HERE COMES THE SUN
The sun is closest to Earth during this season in the northern hemisphere.
What is winter?
It’s not how close the sun is to Earth that causes heat; it’s the tilt of Earth that creates the seasonal temperature ranges.
This color is on top of a traffic light.
What is red?
Red is the universal color for “stop!” or “danger.” It’s always on top of a vertical traffic light and on the left side of a horizontal traffic light. Its placement is in the most conspicuous location in both instances.
The worst U.S. stock market crash took place during this decade.
What are the 1920s?
The Roaring Twenties came to a premature halt on October 29, 1929, when the stock market crash triggered the Great Depression.
Using vinegar, water, and salt to preserve cucumbers is called this.
What is pickling?
It’s not only used for preservation but also to add flavor to the pickles, which makes them a great addition or side dish to sandwiches. Or you can eat them right out of the bottle for a snack.
The southern hemisphere is south of this imaginary line.
What is the equator?
There are four hemispheres: In addition to the northern and southern hemispheres, there are the eastern and western hemispheres. The latter two have less effect on the weather than the former two.
This is the nickname for a state or federal prison, but not a jail.
What is Big House?
When someone serves a prison sentence, we say, "They did time in the Big House."
“Here Comes the Sun” appears on the Abbey Road album by this famous British band.
What is The Beatles?
It was written by George Harrison and released in 1969. For those living in England, particularly during the winter, a day of sunshine is a rare occurrence.
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in this theater.
What is Ford’s Theater?
He was watching the play Our American Cousin when John Wilkes Booth entered his private box and shot him in the head.
President Kennedy was assassinated during this decade.
What are the 1960s?
The assassination took place on November 22, 1963, and it is still the subject of much controversy and debate.
Bread’s first ingredient on the ingredient list is this.
What is flour?
Wheat is not the only flour used to make bread. Gluten-free bread recipes call for flours such as almond, coconut, and brown rice.
This is one of the two oceans primarily located south of the equator.
What is the Indian Ocean or Southern Ocean?
The Indian Ocean is primarily located south of the equator, and the Southern Ocean is situated solely south of the equator and surrounds Antarctica.
This three-word nickname describes the most important person in the group. The third word belongs to the dairy food group.
What is "The Big Cheese"?
Some people refer to their boss as the Big Cheese.
Plants use the rays of the sun, water, and this gas to make carbohydrates.
What is carbon dioxide?
Without the sun, plants cannot create the food they need to thrive. The process is called photosynthesis.
A member of this international organization is conspicuous by their red fez embroidered in gold.
What are Shriners?
The fez is believed to have originated in Fez, Morocco.
This famous American leader delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This fungus is classified nutritionally as a vegetable.
What is mushroom?
Some are poisonous, but the ones sold in grocery stores are meant for human consumption. You would think fungi would be inexpensive, but one truffle was the costliest foodstuff on Earth. In 2014, it sold for $61,250 at a Sotheby’s auction.
Of the northern and southern hemispheres, this hemisphere has more land.
What is northern?
Sixty-eight percent of Earth’s total landmass is in the northern hemisphere. The southern hemisphere is mostly water.
A person who thinks they are smarter than everyone else or who has an otherwise exaggerated opinion of themself is said to have this big body part.
What is head?
For example, many a bride has thought, "My mother-in-law has such a big head that she thinks she's in charge of my marriage."
When our bodies are exposed to sunlight, we produce this vitamin.
What is vitamin D?
This country awards the Nobel Peace Prize.
What is Norway?
The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is held every December. Sweden awards the remaining Nobel Prizes.
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania occurred the year after the start of this war.
What is World War I?
The Germans fired upon the ship on May 7, 1915, the year after World War I began.
MRE stands for this.
What is Meal, Ready-to-Eat?
These are food rations for troops in the field as well as meals for civilian emergency use. They are designed to last five to 10 years, depending on storage temperature.
The majority of Earth’s rainforests are found in this hemisphere.
What is southern?
Most of Earth’s rainforests are found in tropical regions near the equator, especially in South America’s Amazon Basin, Africa’s Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia.
This is the full, proper name from which Gail is sometimes shortened.
What is Abigail?
Gail comes from the English word meaning "storm" and from the Hebrew meaning "father's joy."
The sun contains UVA and UVB rays, with UV standing for this.
What is ultraviolet?
UVA rays penetrate deeper, to the middle layer of the skin, and contribute to skin aging and cancer risk. UVB rays affect only the top layer of the skin, causing more immediate damage like sunburn and also directly causing many skin cancers.
This famous director of Rear Window and other thrillers has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
His signature is making cameo appearances in each of his films.
The Wright Brothers took their first flights during this decade.
What are the 1900s?
They began experimenting in 1899, and their first successful flight occurred in 1903.
Our ancestors obtained animal meat and plant-based foods in the wild, which earned them this moniker.
What are hunter-gatherers?
They hunted for animals and gathered plants to eat, storing what they could for later use during periods when food was less abundant
Though not as consistently as in the southern hemisphere, you can see this constellation, also known as Crux, from the northern hemisphere, at longitudes of 25º and lower.
What is the Southern Cross?
In the northern hemisphere, the Southern Cross is visible from tropical locations during certain seasons, when it rises just above the southern horizon.
Overweight people sometimes refer to themselves as big [this body part].
What is boned?
According to a spokesperson for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, "There is such a thing as being big-boned, but it's not a medical term."
The scientific study of the sun and its influence on the solar system is called this.
What is heliophysics?
Helio is the Greek word for “sun,” and physics is the study of matter, energy, and their interactions.
This is IBM’s colorful nickname.
What is Big Blue?
The nickname’s exact origin is debated, but it is likely linked to the pervasiveness of blue in the company logo. Some suggest it also has ties to the company’s conservative salesmen of the past, who traditionally wore blue suits.
The United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War began during this decade.
What are the 1950s?
U.S. military advisers were in Vietnam during the 1950s, and their number grew beginning in 1961. U.S. combat troops entered in 1965. The last American troops returned home in 1973.
Chefs use this term for adding salt and pepper when cooking.
What is seasoning?
Chefs add these ingredients throughout the cooking process rather than all at once to ensure proper balance. Home cooks tend to take salt and pepper for granted rather than considering them as “seasoning,” but they are an integral part of getting the flavor just right.
Directly opposite the prime meridian, this longitudinal dividing point roughly follows the 180º longitudinal line through the Pacific Ocean but zigzags to avoid splitting countries and island groups.
What is the international date line?
The international date line is also known as the “line of demarcation” because it marks the boundary between two calendar dates.
People who are married to two people at the same time are called this.
What are bigamists?
Sometimes bigamy is not intentional. For example, when a couple thinks a divorce is final but has been denied on some technical ground, one or both could be involved in a second marriage.