Harvest Season
No Place Like Home
Tasty Slogans
This ’n’ That
Historic Times & Places
America's Pastime
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You will likely only eat the red and green stalks of this vegetable in a pie mixed with strawberries.
What is rhubarb? While you can prepare the stalks in a variety of dishes, it’s not a favorite vegetable. The leaves are poisonous whether raw or cooked.
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This city is the home of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
What is Hollywood, California? Today, the theater’s official name is the TCL Chinese Theatre, but no one calls it that.
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“Betcha can’t eat just one” is this brand’s slogan.
What is Lays potato chips? It’s catchy but obvious. In this case, obvious works.
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He is known as Ol’ Blue Eyes and Chairman of the Board.
Who is Frank Sinatra? He was one of the first teen idols.
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Gone with the Wind is set during this period.
What is the Civil War era? It is set in the Atlanta area, and it continues into the Reconstruction.
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This is the name for the annual championship between the best two teams from each league of Major League Baseball.
What is the World Series? The first World Series game was played in 1903 between Boston and Pittsburgh. Prior to the World Series, both the National League and the American League operated independently.
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This legume (a seed or a pod) is treated as a nut and often mistaken for one.
What is peanut? It is processed into a popular nut butter, and a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter requires around 500 peanuts.
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The United States and Canada are both home to this natural attraction.
What is Niagara Falls? It’s the collective name of three separate falls, and it’s Earth’s second-largest falls.
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“Taste the rainbow” is this brand’s slogan.
What are Skittles? The original slogan was “Taste a rainbow of flavors.”
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Campfire stories go better with this treat that combines graham crackers, chocolate bars, and marshmallows.
What are s’mores? They’re equally delicious when you roast the marshmallows over a charcoal grill, firepit, or gas stovetop.
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This ancient sports arena is in Rome, Italy.
What is the Colosseum? The amphitheater hosted all kinds of sports and entertainment events, including gladiator contests and mock naval battles.
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He is the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball's modern era, breaking the color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson? A hero of American history, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984 by Ronald Reagan.
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This flower is a symbol of harvest season.
What is chrysanthemum? They’re harvest season’s most prolific flower, blooming everywhere in bold, beautiful colors—red, yellow, gold, green, purple, pink, maroon, and white. Globally, they are the second-largest harvest in the ornamental category, after roses.
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This city was the original home of baseball’s Dodgers.
What is Brooklyn? Today the franchise is based in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium.
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“Choosy mothers choose” this.
What is Jif? It doesn’t say “Choosy mothers choose Jiffy,” and it never did. That’s the Mandela effect teasing us.
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An easy way to get chewing gum out of hair is to use this half of a popular kids’ sandwich filling.
What is peanut butter? The oil in peanut butter can dissolve chewing gum. Both are hydrophobic, meaning they don’t mix with water. It’s the concept of “oil and water don’t mix” in action. Using water to remove chewing gum makes it cling to the hair even harder.
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When you watch The Flintstones, you think of this period.
What is the Stone Age? The vehicles, homes, and tools are a dead giveaway. Fred, Wilma, and the rest of the characters are Neanderthals, one of four types of humans who lived during the Stone Age.
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This is the name of the song traditionally sung during the seventh-inning-stretch of a baseball game.
What is "Take Me Out to the Ball Game?"
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This purple vegetable doesn’t come from a chicken.
What is eggplant? In Europe, eggplants are called aubergines. They originally came from India, and they are now a favorite fruit around the world.
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This is the home of the first Madame Tussauds wax museum.
What is London? Madame Marie Tussaud was born in France and learned wax modeling from a French sculptor who bequeathed his two museums to her. Today, there are 24 locations worldwide.
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“Live mas” is this brand’s slogan.
What is Taco Bell? The current slogan follows “Yo quiero Taco Bell” and doesn’t strike the same chord as the previous slogan.
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This western actor was born Marion Robert Morrison.
Who is John Wayne?
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The temple dedicated to Athena Parthenos is found here.
What is Athens, Greece? More commonly known as the Parthenon, it sits atop the Acropolis. Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, has a replica of the original Parthenon as it appeared before its partial destruction during the Great Turkish War in 1687.
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This is the name of the coming-of-age movie that follows a group of young baseball players during the summer of 1962.
What is the The Sandlot? In the movie, the enormous dog who lives behind the sandlot is referred to as "The Beast." Multiple English Mastiffs were used in the movie but the mastiff in the final scene was one of the largest dogs in the world -- weighing over 200 pounds.
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Cranberries are harvested by doing this.
What is flooding the fields? When the fields are flooded, the cranberries float to the top, making harvesting easier.
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French Polynesia is home to this island, its largest island and a popular tourist and honeymoon destination.
What is Tahiti? French Polynesia is midway between Australia and Southern California. From Tahiti, you can fly to the smaller, more secluded islands.
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This restaurant claims that if you there, you're "Eatin' good in the neighborhood."
What is Applebee's?
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The winning team of this event takes home the Vince Lombardi trophy.
What is the Super Bowl? The trophy is named for legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, one of the greatest coaches of all time.
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AD stands for “Anno Domini,” which means this.
What is “in the year of our Lord”? BC stands for “before Christ.”
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He is considered one of the best catchers of all time. Over his career, he helped the Yankees reach the World Series 14 times, winning a total of 10.
Who is Yogi Berra?
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Candy corn was originally called this.
What is chicken feed? When the treat was first introduced, Americans thought of it as a sweet fake corn that was supposed to be enjoyed all year round, but Americans weren't really eating a lot of corn prior to World War I. It wasn't very tasty, as sweet hybrid plants weren't around yet. However, it was very cheap, which made it good food for pigs and chickens.
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This region of central Greece is home to the Metéora monasteries, six ancient, functioning monasteries high atop towering cliffs.
What is Thessaly? The Metéora monasteries are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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“Good to the last drop” is this brand’s slogan.
What is Maxwell House coffee? Folgers’ slogan is “The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup.”
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This river is considered to be the widest river in the world.
What is the Amazon River? It's width can range between 19-50 kilometers or 11-31 miles wide.
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The Victorian period began during this century.
What is 19th? It began during the reign of Queen Victoria, and it preceded the Second Industrial Revolution, which brought us lightbulbs, telephones, Model Ts, and airplanes.
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This baseball position is often referred to as the "hot corner."
What is Third base? Third Base is referred to as the hot corner because it is the position where the infielder stands closest to the batter. Often, right-handed batters will hit the ball at incredible speeds down the third base line, which is why teams will usually put their best defensive player on third base.