Chemistry
Chemical formula for carbon dioxide.
What is CO2?
Term for a lie that may have derived from "Fable".
What is a fib?
From Old French for "liquid", term for alcoholic beverages made from spirits & fruit syrups.
What is liqueur?
Carter's little pills formerly had this word in its name.
What is liver?
The Boston Americans vs the Pittsburgh Pirates.
What is the first World Series?
Halogen that bleaches fabrics & is added to drinking water & swimming pools to kill bacteria.
What is chlorine?
Series of spots on a fabric, named for a dance.
What is a polka dot?
Made in a town 30 mi. NW of Guadalajara, authentic bottles of this drink must have "DGN" on label.
What is tequila?
In 1920, Abe Plough bought this aspirin co. & then invented children's aspirin for it to make & sell.
What is St. Joseph’s?
The "Lame Duck" in 1919, not the "Spirit of St. Louis" in 1927.
What is made the first transatlantic flight?
Since oxygen is the most abundant element on Earth, this is the most abundant compound.
What is water?
Word which originally meant one who spoke in his belly, not through his dummy.
What is a ventriloquist?
During Prohibition, the U.S. Treasury Dept. authorized physicians to prescribe this type of alcohol.
What is whiskey?
Overuse of this laxative bean oil can cause the opposite of its desired effect.
What is castor oil?
According to the Bible, Lamech was the 1st man to have 2 of these.
What are wives?
Of a micromillimeter, an inch, or a mile, the approximate length of a line of 100 million atoms.
What is an inch?
Dutch for "soft manure", it's synonymous with balderdash.
What is poppycock?
A drink comprised of sugar, water, bitters & “spirits of any kind” is the definition of this.
What is a cocktail?
R. Chesebrough discovered this waxy substance which he not only used as a salve but also ate.
What is petroleum jelly (Vaseline)?
"Wings".
What is the first motion picture to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?
Radon is the gaseous emanation from this element.
What is radium?
Dressing made of mayonnaise & catsup or chili sauce is called this, because it orig. contained caviar.
What is Russian?
A.A. was founded in 1937, but this group for people whose loved one’s struggle with alcohol/addiction abuse was formed in 1957.
What is Al-Anon?
Along with S.O.S. soap pads & Flintstones vitamins, Miles Laboratories makes this headache remedy.
What is Alka-Seltzer?
Appropriately-named comic character who was 1st to appear in a newspaper in color.
What is the Yellow Kid?