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This type of pie of traditionally served on Thanksgiving.
What is pumpkin pie?
This instrument is sometimes called a squeeze box.
What is an accordian?
It is aptly named because players generate sound by squeezing and expanding the bellows, producing variations in air pressure that drive the instrument’s reeds and create music.
This is the colour of an unripe banana.
What is green?
A ripe banana is yellow. When bananas turn brown or black, they are overripe and are perfect for making a variety of desserts.
Which is a Great Lake: Lake Victoria or Lake Erie?
What is Lake Erie?
Lake Victoria is in Africa. The Great Lakes in North America are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
This famous rock 'n roll artist sang, "I gave a letter to the postman, he put it his sack, bright in early next morning, he brought my letter back"?
Who is Elvis Presley?
This song was released in 1962 and reached Number 2 on the American Billboard singles chart.
Ladyfingers and snickerdoodles are this kind of dessert.
What are cookies?
Ladyfingers are a type of delicate, spongelike cookie that is shaped like large fingers. Snickerdoodles are classic sugar cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar, known for their soft and chewy texture.
The cello belongs to this family of instruments.
The string family.
A cello belongs to the violin family. Cellists sit down while playing, placing the cello between their knees. They use a bow to draw across the strings or use their fingers to pluck the strings directly.
Turquoise is the combination of these two colours.
What is blue and green?
Turquoise is named after the turquoise stone. The name turquoise comes from the French expression pierre turquoise, which means “Turkish stone.” This is because the trade routes that brought turquoise to Europe from the mines in Persia (now Iran) went through Turkey.
This Great Lake could hold all four of the other Great Lakes.
What is Lake Superior?
It is the largest of the Great Lakes and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world. (The Caspian Sea is the largest.)
Concurrent with the rise of rock 'n' roll, soul music came to the scene as African American artists flocked to this music label.
What is Motown?
Berry Gordy established the predecessor to the label and then merged it into Motown in 1960. He started the original label with $800. Top Motown artists included the Jackson 5, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, and Marvin Gaye.
This dessert is sometimes served as a palate cleanser between courses.
What is a sorbert?
A palate cleanser helps refresh and reset the taste buds, removing lingering flavors from the previous course. Sorbet has evolved from being used between courses to becoming a main dessert.
The bagpipes are traditional musical instruments from this country.
Where is Scotland?
This is the colour of Superman's cape.
What is red?
His suit is blue with red shorts. He also wears a yellow belt, and the insignia on his chest is a red S against a yellow background.
This Canadian province was named after this Great Lake.
Where is Ontario?
According to many sources, Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run at Hanlan’s Point Stadium in Toronto, Ontario. It landed in Lake Ontario, and it is believed to be there still.
It has been rumoured that this Beatle died and was replaced by an imposter.
Who is Paul McCartney?
He allegedly died in a car accident in 1966. Songs on the White Album are said to have hidden messages about Paul being dead when played backward.
This kind of fruit is used in making a meringue pie.
What is lemon?
Other ingredients include eggs, flour, sugar, butter, and cornstarch.
This large stringed instrument has a curved neck and is plucked with the fingers.
What is the harp.
The harp is one of the oldest musical instruments, dating back thousands of years.
This is the most common favourite colour worldwide.
What is blue?
Studies conducted by various global marketing firms show that blue is the most common favorite color worldwide, followed by purple.
This is the only Great Lake that is located entirely within the USA.
What is Lake Michigan?
As its name suggests, Lake Michigan and its 1180 cubic miles of water, 22,300 square miles of surface water, and 1600 miles of shoreline is the only one of the Great Lakes that lies entirely within American borders. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is in this US state.
What is Ohio?
The Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland in 1995. In 2023, the induction ceremonies were televised for the first time.
This topping is frequently served with pie.
What is whipped cream?
It is a flexible topping that goes nicely with many types of pies, such as fruit, chocolate, and custard. Its mild taste enhances the pie’s flavors without overshadowing them.
Adolphe Sax invented this instrument.
What is the saxophone?
The sousaphone was invented by John Philip Sousa. Adolphe Sax, a Belgian inventor, invented the saxophone with the intention of creating a versatile instrument that could bridge the gap between brass and woodwind instruments.
Both magenta and crimson include this primary colour.
What is red?
Other shades of red include scarlet, burgundy, and maroon.
This is the smallest Great Lake by square miles.
What is Lake Ontario?
Lake Ontario is the smallest of the great lakes by area. It is shared by the province of Ontario and the state of New York. The lake was named after the Canadian province of Ontario. Niagara River is its primary inlet. The lake is the outlet of the Great Lakes chains and connects to the Atlantic Ocean through Saint Lawrence River.
The Beatles broke up in 1970. This member of the band temporarily quit in 1968.
Who is Ringo Starr?
On 22nd August 1968, Ringo Starr quit The Beatles during the White Album sessions when the constant bickering and tension became too much for him.