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This is the first name of the patriarch in the 1970s sitcom All in the Family.
Who is Archie? The sitcom stars Carroll O’Connor (Archie), Jean Stapleton (Edith), Rob Reiner (Meathead), and Sally Struthers (Gloria).
This brand uses the slogan “take me away.”
What is Calgon? The slogan “Calgon, take me away” has been in use off and on for decades, and it is used today for Calgon’s bath products.
What woman’s name is repeatedly mentioned in the song “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”?
Dinah. The full title of the tune is “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad (Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah).”
Time is _________________?
What is money?
This 1977 hit film about dance competition hopefuls Tony Monero and Stephanie featured songs by the Bee Gees.
What is Saturday Night Fever? Filming had finished when the Bee Gees were commissioned to write songs for the film. They also repurposed some songs they had already written.
He is famous for saying “really big shew,” and hosted a variety show with his name.
Who is Ed Sullivan? The Ed Sullivan Show was a Sunday night staple in its heyday. The TV show originally aired from 1948 to 1971. 33.
Eddy Arnold released this hit song in 1966. It starts: [Title of song] and get it off my shoulders. Say the things you used to say, and [title of song].
What is “Make the World Go Away”? Elvis Presley covered the song in 1971.
This US city had the first railroad.
What is Baltimore? The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first U.S. railway chartered for commercial transport of passengers and freight, on February 28, 1827.
For those who have trouble sleeping researchers say that 1 week of this, resets our biological body clock and synchronizes our melatonin hormones with sunrise and sunset.
What is camping without electronics?
F & G are the first letters of this 1933-1949 dance duo
Who are Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers?
Two brothers hosted this variety show from 1967 to 1973.
What is The Smothers Brothers (Comedy Hour)? The show was wildly popular but ultimately canceled because the brothers fought back against censorship. They sued CBS and walked away with $776,000.
If you wander the streets in this country in August, you’ll find little activity along the Seine or the Left Bank.
What is France? Many French workers get 30 days off per year and leave France to vacation elsewhere. The country all but shuts down in August.
What iconic model train company was established in 1900?
Lionel. Sales sagged during the expansion of suburbia during the 1960s when fewer people saw trains outside their windows, but sales have picked up since then.
These are used to adjust the time in London’s Big Ben clock tower.
What are pennies? A single penny can change the pendulum’s center of mass and alter the time by 0.4s per day.
This composer created the music to the Nutcracker
Who is Tchaikovsky?
The Many Loves of (this young adult) stars Dwayne Hickman and Bob Denver.
Who is Dobie Gillis? Bob Denver plays Maynard G. Krebs. The actor then went on to star in Gilligan’s Island.
Samatha Meditation is designed to do this.
What is tame your mind and take you away from life stresses. Samatha helps to shut out ruminating thoughts and lower blood pressure.
The locomotive was invented here.
Where is England? Mining engineer Richard Trevithick invented the first steam power locomotive engine on rails in England in 1802.
How long is “four score and seven years”?
Eighty-seven years. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address begins, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
In this movie Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade (Al Pacino), a retired Army officer, dances a tango with a young lady called Donna (Gabrielle Anwar)
What is Scent Of A Woman?
What is The Munsters‘ address?
1313 Mockingbird Lane
Played the Wizard of Oz in the 1939 film?
Who is Frank Morgan. Morgan is best remembered for his performance in The Wizard of Oz (1939), in which he also played five other roles: the carnival huckster, the gatekeeper at the Emerald City, the coachman of the carriage drawn by "The Horse of a Different Color", the Emerald City guard (who initially refuses to let Dorothy and her friends in to see the Wizard), and the Wizard's scary face projection.
What “powers” maglev trains?
Magnets. These high-speed trains could go from New York to Los Angeles in under seven hours. The “lev” part of the name indicates that these trains are levitated off the track when they run.
This was originally sunwise and widdershins before clocks were common.
What are Clockwise and counterclockwise?
This film was loosely based on events that took place in the small, rural, and extremely religious farming town of Elmore City, Oklahoma in 1978. Dancing had been banned for nearly ninety years, until a group of high school teenagers challenged it.
What is Footloose?