Ending in ff
A pretense, often in poker.
Duff
In what year did we celebrate the bicentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?
1976
A sum of money saved for the future.
Nest Egg
Historical era that came after the Dark Ages and before the Renaissance.
If your TV stops working, it’s on the...
On the blink or on the fritz.
Term for chickens that are allowed to roam around for food rather than being confined in an enclosure.
Free-range
Grandma is taking her granddaughter to college at Carnegie Mellon University; but first she’ll stop to see Falling Water, the house that Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built partially over a waterfall. Maybe she’ll find some scrapple and shoofly pie along the way. What US state is Grandma in?
Pennsylvania
Idiom that means to have fallen asleep quickly and deeply.
Out like a light
Someday, when I'm awfully low,
When the world is cold...
"The Way You Look Tonight"
Chicago's Nickname
The Windy City
A tax, usually on imports or exports.
Tariff
The military time of 1400 hours is this time on a normal twelve-hour clock.
2:00 PM
A score of zero in a game of sports or on a test.
Goose Egg
Name given to George W. Bush’s 2003 speech that erroneously claimed the end of major combat operations in Iraq.
Mission Accomplished
If you’re having success after success, you are on a...
On a Roll
Poetry without rhyme or consistent meter patterns.
Free-verse
Grandma took her grandson to see Cornell University. While she was in the area, they also went to the Corning Museum of Glass and spent a couple of days at the Finger Lakes. What US state is Grandma in?
New York
To have a second job in addition to your regular employment.
Moonlighting
Would you like to swing on a star?
Carry moonbeams home in a jar? And be better off than you are?
Or would you rather be a mule?
"Swinging On A Star"
Iconic symbol of Holland
the Windmill
A courtroom officer.
Bailiff
How many batters does a pitcher have to face to complete a perfect game in baseball?
27 batters
A circumstance in which it is impossible to say which of two things existed first and which caused the other.
A chicken and egg situation
This extravagant wife of King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine nine months after her husband suffered the same fate at the hands of the French revolutionary forces.
Marie Antoinette
If you’re receiving federal assistance such as welfare or food stamps, you’re on the...
On the dole.
An independent or uninhibited person.
A free spirit
Grandma is camping out at Denali National Park for the next couple of days. She’ll then fly more than 700 miles north to Barrow, where she hopes to see a bowhead whale. What US state is Grandma in?
Alaska
To perceive the end of a difficult time.
Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain, third is the roses, that grow in the lane.
"I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover"
To cheat, con, or defraud someone
to swindle
A small, flat-bottomed boat.
Skiff
In Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, “four score and seven years ago” means this many years ago.
87 years
To destroy something that is profitable to you.
To kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
He was Julius Caesar’s friend and supporter and Cleopatra’s lover.
Mark Anthony
If you’re on the campaign trail making speeches and asking for votes, you’re on the...
On the stump.
A noisy fight in a crowd; a brawl.
Free for all
Grandma is visiting her brother this week and doing all the traditional tourist things: shopping at the Pike Place market, taking in the panoramic view from the Space Needle, and visiting the otters at the Aquarium. What city is Grandma in?
Seattle
Another name for the Aurora Borealis.
The Northern Lights
Those icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.
"That Old Black Magic"
To come in first in a horse race by just a few inches.
Win by a nose
To reject, refuse, or spurn.
How many degrees from his starting point is a soldier who turned about-face?
180 Degrees
To risk losing everything by concentrating all your efforts or resources into one plan or course of action.
To put all your eggs in one basket
The traditional center of the US advertising industry.
Madison Avenue
If your company is laying off workers and you’re on the list, then your head is on the...
On the chopping block.
These are generally awarded to a basketball player who has been fouled by the opposing team.
Free-throws
Grandma spent two days in August at the State Fair, and then visited the Field of Dreams and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. What US state was Grandma in?
Iowa
Astronomically speaking, this means very, very, very far away—in either time or distance.
light years away
You must have been a wonderful child. When you were only startin’ to go to kindergarten,
I bet you drove the little boys wild.
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"
Common knot used to tie a necktie … or the adopted last name of the British royal family
Windsor