Bridges and Tunnels
Famous Cats
Food Science
Music Group Anagrams
Myths and Legends
Military
"GL"orious words
Bowling
Potpourri
100
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel was a French-born British engineer best known for the construction of the first tunnel known to have been constructed successfully underneath this navigable river. It opened to pedestrians in 1843.
What is the Thames?
100
This is what all of Top Cat's friends call him.
What is TC?
100
Researchers found that ice cream is perceived as more delicious when it is described as full-____________, or high in lipids.
What is fat?
100
HEY BOB CHEATS
Who are THE BEACH BOYS?
100
This legendary figure is said to have created the land of 10,000 lakes with his footprints, dug the Mississippi River to move logs, built Pike's Peak for a look out, and made a shower out of Yellowstone Falls.
Who is Paul Bunyan?
100
Known as the "March King" and a longtime director of the U.S. Marine Band, this man wrote Stars and Stripes Forever on Christmas Day, 1896.
Who is John Phillip Sousa?
100
Spoken with fluency, but lacking depth of thought.
What is glib?
100
Martin Mull famously said "Having __________ is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain!"
(Hint: maybe his dad said it first!)
What are children?
100
The formation of this isthmus around 3 million years ago is suspected in causing a northern-hemisphere ice age, as it prevented warm equatorial waters from flowing between Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
What is the isthmus of Panama?
200
This famous bridge, built in 1831, was sold in 1968, taken apart stone by stone, and rebuilt in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
What is London Bridge?
200
This cat debuted in 1919 during the silent film era and became the first cartoon character ever made into a giant parade balloon for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Who is Felix the Cat?
200
Raffinose and stachyose are complex carbohydrates found in the broccoli family of plants, which are the culprits for uncomfortable ___________ in many people.
What is gas/flatulence?
200
SHELTER EVERY BROTH
Who are THE EVERLY BROTHERS?
200
A centaur is a mythical creature with the the upper body of a human and the lower body of this animal.
What is a horse?
200
Camp Pendleton, a Marine Corps base in this state, is the largest military base in the US.
What is California?
200
This widely traveled group of entertainers was founded in 1962, and mixed elite basketball skills with comedy and showmanship.
What is Harlem Globetrotters?
[Actually they were founded in Chicago, Illinois!]
200
Examples of target bowling are: curling, lawn bowls, and this Italian-named pastime.
(Familiar to many Lodge residents)
What is bocce?
200
This ancient African civilization used lichens to fill the body cavities of their nobles being mummified.
Who are the Egyptians?
300
This song by the Eagles was originally a folk song written by Steve Young in 1969 and was often used to warm up their harmonies backstage before shows. The song is about County Rd 39 in Montgomery, AL which passes several bridges along the way.
What is Seven Bridges Road?
https://youtu.be/RKd2Zk1DrTQ?si=JNn YDvXgNaOI6j1E
300
Created by Jim Davis in 1978, this lasagna-loving orange tabby holds the Guinness World Record for the most widely syndicated comic strip.
Who is Garfield?
300
St. Louis-Style, Baby Back, and Country Style, along with ___________ ___________ are various names for a particular cut of pork. (Hint: it sounds like we might eat these at a bowling alley!)
What are spare ribs?
300
PURSE THEMES
Who are The SUPREMES
300
The god called Hephaestus in Greek mythology was known by this name to the Romans. In either tradition, he's the god of metal work and fire.
What is Vulcan?
300
The first military medal awarded by the United States was the Badge of Military Merit, created in 1782. It was redesigned and renamed this in 1932.
What is the Purple Heart?
300
A smooth, gliding step in ballet, or a controlled slide down a snow-or-ice-covered mountain.
What is glissade?
300
This type of alley bowling uses smaller balls with no holes, and is played mostly in New England and eastern Canada.
What is candlepin?
300
This late-night TV host said "Mail your packages early so the Post Office can lose them in time for Christmas."
Who is Johnny Carson?
400
This eastern U.S. city sits on the confluence of 3 rivers and is called the City of Bridges because it contains 446 bridges,; the highest number in the world, even surpassing Venice, Italy
What is Pittsburgh, PA?
400
Socks was the name of White House feline denizen during this U.S. presidential administration.
What is the Clinton adminstration?
400
Ganache is a water/fat emulsion of heated heavy cream mixed, in particular ratios, with this.
What is melted chocolate?
400
ELLEN ZIPPED
Who is LED ZEPPELIN?
400
These twins, were born from the Union of Leto and Zeus. One grew up to be the god of music and the sun, among many other talents, while his sister is the goddess of the hunt, and the moon.
Who are Apollo and Artemis?
400
General H. Norman ______________ Jr. was the field commander for US forces in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm.
Who is Schwarzkopf?
400
Glossiphoniidae is a family of freshwater, proboscis-bearing _____________, which one might be horrified to find clinging after a morning swim.
What are leaches?
400
Bowling is the action of propelling the ball towards a wicket defended by a batter, in this game.
What is cricket?
400
Phil Spector was just 17 when he wrote and recorded, with his band The Teddy Bears, the hit song"To Know Him is to Love Him" in this year. Spector went on to become a monumentally influential music producer.
What is 1958?
Spector played every instrument except the drums.
500
The Seikan Tunnel in Japan stretches 53.85 kilometers (33.46 miles) to connect the island of Honshu to this giant, forested island.
What is Hokkaido?
500
Cat-headed Egyptian goddess Sekhmet (or Bastet) is considered the defender of the sun god, as well as this hereditary ruler, and was known as the "Eye of Ra."
What is a pharaoh?
500
There are 50-100 receptors for each kind of flavor on each one of these, which incidentally number in the thousands in each person's mouth.
What are taste buds?
500
LEPER JOINS FANFARE
Who is JEFFERSON AIRPLANE?
500
The Hindu god Ganesha is usually depicted with the head of this creature.
What is an Elephant?
500
On January 28, 1915, the Revenue Cutter Service (a small-boat fleet created to collect tariffs and stop smugglers) merged with the U.S. Life-Saving Service to form this branch of the US Military.
What is the Coast Guard?
500
A symbol which conveys information non-verbally, or a character from another culture's alphabet.
What is a glyph?
500
The ancient Polynesian game of ula maika used stone balls and pins, and required players to bowl from a distance of ___ feet, which is standard today in tenpin bowling.
What is 60?
500
Of the 193 U.N. member countries, 63 have achieved this milestone, which the U.S. never has.
What is elect a female head of state?