US Presidents
Popular myth says this president had wooden teeth. He didn't, but his love of red wine may have stained his dentures.
Who is George Washington?
Depending on who you ask, “B.C.” can mean “Before the Common Era,” “Before the Current Era,” or before this Biblical figure.
Who is Christ?
This A word describes a large, nocturnal, burrowing mammal, of central and southern Africa, feeding on ants and termites
What is an Aardvark?
Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr starred in this 1956 nominated musical set in Siam. He won best actor. She didn't win her nomination.
What is The King and I?
Also known as a vodka buck, a Moscow mule is traditionally served in a mug made of what?
What is Copper?
Issac's parents were Abraham and this woman.
Who is Sarah?
This German scientist was born on March 14, 1879.
Who was Albert Einstein?
This god of love's Greek name was EROS and he's mostly thought of on Valentine's day.
Who is Cupid?
Someone who chooses alcohol
What is a Liquor Picker?
"Jefferson survives" are the last words of this president, who had no idea that Thomas Jefferson had died that same day.
Who is John Adams?
This city in present-day Italy was buried in a blanket of ash and pumice when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD
What is Pompeii?
This M word describes a small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
What is Macaroni?
This 1953 movie was based on a book that was banned for its sexual content. Two actors, Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed, won best supporting actor awards for it. But Montgomery Cliff and Deborah Kerr did not win for best actor or actress.
What is From Here to Eternity?
Dry, wet, Gibson, and vodka are all variations of which olive or lemon twist garnished, shaken, or stirred, straight up, or on the rocks cocktail?
What is a Martini?
They ate fruit from the tree of knowledge.
Who are Adam and Eve?
In March of 1958, Perry Cuomo recieved the first Certified Gold Record for this "stellar" song.
What is Catch a Falling Star?
This goddess in Greek is HERA but her other name is also the name of a city in Alaska.
Who is Juno?
Almost 365 days
What is nearly yearly?
Millard Filmore and his wife Abigail were noted bibliophiles, and they established this room in the White House, which is still there.
What is the library?
Created in the 15th century BC, the oldest object in New York City's Central Park is an obelisk also known as the "needle" of this Ptolemaic Egyptian queen
Who is Cleopatra?
This H word is an extremely pungent small pepper, used in cooking.
What is an Habanero?
In 1951 this play turned movie had three actors win Academy Awards. They were Vivian Leigh, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter. The star of the movie, Marlon Brando, was nominated but didn't win.
What is A Streetcar named Desire?
Havana, Cuba is often referred to as the birthplace of this cocktail whose core ingredients include white rum, lime juice, and mint?
What is a Mojito?
This book of the Old Testament is named for the tribe of Levi
On March 19th in 1957, Elvis Presley put a down payment on this mansion, now a museum.
What is Graceland?
This god of War is named Ares in Greek. In the Roman pantheon he's named for a planet.
Who is Mars?
A Liberated Stockholm Native
What is a Freed Swede?
This 9th president of the United States had the shortest term. He famously refused to wear an overcoat to his inauguration, contracted pneumonia and died one month later.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
His name lives on in the form of an oath of ethics taken by medical practitioners. This ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"
Who is Hippocrates?
This V word is a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel
What is a Vacation?
Charleton Heston won best actor and William Wyler won best director for this 1959 Best Movie set in ancient times and known for a expansive chariot race
What is Ben Hur?
This cocktail's name translates as "strained pineapple" and originates from Puerto Rico
What is a Pina Colada?
He was the first Apostle called by Jesus.
Who is Andrew?
March 20th 1811 marks the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte's son, named this.
What is Napoleon Bonaparte II
Also known as Phoebus, he is the twin of Artemis and the god of the sun.
Who is Apollo?
A place to study eyewear
What are Glasses Classes?
This fourth president of the United States was described as frequently ill and fragile, which may have been why he was our shortest president, at 5'4".
Who is James Madison?
This Southeastern European country with ancient history is technically named the Hellenic Republic
What is Greece?
This R word is a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage
What is a Relative?
Ernest Borgnine won best actor and Delbert Mann won best director for this 1955 best film winner. The name of the movie is a one-word man's nickname.
What is Marty?
Due to the great betrayal, he was voted in as the 13th Apostle.
Who is Matthias?
Happy Anniversary! On March 17th 1905, Franklin Delano Roosevelt married this woman.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
Known as the goddess of the hunt and Phoebus' twin this Roman's name is a twin of the "people's princess"
Who is Diana?
A highly politically biased marble carver
What is a partisan artisan?
This president, also son of a president, allegedly started each day skinny dipping.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This Freudian psychological complex was named after a Greek legend who killed a man who he didn’t know was really his father and married a woman he didn’t know was really his mother
What is an Oedipus Complex?
This L word is a kind of humorous verse of five lines
What is a limerick?
Orson Welles was nominated as best actor and best director for this 1941 film. Here's the twist: Rosebud was a sled.
What is Citizen Kane?
This alcoholic spirit is found in all three of these cocktails: Gimlet, Aviation, and Tom Collins
What is Gin?
He was king at the time of Jesus' birth
Who is Herod?
Beware the Ides of March! On this day in 44 BC, Cesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house.
What is March 15th?
He is the messenger god, and is known as Hermes in Greek. His Roman name is a planet near the sun.
What is Mercury?
The kidnapping of builders and their tools from their work site
What is a Construction Abduction?
This president had his accomplishments written on his grave stone, and his presidency didn't make the cut. "Author of the Declaration of American Independence and the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Philip II of Macedon was a pretty decent king, but his is mostly remembered nowadays for being the father of this "very good" leader, who ruled 336–323 BC
Who is Alexander the Great?
This N word is any of a class of substances that blunt the senses
What is a Narcotic?
James Cagney won best actor for this movie musical in 1942, which was also used as propaganda for WWII and included songs like "Grand Old Flag" and "Over There"
What is Yankee Doodle Dandy?
The oldest still-operating brewery in the world has been producing alcoholic beverages since 1040, in this country
What is Germany?
In her book of the Bible, she marries a king, who's number one confident plots against the Jewish people and its up to her to save them.
Who is Esther?
March 17th 1901 marks the first major showing of this Dutch painter's expressive and colorful works, eleven years after his death.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
One of the elder gods, his Greek name was Cronos, making him the god of time. His planet name has rings.
What is Saturn?
One who instructs a spreader of the Gospels
What is a Preacher Teacher?
This 8th president of the United States was born in 1782, making him the first president officially born in the US.
Who is Martin Van Buren?
Around 3000 BC was the first known use of this paper-like material by the Egyptians
What is papyrus?
This C word is a small, hooklike process
What is crochet?
This movie won best picture in 1943, but Humphrey Bogart and Claude Raines did not win their nominations.
What is Casablanca?
This beer is repped by "The Most Interesting Man in the World"?
What is Dos Equuis?
Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise. This type of scripture can be found in this book of the Bible.
What is a Proverb?
March 16th in 1945 marked the end of the U.S.-Japanese fighting on this west Pacific volcanic island.
What is Iwo Jima?
In the underworld, the gates are watched by Hades' 3 headed dog.... by this name
What is Cerberus?
A magazine story about a proton
What is a particle article?
Ironically, this president signed the legislation to create the secret service, designed to protect the president's life, shortly before his assasination.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This ancient stone slab discovered in Egypt in 1799 provided the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, and is now the most visited item on display in the British Museum
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This D word is something that is unwieldy in size, anachronistically outmoded, or unable to adapt to change.
What is a Dinosaur?
This award winning book by Charles Dickens was turned into a movie in 1947 but did not win it's best movie nomination, and not a single actor was nominated for it.
What is Great Expectations?
The name of the cocktail whose IBA specified ingredients are whiskey, sugar, bitters, and water
What is an Old Fashioned?
His name was Simon, son of Jonah, but Jesus changed it to Rock or this name.
What is Peter?
Following successful strategy by General George Washington, British forces were forced to evacuate this city on March 17, 1776.
What is Boston?
In the Roman this goddesses name is Proserpina. She was stolen away by Hades and ate 6 pomegranate seeds in the underworld. Her punishment is to spend 6 months in the underworld, which translates to autumn and winter. The other six she spends on the earth, which translates to spring and summer. What is her Greek name?
Who is Persephone?
A gold covered sword handle
What is a Gilt Hilt?
Donald Trump is the second president to serve two unconnected presidencies, the 45th and the 47th. He was the first.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
The name of the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, is the site of this modern-day city
What is Istanbul?
This Q word is a situation from which extrication is very difficult
What is a quagmire?
Laurence Olivier won best actor for this Shakespearian play turned movie about a Danish prince struggling with who he is in the world after the death of his father. Olivier did not win best director.
What is Hamlet?
The Kentucky Derby's traditional mint julep recipe calls for mint, sugar, water, and this type (not brand) of whiskey famously distilled in the Bluegrass State, not France
What is Bourbon?
This Prophet's name means "God Remembered"
Who is Zechariah?
March 15th 1972 marks the opening of this epic mafia movie that spawned two sequels and starred Brando.
What is the Godfather?
This god of the forge and fire is rumored to have gotten his name after the explosion of Mt Vesuvius.
Who is Vulcan (volcanic)?
The invoice from your pharmacy
What is a Pill Bill?