Calling All Foodies
A thin pancake used in sweet and savory dishes
What is a CREPE? While Americans celebrate Groundhog Day on February 2, France celebrates crepes and devotes that day to eating them.
This is often said to be in the eye of the beholder.
What is beauty? It means that beauty is a subjective term. You can find beauty in most everything if you look closely enough.
This instrument can draw a perfect circle
What is a compass? It can also draw part of a circle, called an arc. Compasses often are used in high school geometry classes.
A thunderstorm may also produce this frozen precipitation, even during summer months.
What is hail? A hailstone can be deadly. The largest confirmed hailstone fell in Vivian, South Dakota, in 2010, measuring approximately eight inches (20.3 cm) in diameter
Jon Voight’s actress daughter
Who is Angelina Jolie? They have an off-and-on, estranged father-daughter relationship. Jolie is still acting and handed out the coveted Trophée Chopard award earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival.
Which leafy salad green is a member of the sunflower family?
What is a lettuce? Yes, Lettuce is part of the Sunflower family, scientifically known as "Asteraceae". This family includes various plants such as sunflowers, daisies, and artichokes.
Frank Sinatra’s eyes were famously this color.
What is (deep) blue? One of his nicknames is “Ol’ Blue Eyes.” Another favorite is “Chairman of the Board.”
The measurement around the widest part of a ball or the outside boundary of a circle is called this.
What is the circumference? In school, we learned that pi multiplied by the diameter equals the circumference
This planet is known as the third rock from the sun
What is Earth? An easy way to remember the order of the planets’ positions in relation to the sun is to learn the sentence “My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Names”—Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
The ex-wife of Don Johnson (of Miami Vice fame) who starred in Working Girl
Who is Melanie Griffith? They met when Griffith was 14 and Johnson was 21. They married twice and divorced twice.
Green sauce made of basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil, parmesan cheese, and salt.
What is pesto? It can be served on pasta, chicken, and fish.
The eye of a hurricane is located here
What is the center of the storm? It’s the calmest part of the storm and typically covers an area between 20 to 40 miles (32 to 64 kilometers) in size
This is the term for half the diameter
What is the radius? The radius is the distance from the midpoint of the circle to any point on the outside of the circle.
To smother a fire, you must remove this gas from it.
What is oxygen? Fires need a fuel source, oxygen, and heat. Never attempt to put out an electrical fire with water. The easiest and quickest way to put out a small fire, such as a kitchen fire, is with a fire blanket. If you use one, you do not have to clean up the mess created by halogen fire extinguishers. It’s best to review the instructions before you need to use the blanket.
The younger Redgrave sister
Who is Lynn? Vanessa is her older sister. Lynn launched her career in the film Georgy Girl and received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Vanessa was a tough interviewee because she didn’t want to talk about herself. Both were born in England.
Ingredient is added to brown sugar that makes it brown.
What is a Molasses? You'll never run out of brown sugar if you keep two simple ingredients on hand: white granulated sugar and molasses. For dark brown sugar, double the amount of molasses.
In Van Morrison’s 1967 hit, he sings about a girl with this eye color.
What is brown? The song is “Brown Eyed Girl.”
When Earth makes a complete trip around the sun, we call it this
What is revolution? It takes roughly 365 days for Earth to travel in an elliptical path around the sun.
A severe storm occurring inland is often accompanied by this wind event.
What is a tornado? The costliest tornadoes have shifted away in recent years from the traditional area known as Tornado Alley (Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas) and toward the Southeast
Jennifer Aniston’s late father, of Days of Our Lives fame
Who is John Aniston? He is best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis, which earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination.
Very expensive foraged fungi
What are truffles? They’re technically mushrooms; however, there are differences between mushrooms and truffles beyond their cost. Truffles grow underground near specific tree varieties, and they are typically served raw and shaved, more like a garnish than food. Even when served in minuscule amounts, they are the highlight of the dish.
This is the official term for farsightedness.
What is hyperopia? People who are farsighted have trouble focusing on objects close to them but can see distant objects in focus. If you squint when reading, it’s time to get your eyes checked
When Earth turns on its axis, we call it this
What is rotation? It makes one complete rotation every 24 hours.
Cold and hot desserts share the lack of this.
What is humidity/moisture? The driest non-polar desert is the Atacama Desert, located in South America along the Pacific Ocean coastline. The continent of Antarctica is the largest desert.
Actor Bruce Dern’s wife and actor Laura Dern’s mother
Who is Diane Ladd? She launched her career on the soap opera The Secret Storm. You may know her from the 1974 film Chinatown, Primary Colors (1998), and the Hallmark series Chesapeake Shores. She is not related to Cheryl Ladd, though they have worked together on several projects.