The Big Cheese
Roquefort, Stilton, and Gorgonzola belong to this generic cheese type
What is blue? Roquefort is from France; Stilton is from England, and Gorgonzola is from Italy. Stilton and port wine make a nice dessert pairing.
This TV sitcom tells the tale of a fateful trip that started from a tropic port for “a three-hour tour.”
What is Gilligan’s Island?
He is no. 2 in Mayberry.
Who is Barney Fife? Andy Taylor is the sheriff, and Barney is his deputy.
A short test
What is quiz? Do you remember taking pop quizzes in school?
Born February 1, 1901, this King of Hollywood was most famous for his role as Rhett Butler.
Who is Clark Gable? He was also known for his many loves. He secretly had a child with Loretta Young, and he married Carole Lombard.
Gruyére and Emmentaler belong to this type of cheese
What is Swiss? Swiss cheeses are used in sauces and fondue because they melt easily.
“And the band played on” comes to mind when you think about this ocean disaster.
What is Titanic? Many conspiracy theories remain surrounding the ship’s sinking. One says that J.P. Morgan was behind the tragedy. The theory is that J.P. Morgan was in favor of the Federal Reserve, but three influential opponents—John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, and Isidor Straus—went down with the ship, courtesy of Morgan. Another conspiracy theory that remains is that the ship never sank.
Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) says, “Book ’em Danno” in this TV series.
What is Hawaii Five-O? “Danno” is Danny Williams, played by James MacArthur.
They were nervous and doing this in their boots
What is quaking?
Born February 1, 1968, this singer, songwriter, and actress spent her early years at Graceland.
Who is Lisa Marie Presley? Elvis was her father, and Priscilla Presley is her mother. She was briefly married to Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage.
This fried cheese is served with a marinara sauce
What is mozzarella?
If you are greeted by Julie the cruise director, served drinks at the bar by Isaac, assisted by the ship’s purser Gopher, seen by Dr. Adam Bricker, and the entire ship of fools is commanded by Captain Merrill Stubin, you would be traveling on the Pacific Princess on this TV show
What is The Love Boat? The romantic comedy was a Saturday night staple of the late 1970s and starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship’s captain. Fred Grandy played the purser and later served in the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Iowa.
Books about this amateur sleuth provide many hours of mystery reading for young girls.
Who is Nancy Drew? The “brother series” for young boys is The Hardy Boys
A prefix indicating “four.”
What is quad? For example, a quadrant is one of four equal parts.
Born February 11, 1936, this actor’s career took off when he starred with Jon Voight and Ned Beatty in the 1972 film Deliverance.
Who is Burt Reynolds? Did you know he was the first nude model in Cosmopolitan magazine?
This is one of the two soft, round cheese wheels with a rind you can find in any grocery store.
What is Brie or Camembert? Brie has a larger fat content because cream is added to it.
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau take their misadventures to a cruise liner in this 1997 film from the Grumpier Old Men franchise.
What is Out to Sea? Charlie (Walter Matthau) and his brother-in-law Herb (Jack Lemmon) take an all-expenses-paid cruise and act as dance hosts to look for wealthy ladies to con.
The original NCIS is set in Washington, D.C.; its two spin-offs are set in one of these two cities.
What is Los Angeles or New Orleans?
A small game bird.
What is quail?
Born February 20, 1951, in Scotland, he succeeded Tony Blair and served as prime minister of Great Britain from 2007 to 2010.
Who is Gordon Brown? Between 1999 and 2002, he sold half of Britain’s gold reserves—when gold was near its bottom at $300 an ounce—a 20-year low. In 2018, gold hovered around $1,200 an ounce. The sale cost Britain £4 billion.
Chèvre is made from the milk of this animal.
What is goat? It’s a soft cheese that is packaged in the form of a log. It will soften, but it will not completely melt.
This is the term for a ship found at sea without any occupants.
What is ghost (or phantom) ship? You might remember the Mary Celeste was found abandoned in 1872 in the Atlantic Ocean with no trace of the captain or crew, yet the cargo was untouched.
He is Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective creation.
Who is Hercule Poirot? He is the detective in the TV drama Poirot, and he is the detective in Murder on the Orient Express
Quality over this.
What is quantity?
Born February 21, 1927, this humorist originally became known for her newspaper and Good Housekeeping columns. You might have read her 1978 best seller If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?
Who is Erma Bombeck? Her 1976 book The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank became a TV movie starring Carol Burnett.