Mish Mash
This is the official residence of the New York City mayor.
What is Gracie Mansion?
It’s also called “The Little White House,” and it allegedly has secret passages within its walls and maybe beyond its walls
This is the United Kingdom’s public TV networks
What is BBC?
It began as a radio network in 1922. Today, it’s the world’s largest broadcaster.
If you have skeletons in your closet, it’s not a good idea to cast this stone.
What is first?
It’s best to think twice before criticizing others.
Fall runs from this mid-month through this mid-month in the northern hemisphere.
What is September through December?
This timeframe is astronomical fall. Meteorologists use a different calendar; meteorological fall runs September through November
What red-coated federal police force has the French motto “Maintiens le Droit” (“Uphold the Right”)? Hint: They are often pictured on horseback.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Mounties were organized by the Canadian Parliament in 1873 with the mission of protecting the Northwest Territories. They were initially named the North-West Mounted Police
The Celebration of Light takes place in this Canadian city on the Pacific coast.
What is Vancouver?
The celebration is the largest fireworks competition in the world.
Before its fall from the top position, this cable news network was renowned for its live coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial and Operation Desert Storm.
What is CNN?
Cable viewership has fallen dramatically. Most of the broadcast and cable news networks have dropped their foreign bureaus, and many people have cut cable and moved to streaming services.
When you’re dressed up, you are said to be dressed to this number.
What is nine or the nines?
The idiom dressed to the nines is used when someone is dressed in formal attire.
When this debris enters Earth’s atmosphere, it burns up and creates these showers.
What is meteor? The Taurid meteor shower occurs every year in mid-autumn
What objects are formed when clay is molded and then baked in a kiln?
Ceramics (or pottery)
The type of ceramic created depends upon the clay used and the temperature at which it is heated. Items can include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain.
This TV franchise has made life more difficult for prosecutors and has caused jurors to have unrealistic expectations of forensic evidence.
What is CSI: Crime Scene Investigation?
It’s called “the CSI effect” because on this and similar shows, the characters solve crimes through forensic evidence in the space of one hour.
This is Canada’s public TV network.
What is CBC?
Founded in 1932 as the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, it added television in 1955.
Sometimes you can kill this number of birds with one stone.
What is two?
When we solve two problems at the same time, we kill two birds with one stone.
Fall is the season of this sport’s championship games. The sport also has a well-known museum in Cooperstown, New York
What is baseball or MLB?
The World Series begins in October, and occasionally it runs into November.
In what 1969 film did Robert Redford and Paul Newman portray Wild West outlaws Harry Longabaugh and Robert LeRoy Parker, respectively?
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Longabaugh was better known as the Sundance Kid, while Parker was Butch Cassidy. Although the characters portrayed in the film are based on historical people, the storyline is more fiction than fact.
When you have to start over, you go back to this square.
What is one?
Returning to square one means the work you’ve already done has been negated.
He entertained us with Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.
Who is Robin Leach?
He was once a host on Talking Food, an early Food Network program.
It will never happen in this number of years.
What is a million?
People say “It will never happen in a million years” when the chances of something happening are the same as the chances of winning the lottery.
What are the symbols of Dia de los Muertos?
Flowers, butterflies and skulls.
What 1943 radio crime drama title was also the alias of the main character, Michael Waring? Hint: It’s the name of a bird of prey
The Falcon
The radio series ran until 1954 on three separate networks and had five different actors portray the Falcon, including Les Tremayne.
What is Pabst Blue Ribbon?
A beer
Pabst Brewing Company started out as the Empire Brewery in 1848. It was established by Jacob Best and was limited to 18 barrels per batch in the early days.
This number of days was dedicated to broadcasting the details after President Kennedy’s assassination.
What is four?
There was no entertainment and little other news coverage in print or on the airwaves other than the assassination. The New York Times captured it all in the commemorative book Four Days in November: The Original Coverage of the John F. Kennedy Assassination.
When someone is being interrogated, they are getting this degree.
What is the third?
When a parent questions their child, the child sometimes accuses their parent of giving them the third degree.
Name the Goddess of Harvest.
Demeter.
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although she is mostly known as a grain goddess, she also appeared as a goddess of health, birth, marriage, and had connections to the Underworld.
If someone talks about a person being “born with a silver spoon in their mouth,” what do they mean?
The person in question is from a very wealthy family The phrase, when expressed, usually has a negative connotation.