Nobel Winners’
A trio won in this category in 1978, “for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.”
Answer: What is medicine? The trio was Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans, and Hamilton O. Smith.
Hayley Mills plays the double leading roles of kids who meet at camp in this film; their first meeting exposes a visceral hatred for each other.
Answer: What is The Parent Trap? Mills plays both Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers. After they are disciplined by being placed together in solitary confinement, they learn they are twins, separated during infancy
Pounds, ounces, tablespoons, and teaspoons are part of the category of weights and this.
Answer: What are measures? Weights and measures are units that quantify volume, length, weight, etc.
This term refers to a menu with separately priced items.
Answer: What is à la carte? In the United States, you can order à la carte from most menus. Prix fixe, or all-inclusive meals, from appetizers to dessert, are often found in high-end restaurants.
He was the original host of Wheel of Fortune and also hosted Love Connection and Scrabble.
Answer: Who is Chuck Woolery? Woolery lost his Wheel hosting gig after a salary dispute and was succeeded by Pat Sajak.
This nun won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Answer: Who is Mother Teresa? She was awarded the prize “for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity.”
When leaving school for summer vacation, students in love are reminded by this 1966 hit single by the Happenings that they will see each other again in September.
Answer: What is “See You in September”? The Tempos originally recorded the song. It begins with the following lyrics:
See you in September
See you when the summer’s through
Here we are saying goodbye at the station
Summer vacation is taking you away.
We were taught about this graphical representation of food and the number of servings of each group we should have in a day.
Answer: What is the food pyramid? MyPlate has since replaced the food pyramid.
This term means to beat an ingredient, such as cream, to incorporate air into it.
Answer: What is whip? You can whip cream with a mixer, or you can use a whisk to accomplish the same result with elbow grease and more time.
This percentage of the population is left-handed.
Answer: What is 10 percent? While that number might sound low, only one percent of the population is ambidextrous.
This leader of the Buddhist faith was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
Answer: Who is the Dalai Lama? Specifically, the 14th Dalai Lama was honored for “advocating peaceful solutions based on tolerance and mutual respect.”
On a cold, dreary Sunday in the dead of winter, a reminder of what lies ahead comes with watching this sport, played on lush fairways and greens and often set against the pounding waves of the ocean.
Answer: What is golf? Even if you don’t like the game, the views are spectacular, now enhanced by the addition of drones that capture a bird’s-eye view of the magnificent courses.
Use your glass measuring cup for measuring this type of ingredient.
Answer: What is liquid? Dry ingredients are measured in metal or plastic flat-top measuring cups.
Food Network celebrity Alton Brown calls this type of cooking in a gas oven “upside-down grilling.”
Answer: What is broiling? You won’t get a charcoal flavor, but you’ll get the equivalent of a gas-grilled meal.
The invention of Silly Putty was the accidental result of trying to replace this.
Answer: What is rubber? The rubber shortage hindered war production during World War II, and it was rationed domestically. The government wanted to find a synthetic replacement for rubber. In 1943, a GE engineer invented a substance made from boric acid and silicone oil. Unfortunately, it did not contain the properties needed for war, but it allowed a new toy to emerge.
The prize in economic sciences was established in 1968 in memory of this Nobel Prize founder.
Answer: Who is Alfred Nobel? Winners of the prize in economic sciences include Maurice Allais and Richard Stone
This 1955 classic film starring Katharine Hepburn and Italian actor Rossano Brazzi captures the romance of Venice, Italy.
Answer: What is Summertime? The plot involves a single, middle-aged woman who travels to Venice and falls in love with a married Italian antique store owner.
Add this to a roux to make a béchamel sauce.
Answer: What is milk? Both are basic French sauces and made with flour and a fat, usually butter. They have been incorporated into American sauces and are the base of gravies, Alfredo, and cheese sauces.
This is the term for chopping an ingredient into cubes larger than minced cubes.
Answer: What is dice? The cubes vary in size from 1/8 to 1/4 inch.
This tennis great achieved a Golden Slam in 1988, winning all four Grand Slam titles and Olympic gold in the same year.
Answer: Who is Steffi Graf? The German tennis star played throughout the late ’80s and ’90s.
Henry Taube won in 1983 in this category, one of the sciences, “for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes.”
Answer: What is chemistry? Other winners in chemistry include Aaron Klug and Marie Curie
The refrain to this 1967 Johnny Rivers tune goes: All summer long, we spent dancin’ in the sand And the jukebox kept on playin’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
Answer: What is “Summer Rain”? The song begins:
Summer rain taps at my window
West wind soft as a sweet dream
My love, warm as the sunshine
Sittin’ here by me, yeah, she’s here by me.
We learned this important concept regarding preparing food so all of it would be ready at the same time; it also applies to timing work, projects, and other tasks.
Answer: What is time management? Though multitasking became a desirable skill during the rise of the personal computer, researchers have found that, from a time-management point of view, it is better to work on one task at a time.
According to Good Housekeeping, to do this is “to cook food in a small amount of fat in a skillet over relatively high heat, stirring often or occasionally.”
Answer: What is sauté? When sautéing a protein, you turn it once or twice. However, when sautéing vegetables, the technique is similar to stir-frying.
Of all the animals that cause power outages in the United States, this animal causes the most.
Answer: What is the squirrel? Squirrels can cause significant damage to power grids by chewing on the lines, tunneling into electrical components, and bridging electrical equipment by touching high-voltage and grounded equipment at the same time, creating a short circuit.