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Consumption was once the name for this disease.
What is tuberculosis
This flying insect undergoes a remarkable transformation from caterpillar to adult.
What is a butterfly or moth?
This clan’s founding American members were Patrick and Bridget, but Joseph and Rose cast the name indelibly onto the map even before John and Robert entered the scene.
What is Kennedy?
Bright yellow rind, pulp, and seeds
What is a lemon?
Spoken exchanges among people in real life or characters in a story are called this.
What is dialogue?
This federal holiday honors the United States military every November.
What is Veterans Day?
The Ring of Fire is located in this specific region.
What is the Pacific Rim?
Tiny Tim is best known for this one-hit wonder.
What is “Tiptoe Through the Tulips”?
This branch of government interprets laws.
What is judicial?
Anderson Cooper is part of this family.
What is Vanderbilt?
Box springs, mattress, headboard
What is a bed?
“She sells seashells by the seashore” is one example.
What is alliteration?
This holiday is celebrated on the last Thursday of November.
What is Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving was once celebrated on the last Thursday in November. In 1939, during the Great Depression, it was changed to the fourth Thursday to extend the Christmas shopping season by one week.
The Crimson Tide’s home is in this city.
What is Tuscaloosa?
Students who join a sorority or fraternity undergo this process.
What is initiation?
This family founded a beer company known for its renowned Clydesdale horses.
What is Busch?
Fork, spoon, and knife
What is flatware or silverware place setting?
Extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole? For example, “I walked a thousand miles in that airport to get to my connecting flight.”
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was canceled for three years during this period.
What is World War II?
It begins with “We the people.”
What is the U.S. Constitution?
It protects the brain from injury and offers structural support for the face, jaw, and sensory organs.
What is a skull?
J.D. was the American patriarch, and the family money originally came from his oil empire, Standard Oil.
What is Rockefeller?
Round face, numerals, and sweeping hands
What is an analog clock?
It compares two dissimilar things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
This international holiday commemorates the end of World War I.
What is Armistice Day?
This colorful rainforest bird is known for its distinctive, oversized bill.
What is a toucan?
This is the full name of the lowest-ranking general.
What is a brigadier general?
The prestigious, eponymous prizes for excellence in journalism, fiction, and more were established by this family.
What is Pulitzer?
Tall, thin, structure with a glass bifold door that fits one person comfortably, a book, and an analog communication device
What is a telephone booth?
This literary term refers to sounds that imitate their words.
What is onomatopoeia?
This group shared a harvest feast with the Wampanoag people.
Who are the Pilgrims?
This Italian city is famous for a shroud known by the same name.
What is Turin?
This is the name for an egg dish that means “fried,” borrowed from the Italians.
What is frittata?
This old New York family made its money through fur trading and real estate.
What is Astor?
Stars, planets, and moons that orbit a star within a defined boundary
What is a solar system?
“Good cop, bad cop” is a real-life example of this literary construct.
What is a foil?
During mid-November each year, this meteor shower peaks.
What are the Leonids?