Harvest Season
You will likely only eat the red and green stalks of this vegetable in a pie mixed with strawberries.
What is rhubarb? While you can prepare the stalks in a variety of dishes, it’s not a favorite vegetable. The leaves are poisonous whether raw or cooked.
This city is the home of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
What is Hollywood, California? Today, the theater’s official name is the TCL Chinese Theatre, but no one calls it that.
“Betcha can’t eat just one” is this brand’s slogan.
What is Lays potato chips? It’s catchy but obvious. In this case, obvious works.
He is known as Ol’ Blue Eyes and Chairman of the Board.
Who is Frank Sinatra? He was one of the first teen idols.
Gone with the Wind is set during this period.
What is the Civil War era? It is set in the Atlanta area, and it continues into the Reconstruction.
This breakfast and brunch dish consists of toasted English muffins, Canadian bacon, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce.
What is eggs Benedict? One legend tells that the dish became popular in the 1890s after a hungover restaurant patron ordered this custom concoction for lunch at the Waldorf Hotel in New York.
This legume is treated as a nut and often mistaken for one.
What is peanut? It is processed into a popular nut butter, and a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter requires around 500 peanuts.
The United States and Canada are both home to this natural attraction.
What is Niagara Falls? It’s the collective name of three separate falls, and it’s Earth’s second-largest falls.
“Double your pleasure” is this brand’s slogan.
What is Doublemint chewing gum? The full slogan is “Double your pleasure, double your fun with double good, double good, Doublemint gum.”
Campfire stories go better with this treat that combines graham crackers, chocolate bars, and marshmallows.
What are s’mores? They’re equally delicious when you roast the marshmallows over a charcoal grill, firepit, or gas stovetop.
This ancient sports arena is in Rome, Italy.
What is the Colosseum? The amphitheater hosted all kinds of sports and entertainment events, including gladiator contests and mock naval battles.
This is the nickname for an underhand shot from the basketball free throw line.
What is the granny shot? Former Houston Rockets player Chinanu Onuaku revived the technique in the NBA in 2016, bringing the granny-style free throw back to professional basketball after a 35-year absence.
This flower is a symbol of harvest season.
What is chrysanthemum? They’re harvest season’s most prolific flower, blooming everywhere in bold, beautiful colors—red, yellow, gold, green, purple, pink, maroon, and white. Globally, they are the second-largest harvest in the ornamental category, after roses.
This city was the original home of baseball’s Dodgers.
What is Brooklyn? Today the franchise is based in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium.
“Good to the last drop” is this brand’s slogan.
What is Maxwell House coffee? Folgers’ slogan is “The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup.”
An easy way to get chewing gum out of hair is to use this half of a popular kids’ sandwich filling.
What is peanut butter? The oil in peanut butter can dissolve chewing gum. Both are hydrophobic, meaning they don’t mix with water. It’s the concept of “oil and water don’t mix” in action. Using water to remove chewing gum makes it cling to the hair even harder.
When you watch The Flintstones, you think of this period.
What is the Stone Age? The vehicles, homes, and tools are a dead giveaway. Fred, Wilma, and the rest of the characters are Neanderthals, one of four types of humans who lived during the Stone Age.
This U.S. state shares the longest border with a foreign country.
What is Alaska? Its border with Canada stretches 1,538 miles (2,475 km). You might have thought Texas has the longest border with another country, but its border with Mexico stretches only 1,241 miles (1,997 km).
This purple vegetable doesn’t come from a chicken.
What is eggplant? In Europe, eggplants are called aubergines. They originally came from India, and they are now a favorite fruit around the world.
This is the home of the first Madame Tussauds wax museum.
What is London? Madame Marie Tussaud was born in France and learned wax modeling from a French sculptor who bequeathed his two museums to her. Today, there are 24 locations worldwide.
“Choosy mothers choose” this.
What is Jif? It doesn’t say “Choosy mothers choose Jiffy,” and it never did. That’s the Mandela effect teasing us.
This holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October in Canada.
What is Thanksgiving? Many Canadians enjoy the same Thanksgiving foods as Americans, including turkey dinner.
The temple dedicated to Athena Parthenos is found here.
What is Athens, Greece? More commonly known as the Parthenon, it sits atop the Acropolis. Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, has a replica of the original Parthenon as it appeared before its partial destruction during the Great Turkish War in 1687.
Name one of two U.S. states with commercial coffee production.
What is Hawaii or California? Until the 2010s, Hawaii was the only state with coffee production. In 2002, a California farmer planted coffee beans, and it took 12 years until his first harvest. Puerto Rico also produces coffee but is a U.S. territory, not a U.S. state.
Cranberries are harvested by doing this.
What is flooding the fields? When the fields are flooded, the cranberries float to the top, making harvesting easier.
French Polynesia is home to this island, its largest island and a popular tourist and honeymoon destination.
What is Tahiti? French Polynesia is midway between Australia and Southern California. From Tahiti, you can fly to the smaller, more secluded islands.
“Taste the rainbow” is this brand’s slogan.
What are Skittles? The original slogan was “Taste a rainbow of flavors.”
The winning team of this event takes home the Vince Lombardi trophy.
What is the Super Bowl? The trophy is named for legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, one of the greatest coaches of all time.
AD stands for “Anno Domini,” which means this.
What is “in the year of our Lord”? BC stands for “before Christ.”
The three wise men are mentioned in this book of the Bible.
Matthew. Matthew 2:1–12 references three wise men, or magi, who brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to Jesus after his birth.
While fall is well known as harvest season, it is also this season for farmers who plant again in the fall.
What is second-season planting? The farmers plant cool-season crops, such as cabbage and broccoli.
This region of central Greece is home to the Metéora monasteries, six ancient, functioning monasteries high atop towering cliffs.
What is Thessaly? The Metéora monasteries are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
“Live mas” is this brand’s slogan.
What is Taco Bell? The current slogan follows “Yo quiero Taco Bell” and doesn’t strike the same chord as the previous slogan.
They are Agatha Christie’s young, adventurous detective couple.
Who are Tommy and Tuppence (Beresford)? Their agency is Young Adventurers Ltd, and their first appearance in a Christie novel was in The Secret Adversary. Fox Films adapted the novel as the first Christie feature film, a German silent film.
The Victorian period began during this century.
What is 19th? It began during the reign of Queen Victoria, and it preceded the Second Industrial Revolution, which brought us lightbulbs, telephones, Model Ts, and airplanes.
This professional applies horseshoes to horses.
What is a farrier? Most people know that horses wear horseshoes to protect their hooves, but they don’t necessarily know horseshoes increase traction and/or provide shock absorption.