Religion
In January of 1962, the Roman Catholic Church did this to Fidel Castro.
What is excommunicated him?
Expression "hatchet job" is said to come from this lady who was famous for carrying a hatchet.
Who is Carrie Nation?
Official language of the country in which Anthony Quinn was born.
What is Spanish?
It's worth a pound of cure.
What is an ounce of prevention?
Even in a symphony orchestra, musicians call this a fiddle.
What is the violin?
Literally "son of the commandment", a Jewish boy actually becomes rather than has one at the age of 13.
What is a bar mitzvah?
While 4 states are also commonwealths, this is the only U.S. commonwealth that isn't a state.
What is Puerto Rico?
According to the World Almanac, of meo, miao & file gumbo, the one not an actual world language.
What is file gumbo?
An Irish dancer, or about an ounce & a half of liquor.
What is a jigger?
Mozart usually had a table in his home to indulge his passion for this game.
What is a billiards table?
H.L. Mencken coined this term for the part of our country said to take its religion most seriously.
What is the Bible Belt?
By federal law, a new star can only be added to Old Glory on this single day of the year.
What is the 4th of July?
Proper Yiddish is written in characters of this language.
What is Hebrew?
Cigarettes called 100s are this length.
What is 100 millimeters?
In case anyone asks, the 1st opera sung in Lithuanian was this composer's "La Traviata".
Who is Giuseppe Verdi?
Though this church has over 17 million members, it has only 383 temples worldwide.
What is the Mormon church?
In 1973, Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first member of Congress to get time off for this.
What is having a baby (maternity leave)?
Its official language is, of course, Bengali.
What is Bangladesh?
Your car might use one in size 215. 60 VR-15.
What are tires?
After the age of 90, this conductor featured in "Fantasia" recorded another 20 albums.
Who is Leopold Stokowski?
Name of this religion literally means "submission to God".
What is Islam?
State that's the mushroom capital of America.
What is Pennsylvania?
George Bernard Shaw called them "2 nations separated by a common language".
What are the United States & England?
While a troy or apothecary's pound is 12 ounces, this kind is 16.
What is avoirdupois?
After surprising people with his "Surprise Symphony", he created "The Creation".
Who is Joseph Haydn?