French in English
This word for an afternoon show means morning in French
MATINEE
Marie Antoinette is credited with introducing these rolls to France
CROISSANTS
In a gustnado this tops out around 80 miles per hour
THE WIND
Prey's proverbial foe
PREDATOR
A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?
He’s playing Monopoly
Often seen in bathrooms this word literally means rotten pot
POTPOURRI
Event at which Jesus performed his first miracle providing enough wine for a feast
THE WEDDING AT CANA
Up high at a circus a funambulist has this job
A HIGH-WIRE WALKER
Pennyworth or E. Neuman
ALFRED
A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?
His son
This French feminine word is a person with brown hair
A BRUNETTE
The first meeting of this international assembly convened November 15 1920
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Widdershins means this direction like runners on a baseball diamond
COUNTER-CLOCKWISE
Do you have the proper these evidence of rights or authority?
CREDENTIALS
What is special about these words: job, polish, herb?
They are pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized.
Tellers of anecdotes or the name of a Jack White band
RACONTEURS
Dr. West's Miracle Tuft toothbrush of 1938 was the 1st to have bristles made of this
NYLON/PLASTIC
Featherbone was an alternative to whalebone in making these undergarments
CORSETS
To remove earth from the bottom of a pond
DREDGE
A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
The river was frozen
French for carriage entrance it's the type of drop-off area seen here
PORTE COCHÈRE
Observance at which English colonists 1st ate popcorn
THANKSGIVING
Intinction is saving a step in Communion by doing this
DIPPING THE HOST IN THE WINE
Some LifeLock memberships come with this piece of equipment wastepaper bags not included
A SHREDDER
A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?
An hourglass—It has thousands of grains of sand
For movies it's not just a first showing but a successful Mac-based editing program introduced by Adobe in 1991
PREMIERE
They were the U.S. presidents when the 1st man went into space & the 1st man walked on the moon
KENNEDY & NIXON
From Old Norse a gowpen is the hollow that's formed when you put the 2 of these together to form a bowl
YOUR HANDS
Commonly standing 250 feet high these red California trees are the world's largest trees
REDWOODS
What makes this number unique: 8,549,176,320?
It has each number, zero through nine, listed in alphabetical order.
Naiveness is in the dictionary but the more common noun is this French form
NAÏVETÉ
The 8 contestants in the 1st Miss America pageant in 1921 represented these
CITIES
If you're an entomophagist by definition you dine on these
INSECTS
Because of their jackets British troops during the American Revolution were known by this name
REDCOATS
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
A donnée is literally French for this an assumed fact
A GIVEN
In 1981 Western Bancorporation was renamed this when it became the 1st bank to franchise its services
FIRST INTERSTATE BANK
Author Christopher Corbett coined autotonsorialist someone who does this himself or looks like he did
CUT HIS OWN HAIR
Founded by Clara Barton this organization provides help in emergencies
THE RED CROSS
I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.
The letter S
Today's kids must wonder how to tear the online editions of newspapers into strips for this craft
PAPIER-MÂCHÉ
Tho synthesized in 1853 this painkiller was 1st successfully marketed in tablet form in 1915
ASPIRIN
The adjective pyroclastic refers to fragments that can dangerously blast away from one of these
A VOLCANO
The people who hold this office are addressed as Your Eminence & wear red hats
CARDINALS
A man was walking in the rain. He was in the middle of nowhere. He had nothing and nowhere to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why is that?
The man was bald
It meant a plume of feathers worn on a hat then came to signify style or swagger
PANACHE
The Information Please Almanac lists this as the 1st radio panel quiz show in America
INFORMATION PLEASE
Bedlam was an asylum; Bridewell gave us a generic word for one of these
A PRISON
The name of this cosmetic that can turn your cheeks red mean red
ROUGE
Paul’s height is six feet, he’s an assistant at a butcher’s shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
Meat.