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Many working people have these two-day periods off.
Answer: What are weekends?
Some professionals, such as first responders and hospital personnel, are often needed to work on certain weekends and holidays.
This is the nickname for this decade.
Answer: What is Roaring Twenties?
This era was a time of sweeping social and political changes.
As we age, these facial features thin, and we can use a pencil or gel to fill them in.
Answer: What are eyebrows?
Some people use temporary tattoos, and others may even get permanent eyebrow tattoos.
This is a polite reply to “thank you.”
Answer: What is “you’re welcome”?
A little please and thank you go a long way these days.
When spiders spin these homes larger than usual, it indicates a hard winter is coming.
Answer: What are webs?
Another indicator is more spiders than usual entering homes.
This is to exchange vows.
Answer: What is wed?
Fun fact: January, March, April, and November are the least popular and least expensive months to have a wedding.
This is the year of the stock market crash.
Answer: What is 1929?
It was the original Black Tuesday, well before the one in 1987.
Some people use this brand of petroleum jelly as a moisturizer.
Answer: What is Vaseline?
It works best on knees and elbows to lock in moisture.
This major tourist attraction resides partially in Canada and partially in the U.S.
Answer: What is Niagara Falls?
Niagara Falls is comprised of three falls: Horseshoe Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, and American Falls.
More fog than usual in this month means it’s going to be a cold winter.
Answer: What is August?
Folklore says the number of days of fog in August will equal the number of snowfalls during the winter. The prediction is right about 50 percent of the time.
This is an employee’s hourly pay.
Answer: What is wage?
Consultants call it a fee, and those who receive a set amount call it a salary.
Hemlines went in this direction in the 1920s.
Answer: What is up?
Hemlines came as high as the knee. The “bob” hairstyle also came into fashion during the decade.
This Mary built a direct-sale cosmetic brand used by women across the globe.
Answer: Who is Mary Kay?
Founder Mary Kay Ash retired from a career in selling child psychology books in 1963 to build a company with unlimited career advancement opportunities for women.
This is the name of the mountain where four presidents’ busts are carved in stone.
Answer: What is Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln were easy choices, but there was a great debate over the fourth choice between Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson––Roosevelt won.
Folklore says that when these nuts from an oak tree fall in excess, a tough winter is indicated.
Answer: What are acorns?
In fact, acorns have super harvests every few years.
These are flowers that pop up without being planted. One example is the common violet.
Answer: What are wildflowers (or weeds)?
You can also plant wildflower mixes. You’ll sometimes see wildflowers growing in meadows.
Two events in 1918 are attributed to giving us the freewheeling decade of the 1920s. Name one of them.
Answer: What is the end of World War I or the (Spanish flu) pandemic?
The end of the previous, tumultuous decade is believed to be the cause of throwing all caution to the wind during the 1920s.
Instead of using an off-white concealer to hide bags under the eyes, look for this tone.
Answer: What is skin or tan?
It’s also best to use a cream instead of a powder. The powder gets caught in the cracks and accentuates the problem.
This city resides partially in Missouri and partially in Kansas.
Answer: What is Kansas City?
The city is divided by a two-lane highway that marks the border between the states.
If these furry rodents are scurrying around your yard gathering nuts and acorns for the winter, look out! Winter’s going to be a doozy.
Answer: What are squirrels?
The saying goes, “Squirrels gathering nuts in a flurry will cause snow to gather in a hurry.”
This North American rodent, also called a groundhog, has its own tongue twister.
Answer: What is woodchuck? “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” It’s the largest member of the squirrel family.
This was the outcome of the temperance movement, which reached its peak in 1919, but it did little to dampen spirits (pun intended) in the 1920s.
Answer: What is prohibition?
The 18th amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages. In 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment officially overturned it.
Your choice in face masks can include hydrating mask, nourishing mask, or this kind of mask that sloughs dead skin cells.
Answer: What is exfoliating?
Exfoliating masks are sometimes known as peels.
This is the name of George Washington’s home.
Answer: What is Mount Vernon?
The house that eventually became the mansion was built when George Washington was two years old.
Early migration of this large, beautiful butterfly can foretell a bad winter ahead.
Answer: What is monarch?
It is true that if we have an early fall, monarchs migrate early because they cannot fly if it’s cloudy and the temperature is below 60 degrees.