Food Idioms
Carrot top
What is redhead? Lucille Ball is a famous redhead, but she was actually a natural brunette.
A female Pig is a...
Sow
On January 5, 1933, construction on this iconic bridge in San Francisco began
What is Golden Gate Bridge? The bridge was built in four years and five months. Three babies have been born on the bridge.
What is the world’s smallest ocean?
Arctic. It’s 1.5 times as large as the United States.
What country attacked Pearl Harbor?
Japan. Tensions with Japan had been ongoing since the Great Depression a decade earlier. Successful wars against Russia and China fueled Japanese thirst to continue conquering the world
Someone who exhibits grace under pressure is said to be cool as this.
What is cucumber? This idiom is often used to describe unflappable people.
A gaggle is a group of
Geese
On January 21, 1961, this U.S. president held the first live televised press conference
Who is John F. Kennedy? It was held in the State Department auditorium.
What ocean surrounds the South Pole?
Southern
Who entered the war first—Canada or the United States?
Canada. Canada entered the war on September 10, 1939. The United States remained neutral until they entered the war on December 11, 1941.
Cream of the crop
What is the best?
A goat's pupil is what shape?
Rectangle or square
On January 22, 1973, this boxer defeated Joe Frazier for the World Heavyweight Boxing title
Who is George Foreman? Frazier had been favored to win the title. Foreman trained to become a boxer after meeting with a Job Corps counselor and a boxing coach who encouraged him to start training.
Along which ocean coasts will you find the Ring of Fire?
Pacific. The area is home to around 70 percent of the world’s active volcanoes and 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes. It includes both sides of the Pacific and encompasses the entire west coast of North America.
Which theater did the Americans first enter?
Pacific. The Americans ended up fighting on both fronts.
When the work is easy and the pay is exceptional, you’re riding this train. Also used when someone makes a killing in the stock market. Easy money
What is gravy? Those who bought Microsoft stock in the beginning and held on to it rode the gravy train to wealth.
What time of year do you plant potatoes?
Early Spring
On January 12, 1964, the founder and CEO of Amazon as well as the owner of the Washington Post was born.
Who is Jeff Bezos? He also founded Blue Origin, a spaceflight company based in Texas
What ocean has the deepest point?
Pacific. It’s called the Mariana Trench, near the Mariana Islands in the North Pacific. The deepest point, 36,201 feet, was found by the Soviets in 1957. To put that into perspective, commercial airliners routinely cruise at 35,000 feet.
What branch of the armed services did WAVES serve in?
: Navy. Women who served in the Navy were called WAVES, which stands for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
To use your noodle is to use this body part
What is brain or head? It means to think logically or rationally
What time of year do you harvest cotton
Fall
On January 19, 1990, Roberta Bondar was the first astronaut from this country to be selected for a space mission.
What is Canada? She was a pioneer in medical research and flew aboard the Discovery space shuttle in 1992.
What two oceans straddle the equator?
Atlantic and Pacific. The Pacific Ocean is almost twice the size of the Atlantic Ocean. It takes up 46.6 percent of Earth’s surface, while the Atlantic Ocean takes up only 23.5 percent of Earth’s surface.
What branch of the armed service did WAACs serve in ?
Army. WAAC stands for Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.