Ancient Rome
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
POTPOURRI
'50s TRIVIA
Dances
100

He had affairs with Cassius' wife & Brutus' mother, giving the guys good reason to stab him

Caesar

100

You don't hit someone with this "lead pipe"; you eat it with meatballs

Spaghetti 

100

Minimum number of handles on a loving cup

2

100

Where "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus"

under the mistletoe

100

Among the "sly' steps in this, the most popular ballroom dance, are the magic & the box

foxtrot

200

What the Roman elite did with dormice, ostrich wings & flamingo tongues

Ate THEM

200

Sneeze", shaken in soups & salads

Pepper

200

The L.A. Times reports this symbol has been removed from most Vegas slots due to its sour image

Lemons
200

A popular chocolate syrup, "Mommy puts it in my milk for extra energy"

Bosco

200

This line dance of Afro-Cuban origin had bursts of popularity in the U.S. in the '30s & '40s

Conga

300

Roman historians usually wrote in this language until Cato the Elder wrote "Origines" in Latin

Greek

300

To order liver cooked with these, a waitress yells, "Put out the lights & cry!"

Onions

300

Common item taken on vacations that has an iris, diaphragm & speed control

Camera

300

Stepping on Elvis' blue suede shoes wouldn't show as much as stepping on these, Pat Boone's trademark

White Buck Shoes

300

Originating in South American brothels, this dramatic dance was exported to Europe in 1907

Tango

400

Among these, a sector was a light-armored version of the heavily armored Samnite, 

slaves or war captives made to fight in the Colosseum

Gladiator

400

If you want this Irish immigrant entree, scream "red horse, put a wreath on it!"


Corned Beef and Cabbage

400

Albuquerque police learned German & Dutch to work with these European-trained operatives

Dogs

400

The slogan said Carnation evaporated milk came from this kind of cow

Contented

400

The dance world is full of superstitions. By saying fracture this before a show, people are saying the exact opposite of what they hope will happen on stage. 

Break a leg

500

On the earliest known Roman calendar, these were the 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th months

September, October, November, & December


500

If you "brand bossy", you're doing this

Frying a hamburger

500

Option on ballot offered to Nevada's voters, it "won" the state treasurer primary in 1986

None of the above

500

This blonde bombshell "Norma Jean" was on the first cover of Playboy

Marilyn Monroe

500

Ballroom dance developed from the "weller", a German peasant dance, & the "landler" an Austrian dance

Waltz

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