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Holidays
Word Origins
Talk Nonsense
100
It's the government body abbreviated CIA
What is Central Intelligence Agency
100
Norma Jean Baker
Who is Marilyn Monroe
100
It is probable that this February holiday gave birth to the modern greeting card
What is Valentines Day
100
Saloon came from this French word, which sounds much more elegant
What is salon
100
This partner of "goo goo" in baby talk means "foolishly enthusiastic"
What is GAGA
200
It was the last state to join the United States
What is Hawaii
200
Allen Stewart Konigsberg
Who is Woody Allen
200
The US observes this annual holiday on the first day in September
What is Labor Day
200
Shade of purple whose name comes from a word for mallow because it is the colour of mallow petals
What is mauve
200
Completes the immortal words of Little Richard, "A wop bop a loo bop a lop..."
What is "bam boom"
300
The first 10 of these in the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights
What are amendments
300
Nicholas Coppola
Who is Nicholas Cage
300
For Roman Catholics this 40-day period of fasting begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter
What is Lent
300
Derived from the Greek for "to sell alone", if you have one, you alone sell a product
What is a monopoly
300
This triple talk phrase meaning "and so on" is filled after bladder and before blanch
What is Blah-Blah-Blah
400
By law a US senator's term lasts this many years
What is 6
400
Ramon Estevez
Who is Martin Sheen
400
This Jewish holiday begins with the recitation of the Kol Nidre
What is Yom Kippur
400
The "chop" in chopsticks means this in pidgin English, as in "chop-chop".
What is fast
400
Children's taunt once used by fugitive Deborah Ulrich in a letter to police
What is NYA NYA NYA
500
In 1800 the national governemt of the US moved from this city to Washington DC
What is Philadelphia
500
Bernard Schwartz
Who is Tony Curtis
500
This June holiday was signed into law by Richard Nixon in 1972
What is Father's Day
500
This synonym for gloomy comes from a Medieval Latin term for "evil days"
What is dismal
500
On 70's TV this was Charo's version of making whoopee
What is Cuchi-Cuchi
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