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In most countries it is illegal to call sparkling wine by this name unless it was produced in certain region of France.
What is Champagne?
William Ernest Henley:
It matters not how straight the gait
How charged with punishment the scroll
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my . . .
What is Soul?
This predominantly French-speaking city in Canada is the top producer of maple syrup.
What is Quebec?
On this day in 1891, members of these feuding families married, putting an end to a years-long conflict that took place between Kentucky and West Virginia.
Who are the Hatfields and McCoys?
This classic book by J. M. Barrie opens with the line “All children, except one grew up."
What is Peter Pan?
A martini becomes a Gibson when you take out the olive and add this instead.
What is an onion?
Joyce Kilmer:
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a . . .
What is tree?
“The word 'maple' has a very specific meaning to Vermonters, Local law dictates that it’s illegal to “use the word ‘maple’ on a product unless the sweetener is 100 percent pure maple. So when this fast food place started selling a fruit and maple oatmeal, the authorities got involved.
What is McDonalds?
Tybalt stabs Mercutio. As he falls, Mercutio says "I am hurt. A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.
Is he gone, and hath nothing?" The famous feud between the Capulets and Montagues causes the drama in this Shakespearean tragedy.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are the central characters in this novel by Louisa May Alcott.
What is Little Women?
This Kentucky based whisky is the spirit you will find in a mint julep.
What is bourbon?
Emily Dickinson:
The color on the cruising cloud,
The interdicted ground
Behind the hill, the house behind,
There Paradise is . . .
What is Found?
The ideal weather conditions for sap collection are daytime temperatures around 40 degrees Fahrenheit and nighttime temps below freezing. so this month is the best time to tap your maple trees.
What is March?
The rivalry between these two professional baseball teams is among the most bitter and heated in all of professional sports. It dates back all the way to the 1920s and the “Curse of the Bambino”.
Who are the Yankees and the Red Sox?
Charles Dickens tossed around a few other names for this character in A Christmas Carol. He entertained characters named Small Sam and Puny Pete before going with the alliterative name
Who is Tiny Tim?
A cocktail of rum, grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and maraschino liqueur is a "daiquiri" named for this American author who wrote The Sun Also Rises.
Who is Ernest Hemmingway?
Edgar Allan Poe
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted . . .
What is Nevermore?
This state's statehood quarter features a depiction of the maple tapping process.
What is Vermont?
This classic film is loosely based on the life and scandals of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, which lead to a feud between Hearst and its creator, Orson Welles. The feud was so intense that Hearst forbid any of his newspapers from even mentioning it. Hearst even tried to purchase the original print and have it burned.
What is Citizen Kane?
Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights tells of a tragic romance between these two lovers
Who are Catherine and Heathcliff?
This cocktail with Bacardi, Blue Curacao, pineapple juice, and coconut garnish shares its name with a two-named personification of cold weather, who “The Christmas Song” claims is “nipping at your nose.
Who is Jack Frost?
Robert Frost:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the . . .
What is Difference?
Also known as the Haudenosaunee, this tribe comprised six Native American tribes—Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. Their lands covered present-day Canada and the Northeastern United States. They invented Maple syrup (and lacrosse).
Who are the Iroquois?
The rivalry between the two silver-screen actresses reportedly began in 1935 over a man, when "All About Eve" fell in love with her co-star, Franchot Tone, on the set of the movie "Dangerous" — only for "Mommie Dearest" to quickly marry him shortly after the film was wrapped. The feud reached its heights when they worked together on What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
Who are Bette Davis and Joan Crawford?
This story by Washington Irving tells the story of a schoolteacher named Ichabod Crane and his dealings with a Headless Horseman?
What it The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?