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Seasonings
"Seasons" in the Arts
100
Beware! This time period is forever associated with the assassination of Julius Caesar by senators hoping to preserve the Roman Republic.
What are the Ides of March?
100
It's may start out with Summer Loving, but the title of that Grease song is this.
What is Summer Nights?
100
This movie starred Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin and was the first installment of the film series with the protagonist Jack Ryan.
What is the Hunt for Red OCtober?
100
This country has won the most gold medals in the winter Olympics.
What is Norway?
100
Let's table this discussion but this most popular "seasoning" is actually a mineral.
What is salt?
100
This song by the Zombies, released in 1968, has the lines:What's your name? Who's your daddy? Is he rich like me? Has he taken any time to show you what you need to live?
What is Time of the Season?
200
The title of a Simon and Garfunkel song that contains the name of a month that fits in this category.
What is April, Come She Will?
200
This Lovin Spoonful song contains the lyrics - back of my neck getting hot and gritty AND Cool cat lookin' for a kitty?
What is Summer in the City?
200
This flower came to symbolize Veterans Day and was inspired by a poem was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
What is the red poppy?
200
The Winter Palace served as the official residence of the House of Romanov and is found in this city.
What is Saint Petersburg, Russia?
200
This aromatic condiment that comes from the bark of a tree is used in a wide variety of cuisines, breakfast items, snack foods, bagels, teas, and cookies.
What is cinnamon?
200
This group of violin concertos by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, were composed around 1718−1720,
What are "Four Seasons".
300
Cinco de Mayo celebrates the victory of the smaller, poorly equipped Mexican force against the larger and more powerful army of this country.
What is France?
300
This song was written for Tom Petty but it became a big hit for Don Henly's 1984 album. It draws its title from both a Dylan Thomas poem and a book about baseball.
What is the Boys of Summer?
300
This 1966 song by The Happenings reached number 3 on the charts and included the lyrics:
I'll be alone each and every night
While you're away, don't forget to write.
What is "See You in September"?
300
According to the song, this was given to the true love on the eighth day of Christmas?
What is eight maids a milking?
300
This is the most expensive spice in the world and can cost between $500 – $5,000 per pound. It comes from the crocus flower and it can take up to 75,000 flowers to produce just one pound.
What is saffron?
300
This 1970 release written by Terry Jack starts out with the lyric "Goodbye to you my trusted friend".
What is "Seasons in the Sun"?
400
Dave Loggins ask his beau to come to this city for the springtime.
What is Boston?
400
Joe Chestnut is sure to celebrate the National Day of this summer staple celebrated the third Wednesday in July.
What is the hot dog?
400
November 22, 1963 was the date of this event in the US.
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas.
400
This 1968 catty historical drama is set at Christmas 1183. It focuses on the political and personal turmoil among the royal family of Henry II of England. The movie stars Katharine Hepburn.
What is The Lion of Winter?
400
This species of flowering plant is in the mint family Lamiaceae. It was native to the Mediterranean region, and often used in Italian cooking.
What is oregano?
400
This wicked song by Donovan contains the lyric, you have to pick up every stitch, the rabbit is running in the ditch, it must be.....
What is the Season of the Witch?
500
The first spring day also marks the beginning of Nowruz, or the New Year, in this country.
What is Iran?
500
Three presidents died on July 4th: two on July 4, 1826 and one on July 4, 1831. Name one of them.
Who is John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died in 1826 and James Monroe in 1831.
500
John Madden popularized Turducken, the hybrid three-bird-roast and ate his first on-air turducken on December 1, 1996, during a football game featuring a team from this state where Turducken is said to have originated.
What is Louisiana?
500
This unhappy period is the last book written by John Steinbeck. The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare's Richard III.
What is The Winter of our Discontent?
500
This spice is made from dried and ground red peppers.which also includes chili peppers, but the peppers used for this spice tend to be milder and have thinner flesh.
What is paprika?
500
This 1966 British historical film, from the play by the same name, depicts the final years of Sir Thomas More who refused to request Henry VI’s annulment from Catherine of Aragon and declare Henry Supreme Head of the Church of England.
What is a Man for all Seasons?
600
Bonus Jeopardy
The Science of Seasons
600
Our planet's seasons change on four particular days each year, two solstices and two equinoxes. The main difference between solstices and equinoxes is this.
What is solstices are the longest and shortest days of the year, while equinoxes occur when the day and night are equally as long?