bicycle race had its maiden run.
What is Tour de France? It’s the world’s most prestigious bicycle race. Most North Americans associate Lance Armstrong with the competition even though his seven titles were stripped due to doping.
The number of years in a millennium.
What is 1,000?
It’s another name for Boston lettuce.
What is butter or bibb? Boston and bibb are varieties of butter lettuce.
You’ll find the Seven Hills in this European city
What is Rome? The ancient city of Rome was built on and around the Seven Hills
Born July 24, 1936, she wore a hairnet when she played Gladys Ormphby on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.
Who is Ruth Buzzi? She attended Pasadena Playhouse for the Performing Arts along with Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman.
On July 29, 1958, this U.S. exploration agency was established.
What is NASA? While we equate it with space exploration and astronomy, it was also created to study physics.
The number of years in an eon.
What is one billion? The term is more commonly used to define a very long, undefined time.
Salads that begin with baby lettuce, spring lettuce, and baby spinach are often served with extra virgin olive oil and this aged, syrupy Italian vinegar.
What is balsamic vinegar? Dark balsamic vinegar is caramelized; white balsamic vinegar is not caramelized and is less sweet than the dark variety.
Tourists can learn to surf in Waikiki, but to watch the big-wave riders, they need to go to this shore on Oahu.
What is North Shore?
Born July 26, 1856, this Irish playwright penned Pygmalion, which was later adapted to My Fair Lady.
Who is George Bernard Shaw? Lerner and Loewe adapted Pygmalion into the musical My Fair Lady, which debuted on Broadway in 1956 and later became a film starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.
On July 16, 1054, the religious world was rocked when the two main factions of Christianity split. One of the two factions was the Roman Catholic Church, and this was the other one.
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church (or Greek Orthodox Church)? The event is known as the Great Schism. The two churches are still the dominant Christian denominations.