Conversions
A stick of butter is this number of ounces.
four
A carton with four sticks is one pound.
When you’re having a bad hair day, you might say, “My hair is as flat as [this].”
pancake
Home of the Alamo
San Antonio
You can take a boat and driving tour to see the sights of San Antonio, including the Alamo and the San Antonio Riverwalk, where you can enjoy a meal at one of the indoor-outdoor restaurants.
Always place these two on the dinner table—salt and this.
pepper
When a chef on TV says to “season” something, they mean to give it a shake of salt and pepper. Notice that they season from “on high.” This is to distribute the salt, pepper, and other seasonings evenly.
When your children crossed their eyes, you might have told them not to do that because this would happen.
their eyes would get stuck
If you have told your children this, you weren’t alone. It’s one of the top myths about eyes, and luckily it is just that—a myth.
The United States uses yards for three feet; the rough equivalent of the yard in the metric system is this.
meter
One meter is 3.2 feet.
Israel is referred to as the land of milk and this.
honey
This comes from Exodus 3:8 in the Bible. In referring to the Israelites in the King James translation, it says, “…and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”
Missouri’s major city on the Mississippi River
St. Louis
Take a trip to the Gateway Arch for a great view of the river. The river also flows through St. Charles, Missouri.
One classic American lunch is soup and this.
sandwich
A grilled cheese sandwich goes great with soup served hot. Chicken salad and pimento salad sandwiches pair well with cold summer soups.
Our parents told us that sitting in this relation to the television can strain your eyes.
sitting too close
They were right; this can cause a host of uncomfortable symptoms including blurriness and headaches centered in the eyes. Using your computer or device for too long and reading in low light have the same effect.
The United States uses Fahrenheit as the unit of measure for temperature, and much of the world uses this unit of measure.
Celsius
Under the Celsius system, 0ºC represents the freezing point, and the boiling point is 100ºC.
According to legend, this ruler once scoffed, “Let them eat cake,” but scholars have found no evidence that she said this.
Marie-Antoinette
Upon hearing of her hungry subjects, the queen of France was rumored to have said the equivalent of “Let them eat bread,” which morphed in the grapevine to become “Let them eat cake.” However, there is no credible evidence to support that she said either sentence.
U.S. city across the border from Tijuana, Mexico
San Diego
The Marine Corps receive their basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, next to the San Diego Airport.
Love and marriage go together like this pair, according to the Sinatra tune.
horse and carriage
In 1955, “Love and Marriage” was a hit for Frank Sinatra, and later it was used for the theme song of the sitcom Married… with Children.
This gender has the most color blindness.
male
The 300 million color-blind people around the world are missing certain color-detecting cones in their eyes.
This is the old name for the unit of measure used for temperature in Europe.
That term has since been replaced with a more accurate unit of measure, also the answer to another clue in this category.
If you treat someone to an extravagant dinner and drinks, you are doing this rhyming activity for them.
wine and dine
The phrase is often used when the host wants something from the guest. Wining and dining is standard operating procedure in the major capitals of the world, especially in Washington, D.C.
Largest city in Brazil
São Paulo
It’s a city and a state but not a city-state. The city is the industrial capital of the country.
This combo is a very slow typing method.
hunt and peck
This is typically done looking at the keyboard while hunting and pecking with the two index fingers. Most people who type a lot learn how to “touch type.”
Corneas can be transplanted from this marine animal onto human eyes.
shark
Though not a common practice, shark corneas have been used experimentally for transplants due to their similarities with human corneas.
Liquids become gases through one of two conversion processes: condensation and this.
evaporation
An example of condensation is when your bathroom mirror fogs after you take a shower. An example of evaporation is when you boil water and some of that water evaporates.
This American president is credited with saying he would “put a chicken in every pot.”
President Herbert Hoover
King Henry IV of France was the first person to say this, in the 16th century.
Formerly known as Leningrad
St. Petersburg, Russia
Before it was Leningrad, it was St. Petersburg, so it was changed back to its original name. Before Moscow became the capital of Russia, St. Petersburg held the distinction.
This is the other half of U.S. News.
& World Report
You must look very closely to find the second part of its name. In the 1960s, it was more prominent, but it still received second billing. The current trend is to shorten brand names, with some even shortening to acronyms, such as SNL for Saturday Night Live and KFC for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
This land animal has the largest eyes.
ostrich
Its eyes are approximately two inches in size, double that of human eyes. The giant squid has the largest eyes of a sea animal, about the size of a dinner plate.