Enduring Myths
Contrary to popular belief, President Eisenhower did not base this U.S. road system on the German Autobahn.
What is the interstate?
This uncle wants YOU.
Who is Uncle Sam?
The Wall Street stock market crashed in this year during the Great Depression
What is 1929?
When performing spring cleaning, one should work in this direction.
What is top to bottom?
When your grandchild brings home straight “A’s,” you might say you feel as proud as this bird.
What is a peacock?
APE
What is pea?
Stiletto heels are named for this object.
What is a knife?
It is widely (and falsely) believed this country introduced jet travel.
What is the United States?
She is Andy Taylor’s aunt on The Andy Griffith Show.
Who is Aunt Bea?
The unsinkable RMS Titanic sank during this decade
What is 1910?
Swap out your usual dust rag for these items from your laundry room.
What are dryer sheets?
When describing the shortest distance between two points, we say, “As [this] flies.”
What is the crow?
What is cat?
The bat is said to lack this sense.
What is sight?
He is the bald uncle in The Addams Family.
Who is Uncle Fester?
This was the year Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was attacked
What is 1941?
Run these peels through your garbage disposal.
What is lemon, lime, or any citrus?
Birds of a feather do this.
What is flock together?
FAST
What is fats?
A popular misconception tells us to add this ingredient to water to keep pasta from sticking together.
What is oil?
She is Prince Harry and William’s aunt.
Who is Princess Anne?
John Lennon was murdered in this decade.
What is 1980s?
You are used to doing this to rugs, but you can do it to your mattress as part of your spring-cleaning ritual.
What is vacuum?
Some teens can feel like these in their youth but grow up to be beautiful swans.
What are ugly ducklings?
TEAM
What is meat or mate?
Nowhere in the New Testament is there a reference to three of these bringing gifts to Jesus.
Who are the wise men or magi?
Brian Keith plays Uncle Bill in this mid-1960s TV sitcom
What is Family Affair?
East and West Germany reunified during this decade.
What is 1990s?
This sports ball removes scuff marks from the floor.
What is tennis?
Authors appreciate this kind of eye from their editors and proofers
What is eagle?
ARM
What is ram or mar?
We are told to avoid this food group when we have a cold
What is dairy?
She is Samantha’s favorite eccentric aunt in Bewitched.
Who is Aunt Clara?
The first Ford auto was introduced in this decade.
What is the 1900s?
This trick for cleaning your glass doors helps you determine whether a streak is on the inside or outside of the door.
What is clean one side in vertical motions and the other side with horizontal motions?
If people are thin and fit, envious friends might accuse them of doing this
What is eating like a bird?
BEAK
What is bake?