Everyday Conveniences
This appliance can be found in most kitchens in North America. It causes the water molecules in food to vibrate, heating them up quickly.
Microwave
This is California's wine-tasting valley destination.
Napa Valley
People referred to movies or films as this in the 1950s.
Flick
Tom Selleck
PhD stands for this.
doctor of philosophy
Western Union used to be in the business of sending telegrams. Today its business is this.
Money Transfer
These islands in Washington state share their name with the capital city of Puerto Rico.
San Juan
The starchy food staple was also '50s slang for money.
Bread
Perhaps it was his mustache that made this newsman the "most trusted man in America."
Walter Cronkite
This nut is used to make marzipan.
Almond
A popular recent addition to cars for winter driving, these keep you cozy and can also relieve back pain.
Heated Seats
This city is home to the Alamo.
San Antonio
This subculture is identified by slicked-back hair and memorialized in a movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
Greaser
The bandit himself, this actor's trademark mustache has appeared in many films, including Smokey and the Bandit and the Cannonball Run.
Burt Reynolds
This country owns every panda in the world.
China
Before we had bleach, we used this blue product, which is still widely available, to whiten laundry.
Mrs. Stewart's Liquid Bluing
This mountain range in New York was a hot spot for summer getaways in the 1950s and 1960s and is the setting of the movie Dirty Dancing.
Catskills
This is the phrase for suddenly accelerating at a high speed while driving.
Flooring
This Mexican artist known for her self-portraits. In many pieces, she chose to accentuate her facial hair, including a monobrow and mustache.
Frida Kahlo
This is the world's biggest island, not including the continents of Australia and Antarctica.
Greenland
These ubiquitous square codes store information and are often "decoded" with a smartphone.
QR Codes
The gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is this East Tennessee tourist town.
Gatlinburg
This phrase means "looking for trouble."
cruising for a bruising
This mustachioed actor often plays gunslinging cowboys in both television shows and films. He co-stars with Patrick Swayze in Road House (1989) and met his wife, Katharine Ross, on the set of The Legacy in 1978.
Sam Elliot
This is the brightest star in the sky.
Sirius