Passwords
On the top ten list of most often-used passwords, you'll find things like PASSWORD, QWERTY and some runs of numbers. You will also find these two sports.
What are baseball and football?
This dense bread roll, cooked in the shape of a ring, originated in the Jewish communities of Poland. You can get them in flavors like Cinnamon Raisin and Everything, and they taste great with cream cheese and smoked salmon.
What is a bagel?
Sin City, Lost Wages, Adult Disneyland. This Desert Oasis was incorporated as a city in 1911. Its the most populous city in Nevada.
What is Las Vegas?
6 letters. This (occasionally) mustachioed Canadian was the most popular host of Jeopardy. He had the job from 1984 - 2020.
Who is TREBEK.
Two hours of pushin' broom will buy and 8 by 12 four-bit room for this man of means by no means.
Who is the King of the Road?
This TV show that ran from 1985 - 1992 is still culturally relevant today. The 4 friends, Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia live together in Miami, FL and traverse the woes of dating, work and sharing a 4 bedroom apartment with your best girls.
What is the Golden Girls?
This two word phrase from Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves will open the mouth of a cave where 40 thieves have hidden a treasure. If you say the wrong grain, its possible you'll be trapped in same cave forever.
What is Open Sesame?
Muffuletta, a popular Italian bread, is most often and traditionally used to make sandwiches in this Southern US city.
Oh. Hey, did you know Mardi Gras is coming up?
What is New Orleans?
Look out Music City; I'm here now and I ain't never leavin'. This Tennessee city is the home of Vanderbilt University, The Grand Olde Opry and is often called the Buckle of the Bible Belt.
What is Nashville?
7 letters - Line people up in ascending order of height and this one is superlative.
What is TALLEST?
Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", Rolling Stone has twice named her the greatest singer of all time. The child of a gospel singer and a pastor, she grew up in Detroit and was only 14 when her first album was recorded. Definitely worth of some RESPECT!
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Grace and Frankie is a Netflix show that ran from 2015 - 2022. In it, these two actresses play the titular characters, who find out that their husbands are in love with each other. One actress is best known for her zany characters on Laugh In. The other for her dramatic work, her activism and her famous father who she costarred with in On Golden Pond.
Who are Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda?
In the 1932 the film Horse Feathers, starring this famous vaudeville family act, mustachioed Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff gains access to a speakeasy using the password Swordfish.
Who are the Marx Brothers?
The shape of these delicious carby snacks may be based on how a monk used to twist his arms while praying.
What are pretzels?
Walt Disney World, in Orlando, FL consists of 4 differently themed parks. Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and this; Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, which was probably pretty futuristic when it opened in 1982.
What is EPCOT?
4 letters - the opposite of sweet. Also, an open pastry with a sweet filling, like apple or custard.
What is TART?
He once said Elvis may be the king of rock and roll, but I am the queen. Heck, he may be man enough to be both. Known for hits like Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally and Good Golly Miss Molly, this flamboyant pianist from Macon, GA was one of the first crossover Black artists to reach Rock and Roll audiences of all races.
This spunky old broad was a member of the OSS (which became the CIA) during WWII and was the first woman inducted into the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) Hall of Fame. She didn't even start cooking till she was 32.
Who is Julia Child?
Unless you're a big old nerdy nerd, you many not recognize this password, one of the most popular in the world:
ncc1701
But if you are a big old nerdy nerd, you may recognize it as the serial number of the USS Enterprise, on this multigenerational sci-fi show that brought us Captain Kirk and Mr Spock.
What is Star Trek?
Use your noodles What sort of whole grain, often used in pancakes and as pillow stuffing, would generally be used to make Japanese soba noodles. (also, a character on the Little Rascals?)
What is Buckwheat?
Families, singles and couples may all enjoy a getaway in this charming and scenic West Coast city. You can visit Alcatraz, cross the Golden Gate Bridge, stroll around Fisherman's Wharf or board a street car.
What is San Francisco?
11 letters - the supposed ability to move objects at a distance by mental power or other nonphysical means. Like how i'm trying to move that remote on the table right now.
What is TELEKINESIS?
This character in an ABBA song, she can dance . . . She can jive . . . she's having the time of her life . . . Dig it.
Who is the Dancing Queen?
We all owe this spunky old broad from history a debt of gratitude. She was born into a Quaker family in Massachusetts in 1820. She was an abolitionist, fighter for teachers rights and an early US suffragist. On many an election day, you will find her grave in Rochester NY covered in I Voted stickers. You'll also find her as the first female US citizen to appear on US currency.
In the battle between the tribes of Gilead and Ephraim, Gileadite soldiers used this S word to spot their enemies. (sometimes, its a catchphrase)
They knew that the Ephraimites pronounced it slightly differently in their dialect.
The penalty for incorrect password was death.
If you travel to to Brazil, Indiana, you will likely see a few tributes to Orville Redenbacher, the bowtied man who made this snack a household (and movie theatre) must-have.
What is popcorn?
This is a natural formation distinguished by layered bands of red rock, revealing millions of years of geological history in cross-section. Vast in scale, this Arizona landmark averages 10 miles across and a mile deep along its 277-mile length. Much of the area is a national park, which can be visited at the North or South Rim.
What is the Grand Canyon?
11 letters - characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion. Very stormy, similar to what you'd find in a Shakespeare play that features Prospero and Ariel.
What is TEMPESTUOUS?
Son of Johann Strauss the Elder, Johann Baptist Strauss the Younger was known as the king of this folk dance, made popular in Vienna, Austria in 3/4 time.
What is the Waltz?
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." So says this poet, memoirist and civil rights activist who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (as well as 2 cookbooks).
Who is Maya Angelou?