What four-letter clarified butter is commonly used in Indian cuisine?
2. What former I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! spokesperson was born with the last name Lanzoni?
3. Who satirized the threat of nuclear war in
The Butter Battle Book
?
4. The viceroy butterfly is so named because of its mimcry of what other species?
5. In what movie does Marlon Brando utter the infamous line “Get the butter”?
6. What was the first name of Rome’s Chef di Lelio, who attracted American diners by doubling the butter in his restaurant’s fettucini?
7. What novel’s long-promised sequel is called
Buttercup’s Baby
?
8. What synthpop instrumental was, appropriately, the biggest hit for Hot Butter?
9. Because of his butterfly tattoo, what was Henri Cherrière’s nickname at Devil’s Island prison?
10. Whose famous horse was named Buttermilk?
----
1952 J UICE N EWTON is born Judy Kay Cohen in New Jersey.
----
JUICY THAT?
What kind of fruit juice is used to mix these cocktails?
----
Easy
1. Mojito
2. Piña colada
3. Bloody Mary
Harder
1. Salty dog
2. Tom Collins
3. Bronx cocktail
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Polish martini
2. Lasky
3. Cape Codder
----
FEBRUARY 19
----
1913 C RACKER J ACK BEGINS including a prize in each box.
----
THE PRIZE IS RIGHT
Who won a Nobel Prize for discovering the following?
----
Easy
1. DNA
2. Radium and polonium
3. The neutron
4. Penicillin
Harder
1. Insulin
2. Inert gases
3. Energy quanta
4. The cause of tuberculosis
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Prions
2. The exclusion principle
3. The citric acid cycle
4. Nuclear fission
----
1957 J OHANN H OLZEL, AKA F ALCO of “Rock Me Amadeus” fame, is born in Vienna, the only surviving child of triplets.
----
BIRDS OF PREY
----
1. In its 240 mph hunting dive, what species of raptor is the fastest animal on Earth?
2. On what two near-contemporary ABC series were the crime fighters assisted by a taciturn sidekick named Hawk?
3. What could be built by the largest Lego set ever sold, a 5,195-piece monstrosity?
4. What’s the only bird in the famous witches’-cauldron ingredient list from Macbeth?
5. What bird is Britain’s VTOL “jump jet” named for?
----
1992 D ISNEY’S
B EAUTY AND THE B EAST
earns a Best Picture Oscar nomination, making it the only animated feature ever to be so honored.
----
BEAUTIES AND BEASTS
What models have been married to these, uh, beautiful-on-the-inside musicians?
----
1. Ric Ocasek
2. Dave Navarro
3. Tico Torres
4. Nikki Sixx
5. Seal
6. Billy Joel
7. Mick Jagger
8. Travis Barker
9. Marilyn Manson
10. Tommy Lee
----
FEBRUARY 20
----
1816 R OSSINI’S OPERA
The Barber of Seville,
now a classic, has a disastrous Rome premiere, complete with tripping actors, an audience that jeers throughout, and a cat wandering onstage during the big first-act finale. The following night, however, the second performance is a huge success.
----
LA TRIVIATA
----
1. What famous chorus from Verdi’s
Il Trovatore
is sung by hammer-wielding Spanish gypsies at dawn?
2. According to Opera America, what Nagasaki-set work is the most performed opera in North America?
3. What opera ends with the line “The commedia is finished!” as Canio stabs Silvio?
4. When it reopened after World War II, what NBC orchestra conductor led the first performance at Milan’s rebuilt La Scala opera house?
5. Who are “the night visitors” in Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera
Amahl and the Night Visitors
?
----
1913 K ING O’M ALLEY, the American-born Australian minister for home affairs, drives the ceremonial first survey peg for the nation’s new capital city, to be called Canberra.
----
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
What city did these nations build from the ground up to be their capitals?
----
Easy
1. India
2. Russia (from 1712 to 1918)
3. Japan (from 794 to 1868)
Harder
1. Pakistan
2. Malta
3. Belize
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Burma
2. Palau
3. Nigeria
----
1962 J OHN G LENN ORBITS THE E ARTH in
Friendship 7.
As he
2. What former I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! spokesperson was born with the last name Lanzoni?
3. Who satirized the threat of nuclear war in
The Butter Battle Book
?
4. The viceroy butterfly is so named because of its mimcry of what other species?
5. In what movie does Marlon Brando utter the infamous line “Get the butter”?
6. What was the first name of Rome’s Chef di Lelio, who attracted American diners by doubling the butter in his restaurant’s fettucini?
7. What novel’s long-promised sequel is called
Buttercup’s Baby
?
8. What synthpop instrumental was, appropriately, the biggest hit for Hot Butter?
9. Because of his butterfly tattoo, what was Henri Cherrière’s nickname at Devil’s Island prison?
10. Whose famous horse was named Buttermilk?
----
1952 J UICE N EWTON is born Judy Kay Cohen in New Jersey.
----
JUICY THAT?
What kind of fruit juice is used to mix these cocktails?
----
Easy
1. Mojito
2. Piña colada
3. Bloody Mary
Harder
1. Salty dog
2. Tom Collins
3. Bronx cocktail
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Polish martini
2. Lasky
3. Cape Codder
----
FEBRUARY 19
----
1913 C RACKER J ACK BEGINS including a prize in each box.
----
THE PRIZE IS RIGHT
Who won a Nobel Prize for discovering the following?
----
Easy
1. DNA
2. Radium and polonium
3. The neutron
4. Penicillin
Harder
1. Insulin
2. Inert gases
3. Energy quanta
4. The cause of tuberculosis
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Prions
2. The exclusion principle
3. The citric acid cycle
4. Nuclear fission
----
1957 J OHANN H OLZEL, AKA F ALCO of “Rock Me Amadeus” fame, is born in Vienna, the only surviving child of triplets.
----
BIRDS OF PREY
----
1. In its 240 mph hunting dive, what species of raptor is the fastest animal on Earth?
2. On what two near-contemporary ABC series were the crime fighters assisted by a taciturn sidekick named Hawk?
3. What could be built by the largest Lego set ever sold, a 5,195-piece monstrosity?
4. What’s the only bird in the famous witches’-cauldron ingredient list from Macbeth?
5. What bird is Britain’s VTOL “jump jet” named for?
----
1992 D ISNEY’S
B EAUTY AND THE B EAST
earns a Best Picture Oscar nomination, making it the only animated feature ever to be so honored.
----
BEAUTIES AND BEASTS
What models have been married to these, uh, beautiful-on-the-inside musicians?
----
1. Ric Ocasek
2. Dave Navarro
3. Tico Torres
4. Nikki Sixx
5. Seal
6. Billy Joel
7. Mick Jagger
8. Travis Barker
9. Marilyn Manson
10. Tommy Lee
----
FEBRUARY 20
----
1816 R OSSINI’S OPERA
The Barber of Seville,
now a classic, has a disastrous Rome premiere, complete with tripping actors, an audience that jeers throughout, and a cat wandering onstage during the big first-act finale. The following night, however, the second performance is a huge success.
----
LA TRIVIATA
----
1. What famous chorus from Verdi’s
Il Trovatore
is sung by hammer-wielding Spanish gypsies at dawn?
2. According to Opera America, what Nagasaki-set work is the most performed opera in North America?
3. What opera ends with the line “The commedia is finished!” as Canio stabs Silvio?
4. When it reopened after World War II, what NBC orchestra conductor led the first performance at Milan’s rebuilt La Scala opera house?
5. Who are “the night visitors” in Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera
Amahl and the Night Visitors
?
----
1913 K ING O’M ALLEY, the American-born Australian minister for home affairs, drives the ceremonial first survey peg for the nation’s new capital city, to be called Canberra.
----
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
What city did these nations build from the ground up to be their capitals?
----
Easy
1. India
2. Russia (from 1712 to 1918)
3. Japan (from 794 to 1868)
Harder
1. Pakistan
2. Malta
3. Belize
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Burma
2. Palau
3. Nigeria
----
1962 J OHN G LENN ORBITS THE E ARTH in
Friendship 7.
As he
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