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When nighttime temperatures drop below freezing, do this to your faucets.
Answer: What is dripping the water? The operative word is drip; you do not need a steady stream of water.
The money you pay for insurance
Answer: What is a premium? It’s derived from a Latin word meaning “reward” or “prize.” When you cash in on homeowners’ or auto insurance, it can feel like a prize rather than paying out of pocket.
Launched in 1979, this cable network is the go-to station for sports.
Answer: What is ESPN? The network is now a global franchise, broadcasting some of the most significant international sporting events.
April showers are necessary for these.
Answer: What are May flowers? April is traditionally a rainy month, followed by a profusion of flowers in May.
These birds were used to carry messages over long distances.
Answer: What are pigeons? The invention of the telegraph led to the replacement of carrier pigeons. They’re also known as homing birds because of their ability to find their way home from great distances.
If you don’t clean your dryer vent, you risk this.
Answer: What is fire? In addition to cleaning your lint filter after each use, professionals recommend annual dryer maintenance, which includes cleaning the dryer vent.
Payment to support an ex-spouse
Answer: What is alimony? Unlike child support, which is typically granted, alimony is not always granted, even if the ex-spouse makes little or no money
He was called “the most trusted man in America.”
Answer: Who is Walter Cronkite? He anchored the CBS Evening News and signed off every broadcast saying, “And that’s the way it is.”
We turn the clocks this way during spring daylight saving time.
Answer: What is forward? The easiest way to remember the daylight saving time shifts is to think “spring forward” in the spring and “fall back” in the fall.
This wading bird is revered for its striking pink color.
Answer: What is the flamingo? Although they are wading birds, they can fly. When they fly, you can see their black flight feathers.
These come in café, ruffled, and shower.
Answer: What are curtains? The English word curtain comes from the Old French word cortine, meaning “tapestry” or “drape.”
The only one of the seven deadly sins dealing with money
Answer: What is greed? According to Britannica, “Greed is defined as the immoderate love or desire for riches and earthly possessions.”
This Korean War–era sitcom holds the viewership record for its series finale.
Answer: What is M*A*S*H? Few sitcoms today have the star power Alan Alda brought to the show or the broad appeal it had during its time.
April is peak season for these blooming trees in Washington, D.C.
Answer: What are cherry trees? In 1912, Japan gifted the United States with 3,000 cherry trees. Today, there are around 3,800 cherry trees in Washington, D.C.
The increase in this is what signals to birds that it’s time to migrate north.
Answer: What is daylight? Certain hormones are triggered by increased light in the spring.
Electrical panels used these before they had circuit breakers.
Answer: What are fuses? Fuses had to be replaced; you only have to flip the circuit breaker.
Excessive interest charges
Answer: What is usury? There is no federal limit on the interest rates that credit card companies can charge, but they must communicate their interest rates to cardholders and card applicants.
On this show, Peter Falk plays this eccentric detective, whose signature line is, “One last thing...”
Answer: What is Columbo? The show was ranked No. 1 on Ranker’s 150+ Best Detective Shows of All Time list. It originally aired from 1971 to 1978 and is still in reruns.
They begin to migrate back home from Florida in mid-April to May.
Answer: What are snowbirds? Snowbird season runs from October through April in Florida. Golf course superintendents take advantage of the lull to rehabilitate golf courses for next year’s season.
This flightless bird is found in New Zealand.
Answer: What is a kiwi? They are an endangered species, with only five percent of chicks surviving to adulthood.
This is the three-letter word for a Grecian jar, often shaped like a vase.
Answer: What is an urn? Urns date to antiquity, and you can buy copies of ancient urns
A formal gift, often for research or education
Answer: What is a grant? Pharmaceutical companies partially fund drug research and development through grants. University professors fund some of their salaries through research grants, while students can finance part of their tuition through educational grants.
He will always be remembered for calling his show the “really big shew.”
Answer: Who is Ed Sullivan? On February 9, 1964, The Ed Sullivan Show earned its place in history by introducing the Beatles to the United States. When the show first aired in 1948, it was called Toast of the Town.
Simon & Garfunkel recorded this April song on their 1966 album Sounds of Silence.
Answer: What is “April Come She Will”? Paul Simon wrote the song in 1964 about a girl he met in England.
Some of the population of this five-letter bird doesn’t migrate; they remain in North America due to their ability to handle colder temperatures.
Answer: What is the robin? The urge to migrate is based on winter temperatures and food availability.