Across the Globe
Visit the Kremlin, Red Square, and St. Basil’s Cathedral in this country.
What is Russia?
When in Hawaii, use this word when greeting people.
What is aloha?
Popeye is known as this kind of man.
What is sailor?
He used to say, “Say good night, Gracie,” at the end of each show.
Who is George Burns?
Born September 15, 1984, the youngest son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, he recently stepped down as a senior member of the royal family of England.
Who is Harry?
On the first Monday in September, the United States celebrates this national holiday.
What is Labor Day?
The ancient pyramids of Giza are in this country.
What is Egypt?
In the southern U.S., this is the casual greeting when addressing multiple people
What is “Hi, y’all”?
She is Popeye’s girlfriend
Who is Olive Oyl?
This character is married to a woman named Lucy and is the bandleader at the Tropicana, a local New York City nightclub. His favorite song is “Babalu.”
Who is Ricky Ricardo?
Born September 1, 1939, she is known for her role of Ernestine the telephone operator on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and is one of the stars in the 1980 film 9 to 5
Who is Lily Tomlin?
On September 12, 1953, Jacqueline Bouvier married this future president.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
When visiting Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, you can watch these black-and-white-striped, horse-like animals roam.
What are zebras?
The simplest greeting in Spanish is a four-letter word beginning with a silent H.
What is hola?
This food gives Popeye superhuman strength.
What is spinach?
Ralph (a bus driver), Ed (a sewer worker), Alice, and Trixie are the main characters in this sitcom.
What is The Honeymooners?
Born sometime in September 1850, he founded a distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, that produces Tennessee whiskey bearing his name
Who is Jack Daniel?
On Monday, September 21, 1970, this televised NFL event debuted on the ABC network.
What is Monday Night Football?
In Venice, Italy, people travel through these instead of on roads.
What are canals?
At night, this is how you say goodbye in Spain and Mexico.
What is buenas noches?
He is Popeye’s rival.
Who is Bluto?
He is Jack Benny’s butler and sidekick character on The Jack Benny Show, formerly of the Three Black Aces during the vaudeville years.
Who is Rochester (Van Jones)?
Born September 10, 1929, he is known as the “King of Golf” because he was instrumental in popularizing and glamorizing the game of golf.
Who is Arnold Palmer?
On September 20, 1973, this female tennis icon beat Bobby Riggs on primetime TV in the “Battle of the Sexes.”
Who is Billie Jean King?
It’s easy to float in this sea between Israel and Jordan because of its high salt content, and mud from the sea is used in beauty products.
What is the Dead Sea?
This Italian four-letter word beginning with a C is a casual hello or goodbye.
What is ciao?
He is Popeye’s baby.
Who is Swee’pea?
This is the first verse of this sitcom’s theme song: Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed, And then one day he was shootin’ at some food, And up through the ground come a bubblin’ crude
What is The Beverly Hillbillies?
Born September 19, 1974, this current host of The Tonight Show followed Jay Leno.
Who is Jimmy Fallon?
On September 6, 1847, Henry David Thoreau left this pond.
What is Walden Pond?
The Great Barrier Reef is found in the southern hemisphere in the waters off the coast of this large country.
What is Australia?
Edward R. Morrow began his sign-off on his news program See It Now with “Good night” and ended it with this.
What is “good luck”?
Popeye told his nephews that this edible member of the lily family gave his ancestors power (not strength).
What is garlic?
This sitcom tells the story of a ragtag group of prisoners of war (POWs) in a German POW camp during World War II, led by actor Bob Crane
What is Hogan’s Heroes?
Born September 16, 1956, this magician is the first to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named Magician of the Century and Magician of the Millennium. He shares his name with the title of a Charles Dickens classic novel
Who is David Copperfield?
On September 30, 1868, this author released the first volume of Little Women, her classic novel featuring the March sisters––Josephine, Meg, Beth, and Amy.
Who is Louisa May Alcott?