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She plays Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls.
Who is Betty White? She also gives a heartwarming performance as a war widow in the 2011 film The Lost Valentine.
He was the famous owner of the Playboy Mansion (Beverly Hills, California).
Who is Hugh Hefner? CBS called it “the most famous party house in the world.” Hefner’s next-door neighbor bought the mansion in 2016 with the understanding that he would allow Hefner to remain in the home for the rest of his life. Hefner passed the following year.
Female pronoun
What is she? Other female pronouns include her and hers. In other languages, objects can also be feminine or masculine.
Thread this part of the needle before sewing.
What is eye? Early needles had a hook rather than an eye and were made from bone or metal.
Versailles, the former home of King Louis XIV, is located outside this European capital.
What is Paris? It once housed 5,000 servants in addition to the royal family. Since the French Revolution, it has served as the headquarters of the German Army (in the 1870s) and as the seat of the French Parliament. Today, it is a museum and major tourist attraction
This first lady entered rehabilitation for alcohol and drug addiction after her husband left office. Later, she opened a drug rehab center near Los Angeles.
Who is Betty Ford? The Betty Ford Center has served many celebrities, including Drew Barrymore, Robert Downey Jr., Johnny Cash, Elizabeth Taylor, and many others.
He inhabited Graceland (Memphis, Tennessee).
Who is Elvis Presley? Today, it’s a museum, and in 1991, it became a national landmark.
Beverage preferred by the British in the afternoon
What is tea? Afternoon tea is around 4 p.m. and is served with finger sandwiches, scones, and small pastries.
This is the term used for long hand stitches to temporarily hold seams in place.
What is baste?
Balmoral Castle, the royal holiday retreat, is in this country.
What is Scotland? The original structure was demolished, and the new one was completed in 1856.
Humphrey Bogart’s wife grew up in Canada and was known as Betty to her friends.
Who is Lauren Bacall? The two met when Bacall was 19 and Bogart was 45. Country Living magazine reported, “Their May-December romance will go down in history as one of Hollywood’s most glamorous marriages.”
He was the owner of the Neverland Ranch (Los Olivos, California).
Who is Michael Jackson? After Jackson’s death, it sold in 2020 for 22.2 million dollars
Piece of sporting equipment used in downhill and cross-country sports
What is ski? Skiing dates to prehistoric times in what is now Russia.
A sewing machine uses two sets of threads; one is on the spool, and the other is in this.
What is bobbin? The hardest part of working with the bobbin is ensuring that the tension is correct. When it’s correct, the machine sews well-formed stitches.
This is the home of the Parthenon.
What is Athens (or Greece)? It was built between 447 and 432 BC to honor the Greek goddess Athena. In 1897, an exact replica was built in Nashville, Tennessee.
Known also as “The Divine Miss M,” she’s a singer and dramatic and comedic actress. She stars in the movie Beaches
Who is Bette Midler? She released her first album The Divine Miss M when she was in her mid-20s, and she won a Grammy for Best New Artist.
This author of the classic novels The Sun Also Rises, The Old Man and the Sea, and many others had a famous home in Key West, Florida.
Who is Ernest Hemingway? Though he had several other homes and spent time in France and Spain, Key West is his most famous home, and it is now a museum. The New York Times dubbed it “Papaland.
Insect that pollinates fruits, vegetables, and flowers
What is bee? Fun Fact: Bee stings can ease rheumatoid arthritis pain.
This is what you do to fix a hole in a sock.
What is darn? A tennis ball holds the sock perfectly while you darn it.
Lombard Street, the crookedest street in the world, is in this west coast U.S. city.
What is San Francisco? It’s a one-way street, and you travel downhill on the crookedest part
She co-founded the National Organization for Women and authored The Feminine Mystique. She is an icon of the women’s rights movement.
Who is Betty Friedan? She wrote The Feminine Mystique after she was fired for being pregnant with her second child. She also co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus.
This author and playwright lived in a basement apartment while finishing Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood.
Who is Truman Capote? For 10 years, he rented the apartment in Brooklyn Heights from his friend Oliver Smith. In his essay “A House in the Heights,” Capote wrote, “I live in Brooklyn. By choice.”
Vivien who plays Scarlett in Gone with the Wind
Who is Leigh? She also plays Cleopatra in the 1945 film Cleopatra and Blanche DuBois in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire.
This was invented by Ebenezer Butterick.
What is sewing pattern? He standardized patterns and began selling them in 1863.
Homesteading was once a simple matter in this far-northern U.S. state until 1986. You could build a house, and the land it was on was yours.
What is Alaska? The Homestead Act went into effect in 1863 and was extended in 1898 to include the territory Alaska. In 1976, the act was repealed, but the provision extended to Alaskans until 1986.