"Great" Things
Every Halloween, Linus (of Peanuts fame) waited for this legendary spirit to arrive.
What is The Great Pumpkin?
This is the name of a pan mold with fluted sides … or the cake that’s baked inside it.
What is Bundt?
According to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, this was “everywhere, nor any drop to drink.”
What is Water, Water?
This rodent is the only mammal capable of true flight, not just gliding.
What is a bat?
In 1956, Doris Day had a hit song that taught us this way to say “whatever will be, will be” in Spanish.
What is "Que Sera, Sera"?
This “great thing” is roughly 4,000 miles long … and the oldest sections were built in the 7th century BC.
What is The Great Wall of China?
Made with two ingredients, egg whites and sugar, this confection can be used as the basis of many desserts, including cookies, baked Alaska, pie toppings, and Pavlova.
What is meringue?
Now 80 years old, he has spent the last 56 years in a California jail for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
Who is Sirhan Sirhan?
The Romans called this African mammal a tiger-horse.
What is a zebra?
This French phrase refers to a dead end street.
What is cul-de-sac?
This 1861 coming-of-age novel by Charles Dickens depicts the education of an orphan named Pip.
What is 'Great Expectations'?
This Middle Eastern sweet consists of several layers of very thin phyllo dough filled with nuts and drenched in honey.
What is Baklava?
Born in Paris of Chinese parents and schooled in the US, he is perhaps the most famous cellist of the modern age.
Who is Yo Yo Ma?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! The orca, or killer whale, isn’t a whale at all, but a member of this marine mammal species.
What is a dolphin?
This Hebrew toast means “to life.”
What is L'chaim?
This classic 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows a mysterious millionaire and his obsession with an elusive love interest during the Roaring Twenties.
What is 'The Great Gatsby'?
These small, dense baked treats are a British favorite, often served with clotted cream and jam at afternoon tea.
What are scones?
In 1964, Ian Fleming wrote this children’s book about a magical car, whose name came from the noises made by the car when it was started.
What is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
This once abundant but now protected mammal is the heaviest land mammal that is native to North America.
(also correct: Bison or American Buffalo)
With these three Latin words, Julius Caesar described his victory over Pharnaces II: “I came, I saw, I conquered.”
What is Veni, Vidi, Vici?
She ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796, presiding over a renaissance of culture and sciences and large-scale economic growth.
Who was Catherine the Great?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! This historic Boston hotel added the chocolate glaze to Boston Cream Pie; but it is probably best known for its oval-shaped dinner rolls.
What is The Parker House?
This is the title and the chorus of the 1901 Yale football fight song.
What is Boola Boola?
This large African mammal has a prehensile upper lip and horn(s) made of keratin.
What is a rhinoceros?
In Germany, this seasonal song is about a beautiful Christmas tree.
What is "O Tannenbaum” ?