Quotable Quotes
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Regional Foods
Amazing Animal Kingdom
December Fun Facts
100
All roads lead to this city.
What is Rome?
This quote derives from the 12th-century expression “A thousand roads lead men forever to Rome.” And, in fact, they did.
100
Professional and some amateur photographers develop their own film in this place.
What is a darkroom?
Developers can see in darkrooms thanks to safelights, which are red bulbs.
100
This lime pie comes from the Florida Keys.
What is key lime?
Key lime pie made with regular limes just doesn’t taste the same. Key limes are tart, seedier, and less acidic, making them more flavorful than regular limes.
100
This beautiful pink bird is born gray.
What is the flamingo?
Flamingos eat a diet of shrimp and blue-green algae that contains carotenoids that turn their feathers pink. They also eat with their heads upside down.
100
This attack took place on December 7, 1941.
What is Pearl Harbor?
200
This Green Bay Packers coach is credited with saying, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.”
Who is Vince Lombardi?
200
Most people don’t require standalone cameras today; we use these instead.
What is a cell phone camera?
Much of the beautiful photography you see online is taken with a phone. Many travel writers and photographers now buy cell phones
200
The smell of bagels through the early-morning air in this major East Coast city that never sleeps.
What is New York City?
They say you haven’t had a bagel until you’ve had a bagel from New York City. Sandwiches made with bagels are a favorite New York lunch as well.
200
This is the world’s tallest land animal.
What is a giraffe?
It can grow up to 19 feet tall, with its neck reaching nine feet long.
200
The first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution, collectively known as this, were ratified on December 15, 1791.
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
“Much ado about nothing” is a 16th-century expression from this playwright.
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
If you want a lens for photographing wide landscapes, you’ll need this lens.
1. Side-Angle
2. Wide-Angle
3. 180 Degrees Angle
What is wide-angle?
300
Lobster roll is found in this “New” region of the United States.
What is New England?
Good luck finding the “rolls,” sometimes called New England hot dog buns, in grocery stores outside of this region. They look like hot dog buns sliced almost in half on top, but lobster salad in a hot dog bun is not the same.
300
This flightless bird has the same name as a fruit.
What is the kiwi?
Kiwis are an endangered species, with only five percent surviving birth. They’re the national bird of New Zealand.
300
On December 26, 1917, eight months after the United States entered World War I, President Woodrow Wilson announced the nationalization of most of these means of transportation.
What are railroads?
Many railroads were facing bankruptcy, and they were needed to transport essential goods.
400
This expression is boxing slang for getting out of serious trouble just in the nick of time.
What is saved by the bell?
Though the expression has come to be associated with getting out of school work, it originated in boxing circles in the late 1800s as a way of saying a round ended just in time for a fighter to escape defeat.
400
In what century was the first camera invented in?
1. 17th
2. 18th
3. 19th
What is 18th Century
400
This is Philadelphia’s signature sandwich.
What is a Philly cheesesteak?
It’s made with thinly sliced steak, sautéed diced onions, and melted mild white cheese and served on a hoagie.
400
This marine mammal “gets high” on pufferfish.
What are dolphins?
Scientists have observed dolphins handling the pufferfish in such a way that the fish release a toxin. The toxin causes dolphins to get high and even have hallucinations.
400
If you were born between December 22 and 31, you were born under this astrological sign.
What is Capricorn?
The goat represents this sign, and people born under the sign are said to be practical and stubborn.
500
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
True or False: Poisonous chemicals were not used to develop early photographs.
What is False?
Chemicals such as mercury and silver nitrate were being used.
500
If you order barbecue in one of these two states, you’ll get a side of mustard barbecue sauce.
What are North Carolina and South Carolina?
The sauce is called Carolina Gold.
500
This is the deadliest creature in the animal kingdom.
What is the mosquito?
The World Health Organization reports that hundreds of thousands of deaths each year are attributable to vector-borne diseases, including mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, etc.
500
This is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
You can see it as a liquid in old-fashioned thermometers. Some states have banned the sale of mercury thermometers for safety reasons.