Potent Potables
Of vodka, whiskey, or brandy, the one said to be least likely to give you a hangover.
What is vodka?
These girls were a comic punk novelty act before they “got the beat”.
Who are the Go-Go’s?
In “The Seven Percent Solution”, this Austrian neurologist treated Sherlock Holmes.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The word “bus”, referring to the passenger vehicle, is a shortened form of this word.
What is omnibus?
The depth of water a ship draws, or type of beer.
What is a draft?
Author who mockingly called his absinthe & champagne recipe “Death in the Afternoon”.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
Waylon Jennings was once a member of this, Buddy Holly’s back-up group.
Who are the Crickets?
Portion of the personality concerned with basic bodily urges, or the land of a comic strip wizard.
What is id?
From “Joachims-Thaler”, a village in Bohemia, comes the name if this money standard.
What is the dollar?
The 7th sign of the zodiac is symbolized by a pair of these.
What are scales?
Mixer that Hannibal bathed in & Napoleon III decreed should be bottled “for the good of France”.
What is Perrier water?
She was once a “Beach Boy”, along with her husband, Daryl Dragon.
Who is Toni Tennille?
A tense emotional state characterized by fear, people claim “attacks” of it.
What is anxiety?
Modern office job which began as a “secret” confidential officer in the Middle Ages.
What is a secretary?
In photography, it’s technique to condense into seconds a drawn-out event such as a flower opening.
What is time-lapsing photography?
British bass, for example, served unpasteurized at room temperature.
What is ale?
Before “Sara Smile”d, they met by sharing an elevator to escape a gang fight.
Who is Hall and Oates?
Term for reference group to which experiment results of the treated group are compared.
What is the control group?
East Belgium town known for its bath & minerals springs; it’s become a generic name.
What is a spa?
French for “silver” or “money”, its symbolizes faith & purity in heraldry.
What is argent?
The 2 B’s in B & B liqueur.
What is brandy & Benedictine?
Year in the ‘50’s that the Beatles were formed.
What is 1959?
This is our mental activity, where we understand, problem-solve.
What is cognition?
Fragmentation shell invented in 1784 & named for its inventor.
What is shrapnel?
In 1889, Jane Addams opened this famous settlement house in Chicago to help immigrants.
What is Hull House?