This 34-letter tune is from Mary Poppins.
What is “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”? Created by songwriting team Richard and Robert Sherman, the meanings of the roots of the word are as follows: super means “above,” cali means “beauty,” fragilistic means “delicate,” expiali means “to atone,” and docious means “educable.” Put it together and you get a loose definition of “atoning for educability through delicate beauty.”
Everyone looks forward to TGIF, which is the acronym for this.
What is Thank God/ goodness it’s Friday? In 1965, the casual dining chain TGI Friday’s opened in New York City and grew to a chain of restaurants across the United States and around the globe. It’s seen a huge decline in recent years.
Every year Tim Horton's does a promo in the fall where customers can turn up this part of their cup to potentially win a prize.
What is the rim or what is "Roll Up the Rim to Win!"?
This meal is typically eaten on the weekend instead of breakfast and lunch.
What is brunch? The meal has roots in 19th-century England and crossed the pond in the 1930s. The English are renowned for huge breakfasts. People tend to sleep in on the weekends, so brunch was a natural progression.
This Disney character has a hat with his round ears on it.
Who is Mickey Mouse? Roy Williams, a Disney employee who appeared in four Mickey Mouse seasons, created the hat in the 1950s.
This tune from The Sound of Music, which is set in summertime, has become a classic Christmas song.
What is “My Favorite Things”? As a marketing tool for the movie, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s music publishers talked Jack Jones into adding sleigh bells to the tune and including it on his Christmas album.
The Mamas and the Papas recorded a tune about this day of the week.
What is Monday? The tune is “Monday, Monday.” John Phillips wrote the song, but the rest of the band hated it. They were all taken aback when it became a hit and topped the charts.
The town of Port Hope is located on the shores of which Great Lake?
What is Lake Ontario?
This is several bananas held together at the stem.
What is a bunch? You can increase the life of ripe bananas by wrapping plastic wrap tightly at the cut end of the bunch.
This land mammal has the largest ears.
What is an elephant? The elephant has only a few sweat glands, located in its feet, so the huge ears help cool the animal.
This hit, recorded by B. J. Thomas, is part of the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid score.
What is “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”? The song is also featured in other films, including Forrest Gump.
Alphabetically, this is the first day of the week.
What is Friday? It’s also most people’s favorite day of the week because they’re in a weekend state of mind.
Who is Conrad Black?
Quasimodo was one of these.
What is a hunchback? Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame was originally titled Notre-Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris).
You’d better be careful when talking about a secret because these have ears.
What are the walls? That is especially true with today’s technology. Anyone can be a spy—even you.
This song was sung in Fiddler on the Roof about how father Tevye can't believe how much their daughter and her groom have grown up.
What is "Sunrise, Sunset"?
The Rolling Stones say goodbye to this "Ruby" day of the week.
What is Tuesday?
Jagmeet Singh became the leader of the NDP party in what year?
A) 2001
B) 2017
C) 2023
What is B) 2017
When the clock is ticking and the time to do something is yesterday, it’s this time.
What is a crunch? When a deadline is rapidly approaching, people say, “It’s crunch time.” In the United States, the week of April 15 is crunch time for taxpayers.
Not a medical doctor (M.D.), this doctor deals with hearing.
What is an audiologist? Many hold a doctor of audiology (AuD) or PhD, and they can help with loss of hearing and balance issues.
You probably associate Andy Williams with this standard tune, but Holly Golightly introduced it first in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
What is “Moon River”? Audrey Hepburn wasn’t a singer, and she barely whispers the lyrics while playing the guitar on her fire escape. Paramount wanted to can the tune, but Hepburn told them, “Over my dead body.”
John Travolta stars in this movie featuring a tune by nearly the same name.
What is Saturday Night Fever? The film and its tune “Night Fever” by the Bee Gees are emblematic of the 1970s disco craze.
The largest burial ground outside of Ireland for victims of the Irish Potato Famine is found on Grosse Ile. Near what city is this island located?
A) Quebec City
B) Frederickton
C) Vancouver
What is A) Quebec City
This is used to pull hair into a ponytail.
What is scrunchie? Do you remember using rubber bands to hold your ponytails? Often they would break the hair a little bit each time you used them. Silk scrunchies turn a ponytail into an upscaled, elegant look.
This Dutch artist cut off part of his ear.
Who is Van Gogh? No one knows why he did this on a cold night before Christmas Eve.