Ancient History
Julius Caesar once had an affair with the mother of this assassin rumored to be his son.
Who was Brutus?
French for "a touch".
What is touche?
A statue of Eros stands in the center of this neon-lit traffic round-a-bout.
What is Piccadilly Circus?
Phrase which precedes "to reach the unreachable star".
What is dream the impossible dream?
Completes the saying by Charles Warner, "Everybody talks about the weather but...".
What is “nobody does anything about it”?
It's estimated 100,000 men worked 20 years to build great pyramid for this Egyptian king.
Who was Cheops (Khufu)?
It's what Midas touched that changed his mind about wanting gold.
What is his daughter?
The 2 London landmarks mentioned in chorus of Roger Miller's "England Swings".
What is Westminster Abbey & the Tower of Big Ben?
Napoleon once said that the word "impossible" is not this.
What is French?
Term for a severe Midwest snowstorm, it's similar to the "purga" in Siberia.
What is a blizzard?
Not a separate people, the Druids were the priestly class of this ancient British people.
Who are the Cells?
According to the 1973 song, when Diana Ross wanted you to touch her.
What is “Touch Me In The Morning”?
It was originally the garden of a convent in Westminster.
What is Covent Garden?
"Pure & complete sorrow is as impossible as pure & complete joy" wrote this Russian novelist.
Who is Tolstoy?
For nearly 2000 years this ancient Greek philosopher's "Meteorologica" was the book on weather.
Who is Aristotle?
Of the T'ang, the Shang, the Ming, & the Ch'ing, the 2nd century dynasty that's China's oldest.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
Penalty called when the football referee touches the back of his knee.
What is clipping?
The marble arch was to be its entrance way, but was too narrow for the state coach to pass through.
What is Buckingham Palace?
U.S. Army worked hard to come up with this, their slogan about hard work.
What is “the difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little while longer”.
Amount of water vapor in air divided by amount the air could hold at that temp. & pressure.
What is (relative) humidity?
Ancient times are defined as extending until 476 A.D., date of this pivotal event.
What is the fall of Rome (the fall of the Roman Empire in the west)?
According to St. Matthew, people besought Jesus so "they might only touch" this.
What is the hem of his garment?
Nickname "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street", its worth is measured in pounds.
What is the Bank of England?
“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast” quoted this English fiction writer.
Who was Lewis Carroll?
A Aug. 1985 crash in Dallas led airports to install radar equipment to detect this condition.
What is wind shear?