Twins Potpourri
History Potpourri
Desserts
Soda
Literary First Lines(We provide the opening line; you give us the book's title)
100

This 1980 movie, based on a Stephen King novel, inevitably conjures the vision of spooky twin girls staring dead-eyed into the camera.

The Shining

100

The NAtional mMuseum of African American History and Culture opened in 2016 as part of this museum complex.

The Smithsonian

100

Perhaps people who mend shoes enjoy this popular dessert, which usually has a fruit filling.

Cobbler

100

In some versions of the logo for this Coca-Cola soda product, the "l" in the name seems to be dotted with a half lemon-half lime.

Sprite

100

"Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies..."(1900)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

200

Name the two unlikely actors, one tall and muscular and the other short and stocky, that starred in the 1988 comedy film Twins?

Arnold Shwartzenegger and Danny DeVito

200

In July 1984, she accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for vice president at the convention in San Francisco.

Geraldine Ferraro

200

"Dirt Cakes" have become a popular birthday offering. Served in a small bucket, the "dirt" is crushed Oreo cookies, and the creatures found there are this wriggly candy.

Gummy Worms

200

Without Joseph Priestley's studies of oxygen, we would never have this unique feature of soda.

Carbonation (or bubbles)

200

"All children, except one, grow up." (c.1902)

Peter Pan

300

In the US, what are "The Twin Cities"?

Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

300

He was the Japanese head of state in 1941 when the US declared war on Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. 

Emperor Hirohito

300

This type of cheese is usually used in cheesecake and cannolis.

Ricotta

300

In 1929, this soda was introduced as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda." It got its current name 1936, and its nickname, "The UnCola," in the 1970's

7-up

300

"Christmas won't be Christmas without many presents,'grumbled Jo, lying on the rug." (1868)

Little Women

400

Who is the only US president that had twin children?

George W. Bush

400

It will come as no surprise that, according to the opinion ranking website, TheTopTens.com, Adolph Hitler is "The Worst Person in History." Can you come up with the one other name listed in the top five in their most recent poll?

2)Joseph Stalin 3)Mao Zedong 4)Osama Bin Laden 5)Pol Pot 6)Heinrich Himmler 7) Ivan the Terrible 8) Kim Jong Un 9) Ghengis Khan 10)DonaldTrump

400

This French phrase, meaning "in the fashion, " indicates that ou want ice cream with your dessert.

A la mode

400

In addition to root beer, the A&W brand also sells this vanilla-flavored soda.

Cream Soda

400

"Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night..." (1945)

Animal Farm

500

In the 1988 movie Twins, who played the unlikely twin brother of Danny DeVito?

Arnold Shwarzenegger

500

In 1923, this international law enforcement organization, which facillitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control, ws founded in Lyon, France.

INTERPOL

500

This New Orleans specialty,the official doughnut of Louisiana, goes great with a cup of chicory coffee.

Beignet

500

In 1905, Coca-Cola removed this controversional ingredient, but kept the caffeine.

Cocaine

500
"The great fish moved slightly through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail."(1974)

Jaws