FINISH THE PHRASE
WHAT AM I?
ONE-HIT? NO WAY!
EVERYDAY BRAINPOWER
AMERICANA
100

“Don’t count your chickens before they _____.”

Answer: What is hatch?

100

 I have hands and a face, but no arms, legs, eyes, or mouth.

Answer: What is a clock?

100

“Sweet Caroline” became a signature sing-along hit for this singer.

Answer: Who is Neil Diamond?

100

A baker’s dozen gives you this many items.

Answer: What is 13?

100

This famous highway stretching from Chicago toward California became known as the “Mother Road.”

Answer: What is Route 66?

200

If you’re told not to “put all your eggs in one _____,” you’re being warned against relying on only one option.

Answer: What is basket?

200

I have keys and a space, but you won’t find a lock or an empty room on me.

Answer: What is a keyboard?

200

 “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” became a massive hit for this Motown singer in the late 1960s.

Answer: Who is Marvin Gaye?

200

 If a meeting begins at 2:45 and lasts 90 minutes, it ends at this time.

Answer: What is 4:15?

200

This Kentucky event has been called “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.”

Answer: What is the Kentucky Derby?

300

Complete this advice about accepting a gift without criticizing it: “Never look a gift horse _____.”

Answer: What is in the mouth?

300

The more of me you take, the more of me you leave behind.

Answer: What are footsteps?

300

 This brother-and-sister duo told us “We’ve Only Just Begun” and asked to be “Close to You.”

Answer: Who are The Carpenters?

300

 A restaurant bill is $60. A 20% tip would be this amount.

Answer: What is $12?

300

This American company introduced the Mustang automobile in 1964.

Answer: What is Ford?

400

Complete the saying: “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t _____.”

Answer: What is throw stones?

400

I travel around the world while staying stuck in one corner.

Answer: What is a postage stamp?


400

Before “Islands in the Stream” with Dolly Parton, this singer had hits including “The Gambler” and “Lady.”

Answer: Who is Kenny Rogers?

400

If you divide 144 by a dozen, you get this number.

Answer: What is 12?

400

This annual New York City celebration traditionally ends with a giant ball dropping at midnight.

Answer: What is New Year’s Eve in Times Square?

500

Complete the saying about getting two benefits from one action: “Kill two birds _____.”

Answer: What is with one stone?

500

I can be cracked, made, told, and played—but I’m not a physical object.

Answer: What is a joke?

500

“Me and Bobby McGee” became a posthumous No. 1 hit for this powerhouse singer in 1971.

Answer: Who is Janis Joplin?

500

A grandfather, a father, and a son go fishing. Each catches one fish, yet they bring home only three fish. This is the minimum number of people who went fishing.

Answer: What is three? (They are grandfather, his son, and his grandson.)

500

Before becoming the name of a famous American monument, “Liberty Enlightening the World” was the official name of this landmark.

Answer: What is the Statue of Liberty?

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