Fast Food
What fast food restaurant is credited with introducing the first modern-day drive-thru window?
Wendy's 1970
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
The stapes bone, also known as the stirrup bone. It’s located inside your ear.
Kvetch
To complain, whine or fret
When did the New Year's Eve Ball first drop in Times Square?
1907
Cubism was a significant art movement of the early 20th century. Which two artists pioneered this style of painting?
Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso
What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A milkshake!
Which of the following fast food restaurants was founded first?
In-N-Out Burger , Whataburger, McDonalds, Burgerking
In-N-Out Burger was founded in 1948 by Harry and Esther Snyder in Baldwin Park, California.
Mitosis is the process a single cell uses to divide into two new identical cells. What do we call each set of cells?
Parent cells and daughter cells
Meshuggeneh
Crazy, ridiculous, insane
How large is the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball in diameter?
12 Feet
The Italian precursor to what art movement was characterised by a greater awareness of the beauty of the world and of the spiritual value of nature?
Renaissance
What do you call a gull that only flies over the bay?
A bagel!
What did McDonald's restaurants first introduce in 1968?
Big Mac systemwide in 1968
What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
Mishpocheh
Family, or someone who is “like family”
When did partiers first celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square?
1904
Which artist, often considered to be the first of the Renaissance artists, was commissioned, in around 1305, to paint the frescos in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua?
Giotto
Where does a general keep his armies?
Up his sleevies!
Where was the first Pizza Hut built?
Wichita, Kansas
How many oceans contain sharks?
All of them. And that’s not all! Some are also found in rivers and freshwater lakes.
Nosh
To eat or nibble
What are the triangles on the Times Square ball made from?
Waterford Crystals
In the early 20th century, Abstract art emerged as a new way to represent things through the disassociation of matter. Known for his "Composition" series, who is generally considered to be the pioneer of the movement?
Wassily Kandinsky
What do bananas say when they pick up the phone?
Yellow?
What fast food restaurant introduced a popular advertising campaign in 1997 that featured a talking chihuahua?
Taco Bell
How many sets of wings do bees have?
Two
Putz
A jerk, or a self-made fool
What newspaper sponsored the first-ever Times Square New Year's Eve party?
The New York Times
One of the best known sculptures from pre-historic times is a small figurine of a very voluptuous female. Sculptures of this sort have been found in Central Europe. This famous lady has been given what name?
Venus of Willendorf
Did you hear about the picture that didn't commit a crime?
It was framed!
What fast food restaurant boasts that you can "Have it your way"?
Burger King
What is the smallest unit of matter?
An atom
Shande
A scandal, embarrassment
What two years did the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball not drop?
1942 and 1943
Perhaps the most infamous painting of the 1913 Armory Show, what "cubo-futurist" painting of the human figure by Marcel Duchamp was described by one critical viewer as "an explosion in a shingle factory"?
Nude Descending a Staircase
Why can't a nose be 12 inches long?
Because then it'd be a foot!
What fast food restaurant was founded by Janie and Jerry Murrell?
Five Guys Burgers and Fries was founded in 1986 by Janie and Jerry Murrell.
What is considered room temperature?
72 degrees Fahrenheit.
Tchotchke
Knick-knack, little toy, collectible or giftware.
How much confetti is dropped in Times Square on New Year's Eve?
About one Ton
In 1954 Graham Sutherland painted a portrait of a British statesman that the subject absolutely hated. Who was he?
Winston Churchill
What do you call a row of rabbits hopping away?
A receding hairline!
The Famous Star is the signature burger of what fast food restaurant?
Carl's Jr
What metal is found at the center of the Earth?
Iron. This is very different from the Earth’s crust and mantle, which are rich in minerals.
Shmatte
A rag or old garment.
Who is credited with writing the poem "Auld Lang Syne?"
Robert Burns
Who is considered the first great American landscape painter?
Thomas Cole
What do you call cheese that's stolen?
Nacho cheese!
Where was the first Long John Silver's restaurant opened?
August 18, 1969, in Lexington, Kentucky.
What kind of energy does that sun create?
Nuclear energy.
Schlep
To carry or travel with difficulty,
What was the most popular New Year's resolution back in 2020?
To exercise more
Early humans carved statues of a goddess, which shows that they practiced an early form of religion. Where do anthropologists believe the first humans originated?
East Africa
What do you call a fly with no wings?
A walk!
Which fast food restaurant is famous for its Curly Fries and Jamocha Shakes?
Arby's
What reaction releases energy into its surroundings?
Exothermic reaction
Oy vey
An expression of woe,
What ancient Greek god's celebrations inspired Baby New Year?
Dionysus
Painter-monk Fra Filippo Lippi (1406-69) is said to have broken his vows in spectacular fashion. What did he do?
He ran off with a nun
What did the fish say when it swam into a wall?
Dam!