World Wide Dining
1. This dynastic duck dish is treasured for its crispy, crackly skin and is served in a crepe with hoisin sauce and green onions.
What is Peking duck? Beijing was once called Peking. The preparation is complex, and some restaurants ask you to order a day in advance.
This memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., in 1982 on Veterans Day
What is the Vietnam Memorial? Maya Lin won the competition for the wall’s design when she was a 21-year-old architecture student
This is the only fruit to wear its seeds on the outside
What is the strawberry? The strawberry plant is a member of the rose family.
Widely believed to contain the phrase “First, do no harm,” this document does not contain those words.
What is the Hippocratic oath? Dating to ancient Greece, it begins by swearing to a group of ancient deities to uphold the professional ethics of that era. Doctors are no longer required to take the oath.
In this children’s card game, opponents ask each other for cards such as 2s, 3s, etc. The proper response if your opponent doesn’t have any cards to give you is the same as the name of the game.
What is Go Fish
This European yogurt is thicker than garden-variety yogurt and has become all the rage.
What is Greek yogurt? The straining process removes the watery whey and leaves the creamy texture
This New York City bridge, which crosses the East River, opened in 1883 and took 14 years to construct.
What is the Brooklyn Bridge
He played Dr. James Kildare on the primetime TV drama Dr. Kildare.
Who is Richard Chamberlain?
This 1960s-era game requires players to contort themselves on a floor mat without falling.
What is Twister?
This Russian-sounding chicken breast is stuffed with butter, herbs, and garlic and covered in bread crumbs.
What is chicken Kiev?
The 19th amendment, ratified in 1920, granted this right to every person in a certain group in the United States
What is the right to vote to women? It took the Suffragist Movement almost 100 years to guarantee this right to women of voting age across the United States
Ocean Spray makes a popular red juice drink that is made from a bog fruit.
What is cranberry? Ocean Spray also makes a white cranberry juice
This author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries was also a medical doctor.
Who is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? He gave up his medical practice to write.
In this game, one player is “it.”
This dessert reached the height of its popularity in the 1950s and 1960s and is named after the 49th U.S. state.
What is baked Alaska? The meringue-covered ice cream is baked for only two or three minutes, just long enough to lightly brown the meringue
It took this female celebrity chef 10 years to publish Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Who is Julia Child? In addition to her roles as TV chef and author, she volunteered with the Office of Strategic Services, a World War II–era intelligence service that preceded the Central Intelligence Agency
This shade of red applies to a letter and an O’Hara.
What is scarlet? They are spelled differently. The Scarlet Letter has one T, and Scarlett O’Hara is spelled with two Ts
This TV doctor won Emmy Awards for his role as Dr. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce.
: Who is Alan Alda? The TV show was M*A*S*H, and he won Emmys for acting (1982), writing (1979), and directing (1977) in the series.
In this classic parlor game of pantomime, players try to guess a famous person, movie title, song title, etc.
: What is charades
When you think of breakfast pastry, you think of these people.
Who are the Danes? Danish pastry was accidentally invented when a French pastry chef forgot to incorporate the butter at the proper time. The butter was added later, causing a lighter dough. In Denmark, the pastry is called Viennese
In 2017, the U.S. government finally released a treasure trove of documents relating to this president’s assassination, more than 50 years after his death.
Who is John F. Kennedy? Most of the documents have been released and are available online.
Sisters Lynn and Vanessa can be seen on the big screen.
Who are the Redgraves?
Dr. C. Everett Koop, the surgeon general under President Ronald Reagan, educated the public on the dangers of doing this.
What is smoking? He had hoped to usher in a “smoke-free society,” and he made the country aware of the dangers of secondhand smoke.
In this game, players make up plausible-sounding definitions for words that no one uses.
What is Balderdash