winter 2019-2020

Question 1

IT’S RAINING: It did rain on this Pasadena parade in 2006, maybe because it was held on Jan. 2 instead of Jan. 1

Answer 1

The Rose Parade

Question 2

CITIES ACROSS AMERICA: The Rose Bowl, which has held crowds of 105,000 people, is in this California city whose population is about 135,000

Answer 2

Pasadena

Question 3

NOTABLE NAMES: While a teen in Paris, he devised his raised dot reading system for the blind

Answer 3

Louis Braille

Question 4

“T…Y” VERY MUCH: The curving path of an object like a missile through the air

Answer 4

Trajectory

Question 5

THE QUEEN’S ENGLISH: If Dennis the Menace hailed from Denston, he’d call this kid’s weapon a catapult

Answer 5

Slingshot

Question 6

GET INTO SHAPE: It’s the trajectory of a cannonball, or the shape of the reflector in a headlight

Answer 6

parabolic

Question 7

HODGEPODGE: It has the largest egg of any living bird

Answer 7

ostrich

Question 8

AUSTRAILIAN WILDLIFE: Known for its loud “laugh”, this kingfisher doesn’t eat fish but feasts on insects and small reptiles and amphibians

Answer 8

a kookaburra

Question 9

“BOOM”, “BA”: Jack Byham, a famous maker of these, sold thousands at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics (with a few returns)

Answer 9

a boomerang

Question 10

AMERICA”NA”: In 1891 he was assigned to create an indoor game to distract an unruly class

Answer 10

James Naismith

Question 11

BOTANISTS: This former slave and botany whiz turned down offers to work for Thomas Edison and Joseph Stalin

Answer 11

George Washington Carver

Question 12

WORLD AUTHORS: Last name of brothers Jakob and Wilhelm, known for their German dictionary as well as their fairy tales

Answer 12

Grimm

Question 13

A “HA”!: In a Grimm fairy tale, he’s Gretel’s brother

Answer 13

Hansel

Question 14

NBA NICKNAMES: Black Mamba

Answer 14

Kobe Bryant

Question 15

DOWNTOWN CABBIE: Sure, I can take you to this L.A. sports arena where Kobe plays; you know it doesn’t sell office supplies, right?

Answer 15

Staples Center

Question 16

MYSTERY MEAT: Well, this filet came from Japanese Wagyu cattle–it must be this type of beef

Answer 16

Kobe beef

Question 17

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: If you were curious, George, Feb. 8, 2016 is Chinese New Year and the year of this animal

Answer 17

monkey

Question 18

I LOVE A PARADE: The annual Chinese New Year parade in this West Coast city is the largest celebration of its kind outside Asia

Answer 18

San Francisco

Question 19

AMERICANA: His innovations include the first American newspaper cartoon (in 1754) and bifocals (around 1780)

Answer 19

Benjamin Franklin

Question 20

DISNEY SONGS: Randy Newman’s Oscar-nominated song from “Toy Story”

Answer 20

You’ve Got a Friend In Me

Question 21

KITTY LITERATURE: The feline in footwear popularized in Charles Perrault’s tale

Answer 21

Puss in Boots

Question 22

SPORTS BIOGRAPHIES: No. 99: “Greatness On Ice”

Answer 22

Wayne Gretzky

Question 23

FUN WITH TEAM NAMES: The linguistics dept. at the Univ. of Toronto said this team name is not incorrectly pluralized, as it is a proper noun

Answer 23

The Maple Leafs

Question 24

FAMOUS WOMEN: Choreographer Michael Fokine created “The Dying Swan” in 1905 for this Russian dancer

Answer 24

Anna Pavlova

Question 25

THIS ISLAND IS YOUR ISLAND: Majorca

Answer 25

Spain

Question 26

THIS ISLAND IS YOUR ISLAND: Mindanao

Answer 26

Philippines

Question 27

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: The Golden Gate Bridge is found in this state

Answer 27

California

Question 28

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: You’ll find this “Great” 1,700-square-mile body of water in northwest Utah

Answer 28

The Great Salt Lake

Question 29

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: Of Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit, the city that’s farthest east

Answer 29

Pittsburgh