A Kaleidoscope of Colors
This is the number of primary colors.
What is three? The colors are red, blue, and yellow. Primary colors can be mixed to make the secondary colors orange, green, and violet
This is the land down under.
What is Australia? Before its discovery, the area was known as Terra Australis Incognita, or “the unknown southern land.
This is Grandma’s remedy for colds and the flu.
What is chicken noodle soup? In this case, doctors and researchers agree with grandma because it helps hydrate and acts as a natural decongestant
This member of the orchestra faces the musicians.
Who is conductor? Famous conductors include André Previn and Leonard Bernstein.
It takes this number of bad bat swings to strike out.
What is three? Four balls allow batters to walk to first base
These items have this color in common—stop or danger sign, Coca-Cola, and Valentine’s Day.
What is red? Red is the international safety color used in graphical symbols.
This is the home of the United States Naval Academy.
What is Annapolis (Maryland)? Members of the Navy do more than work on naval ships. For example, they can train to become aviation rescue swimmers, cryptologists, and members of the Navy Seals, an elite group
This Greek dairy product is added to many cold soups.
What is yogurt? It’s an ingredient in cucumber soup, strawberry soup, roasted red pepper soup, etc.
Every musical note is named for one of these.
What is letter (of the alphabet)? The letters are A through G.
Players who are not on the field during play sit in this location.
What is dugout or bullpen? The coaches also sit in the dugout. Pitchers who are available to play sit in the bullpen and wait until it’s their time to warm up and enter the game as the relief pitcher.
To see the essence of someone is to see their [missing word] colors.
What is true? When you tell someone a secret and they tell others, they have shown their true colors; that is, they are not trustworthy
This medical doctor provides pain relief before, during, and after surgery.
What is anesthesiologist? Today, certified registered nurse anesthetists can provide the same service, often under the direction of a doctor
This orange melon is used in cold summer soups.
What is cantaloupe? The cantaloupe is usually pureed
Country music performers sometimes call the violin this.
What is fiddle? The difference is how you play the instrument. Classical violinists play a piece true to the music as it is written. Fiddlers take liberties in terms of interpretation.
This song is associated with baseball.
What is “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”? Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, and others have recorded the song. It’s traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch
SING IT!!!
A heart of this color is used for a military medal.
What is purple? Any military member who has been wounded or killed in action qualifies for the Purple Heart
The Sahara Desert is found on this continent.
What is Africa? It’s the largest desert in the world
Traditional gazpacho is made primarily with this salad ingredient.
What is tomato? It is served cold or at room temperature.
Some chords are major, and some are these chords.
What is minor? Major chords sound bright or uplifting, and minor chords sound darker and can elicit a feeling of sadness.
MLB rules call for the bat to be made from a single piece of this material.
What is wood? Aluminum bats were banned because they can make the ball travel around 10 percent faster.
Idioms with slip, tickled, and elephant have this color in common.
What is pink? A pink slip informs employees their services are no longer needed. If someone is tickled pink, they are pleased or happy about something. A pink elephant is a hallucination caused by alcohol or drugs
This seed is what licorice is flavored with.
What is anise? It is commonly used in baking, soups and stews, and liquors such as ouzo and sambuca. It is not related to star anise
This is the main difference between bisque and chowder.
What is chowder is chunky, and bisque is smooth? Bisques use pureed ingredients, and chowders use chunks of ingredients
The “heavenly” member of the string family is the largest in the family and played sitting down.
What is harp? Other members of the string family are violin, viola, cello, and bass. All are played by bowing or plucking
The baseball umpire is required to wear this color underwear.
What is black? If the umpire should split his pants during the game, the black underwear will make it less detectible