Flowers/Plants
These purple, white, yellow, and variegated flowers are among the first to bloom in spring.
What are crocuses? They are grown from corms, which are smaller and rounder than bulbs and layered like an onion. To everyone but horticulturists, crocuses are grown from bulbs.
“Stop in the Name of Love,” “You Can’t Hurry Love,” and “My World Is Empty Without You” are all songs performed by this all-female group of singers.
Who are the Supremes? In 1967, the group was renamed Diana Ross and the Supremes and kept the name until Ross left to pursue a solo career in 1970.
No one wanted to hang out with someone who was this, a word meaning “boring” or a “buzzkill.”
What is a drag? A boring person might also be called a party pooper, wet blanket, stick in the mud, or killjoy.
When you hear “Drop and give me 20,” it means you should do 20 of these.
What are push-ups? The push-up is a standard measure of fitness, and you’re most likely to hear the phrase shouted on the sports field or in a military physical training session.
In this 1996 film, Tom Cruise plays a slick sports agent navigating big-money contracts and personal redemption, delivering the famous line, “Show me the money!
What is Jerry Maguire? Cuba Gooding Jr. won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the film.
From the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” a “host” of these flowers are grown from bulbs.
What are golden daffodils? These large flowers with a central trumpet emerge in early spring.
Early hits from this blind singer include “For Once in My Life,” “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” and “My Cherie Amour.”
Who is Stevie Wonder? In the early days, he was billed as Little Stevie Wonder.
This group was known as the “Fab Four.”
Who are the Beatles? The “Fab Four” started in Liverpool, England, and became one of the most successful bands in history. When they arrived in America in 1964, more than 70 million people watched them on TV.
In the gym, when your fitness routine consists of going from machine to machine at a fast pace, you are doing this type of training.
What is circuit? Circuit training combines strength and cardio exercises, allowing for shorter workouts that still build muscle and burn calories effectively
In this 1983 film starring Eddie Murphy, two commoditybroker brothers make a $1 bet to determine whether heredity or environment determines the course of a man’s life.
What is Trading Places? Eddie Murphy was relatively new to movies at the time, and much of his humor and dialogue was improvised, helping make the film feel fresh and spontaneous.
This Christmas favorite is grown from a giant bulb.
What is amaryllis? The amaryllis plant can live up to 75 years with proper care.
“My Girl,” “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” and “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” are performed by this foursome.
Who are the Temptations? The Primes and the Distants, two Detroit bands, merged together to form the Temptations in 1961.
When we stayed out past curfew, our parents did this to their lids, meaning “get upset.”
What is flip? Other ways to say a person is upset include saying they lost their temper, hit the roof, went ballistic, or blew up.
This is the term for a person who performs an intense amount of exercise on the weekends and does little-to-no exercise during the week; it also refers to military reserves who train on the weekends a few times each year.
What is weekend warrior? Exercising strenuously on the weekends followed by sedentary weekdays can lead to injuries.
In this 1987 film, Michael Douglas plays Gordon Gekko and says, “Greed is good.”
What is Wall Street? The Gekko character is based on Ivan Boesky, who delivered the famous quote in a commencement address to the Berkeley business school class of 1986. Boesky dominated 1980s financial headlines as a junk-bond king and corporate raider.
This tall, spring-blooming flower is named for a Greek goddess and is available in a huge array of colors. Its varieties include bearded, dwarf, and Dutch.
What is iris? It’s grown from a rhizome. Each bloom has three upright petals and three downward-facing petals.
This man performs “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby,” and “How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You.”
Who is Marvin Gaye? Sometimes the billing includes Tammi Terrell.
This is another name for the summertime footwear known as thongs.
What are flip-flops? Flip-flops have been worn for thousands of years; early versions were worn in ancient Egypt. The modern style became popular after World War II when soldiers brought home the design referred to as zori from Japan.
This exercise consists of work on a floor mat or a machine called a reformer.
What is Pilates? Pilates builds strong core muscles.
This 2015 film starring Christian Bale as a physician-turned-trader and based on the book by Michael Lewis follows several traders who spot trouble in the housing market and bet against it before the crash.
What is The Big Short? The film is based on real traders who predicted the housing market collapse and profited by shorting it.
This roselike spring flower is grown from a bulb.
What is ranunculus? They are also called buttercups, but they bear no resemblance to daffodils. Pick a bunch of them, and they look just like a bouquet of roses.
This female artist performs “My Guy,” “The One Who Really Loves You,” and “Two Lovers.”
Who is Mary Wells? Wells performed with many of Motown’s artists without receiving billing.
They were known as “heat.”
What are police? The slang term heat has been used since at least the 1920s to describe police pressure or trouble; it later became popular in crime films and street slang.
This trend began in the 1980s and combines jazz and aerobics
What is Jazzercise? The trend began in the 1980s, but Jazzercise got its start in 1969.
This actor of Titanic fame plays the lead role of Jordon Belfort, an ex-con who teams up with a partner to open a brokerage in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio? The film portrays Belfort’s journey into despair due to the unsustainable adrenaline rush caused by his job.