WOMEN
Born in Macedonia in 1910, she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and died in Calcutta, India in 1997.
Mother Theresa
What is the name of the powerful stimulant found naturally in tea and coffee and added to some sodas?
Caffeine
Jack and Jill when up a hill to fetch a pail of water. What happened to Jack?
Jack fell down and broke his crown (and Jill came tumbling after).
This airport, 12 miles west of Central London, handles the most international passenger traffic in the world.
Heathrow
Modeled after The Honeymooners’ Ralph Kramden, this fictional Fred lived in prehistoric times.
Fred Flintstone
She was the first woman astronaut.
Sally Ride
This cheese, commonly used on pizza, helps strengthen your immune system, heal wounds, improve skin, and decrease inflammation.
Mozzarella
All around the mulberry bush, the monkey … did what?
The monkey chased the weasel.
England is one of four countries that make up Great Britain. Can you name the other three?
Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
This character was Lucy’s landlord and Ethel’s hubby.
Fred Mertz (I Love Lucy)
Antonia Novello became the first woman to hold this office, succeeding C. Everett Koop.
Surgeon General of the United States
Sodium bicarbonate is added to cakes to make them rise. What is sodium bicarbonate better know as?
Baking soda
Baa, baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir… how many bags full?
Three
Bangers and mash, a traditional English dish, consists of these two ingredients.
Sausages and mashed potatoes
Comedian Fred Allen was perhaps best remembered for his mock feuds on the radio with this “penny-pinching” funny man.
Jack Benny
Louise Brown, born in England in 1978, was the first child ever to be called this kind of infant; Elizabeth Jordan Carr, born in Virginia, was the first American one.
Test-Tube baby (a baby born via IVF, in-vitro fertilization)
What part of the plant does cinnamon come from – the leaves, the flower, the seeds, or the bark?
The bark
Whom did Simple Simon meet going to a fair?
Simple Simon met a pieman …
Everyone knows about London; but can you name the second-largest city in England (in population)?
Birmingham, with a population of 1.1 million. (London’s population is 8.8 million.)
This actor and effortless dancer was born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha in 1899.
Fred Astaire
Upon meeting this woman, Abraham Lincoln reportedly said, “So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Which has more calories – a teaspoon of sugar or a teaspoon of butter?
Butter (1 tsp of butter has 90 calories, while 1 tsp of sugar has 16.)
What happened after the dog laughed at the end of “Hey, Diddle, Diddle”?
The dish ran away with the spoon.
England never “bought into” use of the Euro, but instead continues to use this currency, which was first used in the year 760.
The British Pound
This famous Fred began every television show by changing his shoes and putting on a red cardigan sweater
Fred Rogers (PBS’ Mr. Rogers Neighborhood)