Winter Flavors & Treats
This category of fruit includes winter fruits like grapefruit, lemon, tangerine, and lime.
Answer: What is citrus? Citrus season runs between November and May, but imports fill in the rest of the year. Meyer lemons are easier to find during the winter.
These famous imprints reside outside the old Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
Answer: What are celebrities’ handprints? The official name of this area is “The Forecourt of the Stars.” The first handprints were made in 1927 by Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.
Happy Days takes place in this chilly state.
Answer: What is Wisconsin? The characters attend the fictional Jefferson High School in Milwaukee.
We bet you know “who” created the soundtrack for this film, including hits like “Pinball Wizard.”
Answer: What is Tommy? The film is based on the album of the same name by the Who.
What kind of weather usually occurs in winter?
Answer: Snowstorm. In 1993, a snowstorm coined the “Storm of the Century” affected 26 U.S. states and eastern Canada. It lasted from March 12 to March 15.
These bright red jewels are grown in bogs.
Answer: What are cranberries? They are harvested from mid-September through October, but they are readily available during the first part of winter. Wisconsin grows most of the cranberries in the United States.
Though it was not ready until 1958, this area features stars in honor of famous actors and actresses.
Answer: What is the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Nominees pay for their stars, which cost around $40,000 today.
This animated show set in Springfield features characters Marge, Bart, Homer, and more.
Answer: What is The Simpsons? Their state is never revealed, as part of a running joke.
This movie features a cast of loveable puppets and the tune “The Rainbow Connection.”
Answer: What is The Muppet Movie? The music and lyrics are by Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams.
What outdoor activity uses snow, a Flexible Flyer, and a hill?
Answer: Sledding. Samuel Leeds Allen patented the Flexible Flyer sled in 1889. The sleds were made in his factory, which usually produced farming tools.
This hot winter drink screams “après-ski in front of a roaring fireplace.”
Answer: What is hot chocolate or cocoa? If you need a quick shot of heat, try adding a little cayenne to the hot chocolate.
Before Hollywood actors were free agents, they worked under this system.
Answer: What is the studio system? During the 1930s and 1940s, studios operated under a closed system. Directors, writers, crew, and actors were under contract, and the studios owned the distribution and theaters. The five big studios that controlled everything in Hollywood were known as “The Big 5.”
The Golden Girls raise a ruckus in this city.
Answer: What is Miami? One nickname of the show is “Miami Nice,” a play on Miami Vice.
“You’re the One That I Want” to tell me the name of the film the song was featured in.
Answer: What is Grease? In 2019, Dame Olivia Newton-John auctioned her outfit from the film’s finale to benefit her cancer research charity
What large truck is used to clear snow from roads?
Answer: Plow. The first snowplow was used in 1862 in Milwaukee, and the first patent was issued in the 1840s.
This festive cake with a molten center will warm you on a cold winter night.
Answer: What is lava cake? When you cut it into a lava cake, the warm chocolate filling pours out. It’s like a brownie with a built-in layer of hot chocolate.
The Golden Age of Hollywood began in this decade.
Answer: What is the 1930s? It ran through the early 1960s.
Both Columbo and CHiPS are set in this state.
Answer: What is California? CHiPS refers to the California Highway Patrol
This spooky cult classic features tunes like the “Time Warp,” which also has its own dance number.
Answer: What is The Rocky Horror Picture Show? The now-beloved song was originally written as a time filler in the stage version.
What is the name of the shelter made from ice cubes?
Answer: Igloo. The inside of an igloo can be 40 degrees warmer than it is outside.
These chunky, creamy stews often contain corn or seafood and take off the winter chill.
Answer: What are chowders? Seafood chowders are the most prevalent versions, but turkey is another option.
This was erected in 1923 to promote real estate in the city.
Answer: What is the Hollywood sign? The Hollywood sign was originally the Hollywoodland sign.
Fantasy Island is a fictional destination in this body of water.
Answer: What is the Pacific Ocean? Much of the show was filmed in California, though the waterfall in the opening sequence is in Kauai, Hawaii
One of many films centering around this spy, Live and Let Die is the film’s name and its hit song.
Answer: Who is James Bond? This Bond flick features Roger Moore as the famous spy.
Where does the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race take place?
Answer: Alaska. The Iditarod is called “The Last Great Race on Earth.” It runs from Anchorage to Nome.