Night and Day
A daytime performance, typically in the afternoon, is called this.
A Matinee.
Matinee movies are less expensive than their evening counterparts. Most Broadway playhouses hold Wednesday matinees. Remember to ask for a senior discount.
These birds were used to carry messages over long distances.
Pigeons.
The invention of the telegraph led to the replacement of carrier pigeons. They’re also known as homing birds because of their ability to find their way home from great distances.
This is New York City’s island borough.
Staten Island.
The residents attempted to secede from New York City in 1993. They voted in favor of the secession referendum, but the state legislature did not allow it to proceed.
Which of these is not a real term in the game tiddlywinks: winker, squidger, bobble, or squop?
Bobble.
The game is played by winkers, who use a large disk called a squidger to click smaller colored disks called winks. Squopping is covering one wink with another.
The biggest living land mammal on Earth.
An African Elephant.
The blue whale is even larger than the elephant.
Humans and animals who sleep during the day are called this.
Nocturnal.
Owls, bats, and raccoons are examples of animals that are active at night.
This wading bird is revered for its striking pink color.
The Flamingo.
Although they are wading birds, they can fly. When they fly, you can see their black flight feathers.
This fruit is often stuck on a wooden stick and dipped in hot caramel sauce.
An Apple.
To thoroughly remove the wax from the apples before dipping, rinse them under very hot water for a few seconds and then dry them.
True or false? Prestigious learning institution MIT was once known for its fiercely competitive tiddlywinks players.
True.
The school has a history of serious winking. Though there are no longer any active clubs, MIT alumni continue to compete and keep the tradition alive.
Men who have two wives.
Bigamists.
In 1862, the U.S. Congress passed the first anti-polygamy law, commonly referred to as the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act.
When it’s noon in New York City, it’s this time in London.
5:00pm.
London is usually five hours ahead of New York.
The increase in this is what signals to birds that it’s time to migrate north.
Daylight.
Certain hormones are triggered by increased light in the spring.
In 1914, this automaker set wages at five dollars for an eight-hour day.
Ford.
The money was not to be used for “riotous living,” as defined by Henry Ford.
Approximately how many tiddlywinks patents have there been since the 1880s: 25, 80, or 300?
80.
Although the game is fairly simple, regional names and differences in gameplay lend variety.
The biggest (heaviest and longest) wall in the world.
The Great Wall of China
What’s even more mind-boggling than its length, at 13,000-plus miles, is its age. Some phases of the Wall were built as early as the seventh century BC.
Depending on this natural satellite’s cycle, it can be visible from Earth in the morning, afternoon, evening, or night.
The Moon.
The moon rises and falls on its own schedule, without regard for Earth’s daytime or nighttime. Before a full moon, you can see it from the afternoon into the night. After the full moon, you can see it from nighttime into the morning.
This flightless bird is found in New Zealand.
A Kiwi.
They are an endangered species, with only five percent of chicks surviving to adulthood.
In the popular 1960s tune “Mrs. Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkel, the lyrics ask this person, “Where have you gone?”
Joe DiMaggio.
The song is featured in the 1967 film The Graduate with Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman.
In which European country is tiddlywinks called flohspiel, with some variations played with a wooden shoe?
Germany.
An additional German variation of tiddlywinks in Germany involves playing with candy wrappers from the Ritter Sport chocolate company.
The bigger between a solar system and a galaxy.
A Galaxy.
Our solar system consists of the sun and the planets, moons, and smaller bodies that surround it. Our galaxy is the Milky Way, which consists of 200 to 400 billion stars. Billions of galaxies comprise the universe
This invention is linked to a sharp rise in people reporting that they dream in color.
Color Television.
In earlier studies before color television debuted, more people reported dreaming in black and white.
The emperor and king varieties of this bird lay only one egg during each breeding season.
The Penguin.
Other penguins lay two eggs each breeding season.
Morganite is a rose-colored gemstone, first discovered in Madagascar and later named for the American financier.
J.P. Morgan.
He was a gem aficionado in addition to being a banker.
During which decade of the 1800s did tiddlywinks become a craze worldwide and was patented in the United States?
The 1890s.
The craze began when the game’s early name, Tiddledy Winks, fell into the public domain.
Country where the biggest pyramid by volume is found.
Mexico.
The Great Pyramid of Cholula in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, is the biggest by volume. The Great Pyramid of Giza, in Egypt, is the third-largest pyramid.