Saluting the Military
Memorial Day is a solemn holiday that commemorates these brave people.
Answer: Who are those who died in service to their country? Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day.
If you don’t scuba dive, you can still see schools of rainbow-colored fish by taking part in this water activity.
Answer: What is snorkeling? Early forms of snorkeling were used by ancient cultures, including sponge divers in Greece and fishermen in the South Pacific, who relied on hollow reeds or tubes to breathe while swimming near the surface.
Oranges, lemons, and limes are this type of fruit.
Answer: What is citrus? Orange trees range in height from 16 to 50 feet tall.
Historically, this soda’s main ingredient was sassafras.
Answer: What is root beer? It gained popularity during Prohibition and remained a popular mid-century soda. Today’s commercial root beers are flavored with artificial sassafras flavoring or sassafras extract.
This timeless film stars Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly and George Peppard as Paul Varjak in a cat-and-mouse romance.
Answer: What is Breakfast at Tiffany’s? Hepburn earned $750,000 for the film, making her the highest-paid actress for a movie at the time.
This general served as a U.S. president in the latter half of the 20th century.
Answer: Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower? He was a commanding general during World War II in the European theater, and he warned against “the military-industrial complex.”
These islands are famous for their offshore accounts.
Answer: What are the Cayman Islands? NCB Cayman Ltd. will allow you to open a savings account for US $2,500, but most mere mortals keep their cash a little closer to home.
The odd one out, this is the only letter that doesn’t appear in the name of a U.S. state.
Answer: What is Q? The letter X appears in Texas and New Mexico.
We grew up on this snack, packaged in small boxes featuring circus characters.
Answer: What are animal crackers? Fun fact: In Nabisco’s Barnum’s Animal Crackers, the monkey is the only animal cracker that is wearing clothes
Free-spirited Corie (Jane Fonda) and stuffed-shirt Paul (Robert Redford) are newlyweds in this 1967 film.
Answer: What is Barefoot in the Park? After a glorious honeymoon at the famed Plaza Hotel, they navigate the reality of New York City life in a tiny fifth-floor walk-up apartment with an array of eccentric neighbors.
These two military academies are football rivals.
Answer: What are the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy? The annual Army–Navy game is required viewing for hardcore college football fans.
The medley of spices known as “jerk” is often associated with this Caribbean island.
Answer: What is Jamaica? Visitors to Jamaica often make a point of sampling jerk chicken.
Some say Chicago is called the Windy City because of its windy weather, but in the late 19th century it was so named because these types of people were full of hot air.
Answer: Who are politicians? A New York Sun journalist introduced the moniker in 1893.
She is known for her marvelous talent and as Liza Minelli’s mother.
Answer: Who is Judy Garland? Garland will forever be remembered for her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, a blast from the past that is a perennial must-watch movie.
This romantic thriller starring Audrey Hepburn as Regina Lampert and Cary Grant as Peter Joshua is set in Paris and adds a who-dunnit aspect with an astounding twist ending.
Answer: What is Charade? The opening scene finds Regina vacationing in the French Alps, shortly before returning to the apartment in Paris she shares with her husband. Only, the apartment has been emptied of all its belongings—including her husband.
These two federal holidays salute our members of the armed forces.
Answer: What are Memorial Day and Veterans Day? Memorial Day honors the sacrifices of the fallen. Veterans Day celebrates all who have served the country. It was originally called Armistice Day to honor the veterans of World War I
This large island is a U.S. territory, and it has its own rainforest.
Answer: What is Puerto Rico? You can take a half-day tour of the El Yun-que National Forest during your stay in Puerto Rico.
It takes this number of days to complete a one-way trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Answer: What is seven? The trip crosses eight time zones.
He recorded the 1966 hit “Strangers in the Night.”
Answer: Who is Frank Sinatra? When the song reached No. 1 on the charts, it knocked the Beatles’ “Paperback Writer” from its lofty position.
That Touch of [This] pairs Cary Grant as Philip Shayne with Doris Day as Cathy Timberlake.
Answer: What is Mink? The plot is the classic “young woman falls for a wealthy businessman” motif. It follows the predictable path of the man wanting an affair while the woman wants marriage.
This military academy turns out U.S. Marine Corps commissioned officers.
Answer: What is the U.S. Naval Academy? The U.S. Marine Corps is closely integrated administratively and operationally with the Navy, so the Naval Academy educates future members of the U.S. Marine Corps as well as the U.S. Navy
This island is part French and part Dutch.
Answer: What is St. Martin? There is no formal border crossing between the two sides of the island.
McDonald’s once made broccoli that was flavored to taste like this.
Answer: What is bubble gum? It was an effort to get children to eat healthy foods, but the unintended consequence was that it confused the children. They probably wondered what was wrong with their mothers’ broccoli.
This company popularized the disposable diaper on a mass scale, especially in the United States.
Answer: What is Pampers? One early brand of disposable diapers came from England in the 1930s. Called “Destroyable Babies Napkins,” they were used in hospitals but never marketed to the general public.
Doris Day and James Garner play Beverly and Dr. Gerald Boyer in this wacky rom-com about a married couple whose life is turned upside down when she becomes a spokesperson for a soap company.
Answer: What is The Thrill of It All? Chaos almost rips their marriage apart until an unlikely intervention occurs.