Quotable Quotes
All roads lead to this city.
What is Rome? This quote derives from the 12th-century expression “A thousand roads lead men forever to Rome.” And, in fact, they did. All secondary cities on the peninsula had a road leading to Rome.
A typical Chinese restaurant dinner in the Western world ends with this cookie.
What is a fortune cookie? These cookies were invented in the United States during the 20th century and are not part of a typical Chinese dinner.
This beautiful pink bird is born gray.
What is the flamingo? Flamingos eat a diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae that contains carotenoids that turn their feathers pink.
This Casablanca actor started the original Rat Pack.
Who is Humphrey Bogart? He started the original group in the late 1950s. After Bogart’s death in 1957, his friend Frank Sinatra revived the group, and the “classic” Rat Pack dominated the 1960s.
This document is required for international travel.
What is a passport? In addition, many countries also require a visa for entry. U.S. citizens must hold an ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) instead of a visa to enter European countries in the Schengen zone.
his Green Bay Packers coach is credited with saying, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.”
Who is Vince Lombardi? He gets the credit, but it’s since been discovered that Vanderbilt University football coach Henry “Red” Sanders first uttered the saying in 1948, as recorded in The Birmingham News.
This is the top-selling Girl Guides cookie.
What are Thin Mints? Frozen Thin Mints are a refreshing summer treat if you can discipline yourself to hide some away in the depths of your freezer.
This is the world’s tallest land animal.
What is a giraffe? It can grow up to 19 feet tall, with its neck reaching nine feet long.
She was known as the den mother of the group.
Who is Lauren Bacall? She was Humphrey Bogart’s wife at the time.
This occasion corresponds with the year’s shortest day.
What is the winter solstice? This year, it falls on December 21. The exact moment of the solstice is when the North Pole is farthest from the sun.
“Much ado about nothing” is a 16th-century expression from this playwright.
Who is William Shakespeare? Its meaning is similar to “making a mountain out of a molehill.”
During the holidays, you are bound to see cookies made with a thumbprint and filled with this.
What is jelly or jam? The cookies are cooked with jelly or jam, not topped after baking.
This flightless bird has the same name as a fruit.
What is the kiwi? Kiwis are an endangered species, with only five percent surviving birth. They’re the national bird of New Zealand.
Dean Martin’s TV variety show had this as its theme song.
What is “Everybody Loves Somebody”? In 1964, the song knocked “A Hard Day’s Night” off the No. 1 position on the charts, and in 1965 it became the theme song for Martin’s show.
Edinburgh is the capital of this country.
What is Scotland? The unicorn is Scotland’s national animal.
This expression is boxing slang for getting out of serious trouble just in the nick of time.
What is saved by the bell? Though the expression has come to be associated with getting out of school work, it originated in boxing circles in the late 1800s as a way of saying a round ended just in time for a fighter to escape defeat.
These are the world’s best-selling cookies.
What are Oreos? They were introduced in 1912, and they’ve maintained their popularity for more than a century.
These docile marine mammals “get high” on pufferfish.
What are dolphins? Scientists have observed dolphins handling the pufferfish in such a way that the fish release a toxin. The toxin causes dolphins to get high and even have hallucinations.
This was their standard uniform.
What is tuxedo? In addition to their look, their schtick included glitz, glamour, nonconformity, and playfully insulting one another on stage.
This is the world’s largest country by area.
What is Russia? Canada is the second-largest in landmass, followed by China. The United States is in fourth place.
“With malice for none, with [this] for all” is a quote from President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address in 1865.
What is charity? Lincoln delivered the address just 41 days before his assassination.
This is the other dry ingredient in Mexican wedding cookies, along with sugar and flour.
What are nuts? You can use almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, or pistachios.
This largest whale is also the largest animal to have ever lived on Earth.
What is the blue whale? Antarctic blue whales can grow up to 110 feet long and weigh 330,000 pounds.
These three were the core of the Rat Pack.
Who are Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.? The group also included Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.
This character in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women wants to be a writer.
Who is Jo (March)? The character is based on Alcott.
“The emperor has no clothes” is an expression rooted in a fairy tale by this Danish author.
Who is Hans Christian Andersen? It comes from the tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” which appeared in Fairy Tales Told for Children.
This is the base ingredient of the Italian cookie amaretti.
What is almond paste? Amaretti cookies come from Serrano, Italy, and they’re Italy’s response to France’s macarons. They’re also gluten-free.
This is the deadliest creature in the animal kingdom.
What is the mosquito? The World Health Organization reports that hundreds of thousands of deaths each year are attributable to vector-borne diseases, including mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, etc.
He was the longest-surviving member of the Rat Pack.
Who is Joey Bishop? He died in 2007. Memories of the Rat Pack live on. You can find videos of the individual members and the Rat Pack on YouTube.
This is the longest dog sled race in Canada, starting in Alaska and ending in Canada
What is the Yukon Quest? Is a sled dog race where mushers, with their teams of up fourteen dogs, embark on a 1,000 mile journey from Fairbanks, Alaska (US) to Whitehorse, Yukon (Canada). They carry all the supplies they need for the duration of the race in their sled.