18th C. France
Developed in France, this system of weights & measures was adopted there in 1795.
What is the metric system?
Many tourists try this Hawaiian dip made of fermented taro, but only once.
What is poi?
Its author.
Who is Homer?
What a surfer refers to when he talks about his Blue Cheer, Gordon Smith, or Haydenshapes.
What are surfboards?
Jupiter himself was said to have founded this sports event, which was 1st repeated in 5-year cycles.
What are the Olympics?
In 1793, during the revolution, this state religion was all but banned.
What is Catholicism?
Thomas Jefferson was 1st American known to cultivate this fruit- or is it a vegetable?
What is a tomato?
The sirens try to lure Ulysses & his men to death by this vocal approach.
What is singing?
When winter waves are highest, surfers flock to famous north shore of this populous Hawaiian island.
What is Oahu?
Pliny said it had the body “of a horse… head of a deer, feet of an elephant… & a single black horn”.
What is a unicorn?
Since decapitation had been an aristocratic privilege, this was adopted as democratic.
What is the guillotine?
Italian for “all fruits”, this dessert served up a juicy hit for Little Richard in 1955.
What is tutti Frutti?
Basically, “The Odyssey” picks up where this, the author’s earlier epic, leaves off.
What is The Iliad?
What it’s called when a surfer loses both his balance & board during a “ride”.
What is a wipeout?
Son of Poseidon who hunts in the night sky.
Who is Orion?
Marie Antoinette’s husband, he preferred working as a blacksmith over his royal duties.
Who was Louis XVI?
Ancients thought thunder caused this delicacy to grow since it sprang up after thunderstorms.
What are mushrooms?
For 7 years, Ulysses was held captive by this sea nymph, the symbol of the Cousteau Society.
Who is Calypso?
2 of the 3 Top-20 hits The Beach Boys sang with “Surfin” or “Surfer” in the title.
What is (2 of) “Surfin’ U.S.A.”, “Surfin’ Safari”, or “Surfer Girl”?
Greek goddess who became the personification of the soul; her name now means soul or mind.
Who is Psyche?
France simultaneously fought the 7 Years War in Europe & this was in North America.
What is the French-Indian War?
By strictest definition, a rasher of bacon has this many slices.
What is one?
Relation of Telemachus to Ulysses.
What is his son?
Challenging maneuver of riding face of wave while staying under its breaking point.
What is riding the curl (shooting the curl)?
Mythology expert who explained “The Greek way” & “The Roman way”.
Who is Edith Hamilton?