The Origin of the Yellow Ribbon (ribbons)

Resignation of the Office of the President (resign, succession, presidency) Please see in Answer File "Vacancy in the Office of the Vice President" and "Amendments to the Constitution". See also record for "Presidential Succession".

Impeachment of the President (impeach, presidency, presidents) See also in AnswerFile "U.S. Presidents Who Were Impeached."

Ten Plagues of Egypt (Bible) When Pharaoh would not free the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt, in answer to Moses' plea, the Lord set ten plagues upon the Egyptians.

The Seventeen Apollo Missions  (space program, NASA, Astronaut, Astronauts) (mission)

 

Longest Floating Bridges in the World (bridge, concrete pontoon)(Interstate 90, I-90, 520 )

Names of things you didn't know had names (name)

Definition and examples of an Eponym (word, words)(name, names)(words about words)

Nail Sizes (nails, sizing, penny) The "d" is the British symbol for pence, which is why a 2d nail is called a "2-penny" nail. Although standards sometimes vary, the following chart provides fairly good guidelines for the length of the most 16 most popular nail sizes. Note that the lengths increase 1/4 inch for each size under 16d and 1/2 size over 16d.

Effort to Make German the Offical U.S. Language (Germany, languages)

Quotation Attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson (quote, quotes, quoted)

Origin of the Term "Politically Correct"

Origin of Term "Cut to the Chase". (quote, quotes, quotation, quotations)

Birds of a Feather (proverb, proverbs)

Practice Random Acts of Kindness Origin (quote, quotes, quotation, quotations, )

To Bury the Hatchet (cliche, cliches)

Word Describing Trademarks But Now Have Generic Meaning (trademark, word, product, products, trademarks)(word, words)

I Would Pick More Daisies Quote (quote, quotation, daisy)

Quotation: "A Rain-Soaked Fishing Village Midway... (quotation, quotations, saying, sayings) (quote, quotes)(Seattle)

Christmas and New Years Greetings in other Countries(Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, New Year's, country)(Diacritical markings are not included in these listings). Some are listed by country, others by language.

Dot over the letter i (Tittle)

Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages (7, wonder, 7 wonders)

Bell, Book and Candle Definition (phrase)

Major World's Fairs (expositions, expositions, expo, expos, fairs, (world fair)(world's fair)(world's fairs)(worlds fairs)  There have been almost 100 World's Fairs or Epositions held since the first "Great Exhibition of 1951" held in London. Below is a list of the major fairs and exhibitions.

By the skin of one's teeth. (cliche, cliches)

Definition and examples of a pangram (pangrams, words, twenty-six, twenty six)(sentence that uses 26 letters of the alphabet)(word)(words about words)(the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog)

A camel through a needles eye. (proverb, proverbs)

Cat got your tongue? (Cliche, cliches)(cat got your tongue)

One's chickens come home to roost. (proverb, proverbs)

Definition and examples of a homophone. (words, homofone, word)(pronounce, pronounced)

Definition of D-day (d day)

Origin of Friday the Thirteenth (13th, 13)

Order of Statehood for United States (state, U.S., settlement, settle, admission to the union)

Word Used When Person's Job Matches Their Last Name? (profession, professions, work, occupations, (occupation, profession, jobs, words, aptronym, aptronyms, words about words)

Unofficial Popular Motto of the U.S. Post Office (United States Postal Service, slogan, sleet, stop, not)

Word Describing People Who Collect Teddy Bears (collectors, collecter, collection, word, words)

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World   (7, wonder, 7 wonders)

Seven Natural Wonders of the World (7, wonder, 7 wonders)

Origin of New York's nickname, "The Big Apple" (nick name, New York City, Manhatten)

Arbor Day date in Washington State (April)(tree, trees, holiday, holidays)(Washington State Arbor Day Council)

Gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (carol; day; days; present; presents; holiday; holidays)

Names of the Seven Continents (7) (continent)

Who are the Chicago Eight? (Abbie Hoffman; Jerry Rubin; yippie) (8, yippies)

Origin and meaning of Catch 22 (catch, twenty two, twenty-two)

What causes the sound of "the sea" in a shell?   (causes sound, sound, sound of the sea, seashell)

Converting temperature Between Fahrenheit & Celsius Scales (temperatures, scale, weather, boiling, freezing)

Speed of Light and Sound

Definition of Zulu Time (times, GMT,)

Chinese New Year Dates (Chinese Calendar, calendar, date, dates) (Chinese New Year's)(calender, calander)  Please see in AnswerFile "Chinese Animal Calendar". Signs"  See also in AnswerFile "Dates for the Chinese Animal Zodiac".

What President of the U.S. had a Rubber Jaw? (presidents)(presidential, Jaws)

Dates for Easter Sunday and Ash Wednesday: 1995-2019 Commemorates the Resurrection of Christ. Most joyous festival of the Christian year. The date of Easter, a movable feast, is derived fromthe lunar calendar (as prescribed by the Council of Nicaea, AD 325): the first Sunday following the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox (March 20) - always between March 22 and April 25. Many other dates in the Christian year are derived from the date of Easter.

Symbol or Meaning of Flowers: Part 2  N through Z   symbol) (symbols) (color) (colors) (flower) (flowers) (vocabulary) (tussie-mussie)(tussie-mussies) (tussie mussies) Please see additional entries in AnswerFile for flower symbols:  "Symbol or Meaning of Flowers: Part 1:   A through M"

Definition and examples of an Oxymoron. (oxymorons)(word, words)

Definition and examples of a Palindrome. (palindromes) (word, front, back, backward, backwards, forward, forwards, words, pallindrome, pallindromes, palindrone, palindrone)

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself (quote) (quotation)

In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up... (quote) (quotation)

Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day, Show ............(teach) Him how to Catch Fish....(proverb, probverbs, saying, sayings. word, words)

Those who cannot remember the past... (history, quote, doom, doomed, quotation, learn) (learns, learned)

Warning, When I am an old woman I shall wear purple... (quote) (quotation) (poem)

The Opera Ain't Over til the Fat Lady Sings or It's Not Over till it's over (quote, quotation, sing)

Now is the time for all good men... (quote, quotation, quotations, quotes)

When the going gets ough, the tough get going (quote, quotes, quotation, quotations)

Seven Hills of Rome  (7, seventh)

Daylight Savings Time (beginning and ending dates)

I

Birthstones (birth stone, birthstone, birthstones)

Definition of Magna, Summa or Cum Laude (degree, degrees, honorary)

Thirteen Original Colonies Represented on U.S. Flag Represented in the U.S. Flag by thirteen stripes, six white and seven red. (13, thirteenth)

Greek Gods and Goddesses (diety, dieties)

Dates for the Chinese Animal Zodiac (calendar, calendars)(chinese animal zodiac)(chinese zodiac)  See also in AnswerFile "Chinese New Year Dates"

Facts about Arkansas

Kwanzaa Holiday (holidays; dates; origin; black; festival; Kwanza) See also Kwanzaa: Seven principles in Swahili Language

Roman Gods and Goddesses and  Realm, Position or Symbolism (dominions)

Seven Deadly Sins (7 deadly sins, 7 deadly sins)(cardinal sins)(cardinal sin)

History of Stars and Stripes on United States Flag (star, stripe, United States) The first U.S. flag was adopted on June 14, 1777. The Stars and Stripes consisted of 13 horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and 13 white stars on a blue background, representing the Thir- teen Colonies. In 1818, a bill was passed requiring that the flag of the U.S. would have 20 stars, with a new star added for each additional state. The 13 red and white stripes would remain unchanged.

The Doomsday Clock (atomic clock, atomic age, atomic timeline)

Seven virtues (virtue, 7)

Most and Least Frequently Used Letters in the Alphabet (vowels, vowel, consonant, consonants)(words)

What does "Amtrak" stand for? (Amtrack)(train, trains)

Chicken in every pot... (quotation)(Quote)(chickens)

A Chip on your Shoulder, to have a(chip, cliche, cliches)

To cook someone's goose. (cliche, cliches)

Don't count your chickens before they hatch. (proverb, proverb)

Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth. (proverb, proverbs)(Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth)

Every cloud has a silver lining. (cliche, cliches)

The Three Fates (3, Fate)

The Nine Muses (muse, Greek Mythology, 9 )

Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (12)

Origin of the phrase Close, but no cigar

Words for Collections and Collecting. (collect, collector, collectors, collection, collections)

A feather in one's cap. (cliche, cliches)

Johnny-come-lately. (cliche, cliches)

Civilization Quotation (quote, Hubert H. Humphrey, civilizations)

Definition and Example of Spoonerism (word, words)

Definition and Examples of Onamatopoeia (sounds, sound, word, words) (onomotopea, onomotopia)

Origin of "The whole nine yards" (phrase) (cliche)

Symbol or Meaning of Flowers: Part 1 A through M (symbol) (symbols) (color) (colors) (flower) (flowers) (vocabulary)  Please see additional entries in AnswerFile for "Symbol or Meaning of Flowers: Part 2  N through Z"

Irish Blessing (Irish Prayer) (Irish Curse) (quotation) (quote)

Facts About Hanukkah (Jews) (Jewish) (Hanukka) (Chanukah) (Holiday) (Holidays) (common misspellings: Hannuka, Hannukah, Chunnaka)

Which presidents were assassinated? (presidential) (assasination)

Possible meanings of the term "Black Dutch"

Origin of Valentine's Day, February 14

What is the Name of Paul Revere's Horse? (Brown Beauty) (Brown Betty)

Location of Future Olympic Games    (Olympics) (Athens) (Greece)

Ramadan Facts and Dates (Islam) (Islamic) (religion)

For auld lang syne/for old times' sake (cliche) (cliches) (New Year's Eve)

To go scot-free (cliche) (cliches)

Author of Desiderata (Quote) (Quotation) (Authorship)

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. (monkey) (monkeys) (three) (Japanese legend)

Which Presidents died in office? (president) (presidential)

To have a bone to pick (cliche) (cliches)

Cannot/not fit to hold a candle to. (proverb, proverbs)

A horse of another/different color. (cliche, cliches, horse)

)

A Lame Duck (cliche, cliches)

U.S. Presidents Who Were Impeached (impeachment, impeach, presidential) See also in Answer File "Impeachment of the President".

Leave no stone unturned. (proverb,proverbs)

In the limelight. (cliche, cliches)

To kick the bucket. (cliche, cliches)

Books of the Bible - New Testament

Kit and caboodle, (the whole). (cliche, cliches)

To let the cat out of the bag. (cliche, cliches)

Nato Phonetic alphabet - International Telecommunications Union (letter, letters, code, alphabets)(International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet)

Most frequently used words in written English (frequent, word, often)

Longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary

Longest palindromes (Palindrome)

Leading/living the life of Reilly. (cliche, cliches)

Legal or Public Holidays (holiday, date, dates)

Mad as a hatter. (cliche,cliches)

To mind one's p's and q's. (cliche, cliches)

Necessity is the Mother of Invention. (proverb, proverbs)

To be sitting on cloud nine. (cliche, cliches)

To be on the rocks. (cliche, cliches)

President's Day, (calender, calenders, holiday, holidays,)

Facts about the Millennium (20th, 20, 21st, 21, millenium, millennium,) (twentieth century, twenty first century)

Labor Day, (calendar, calendars, holiday, holidays)

Books of the Bible - Old Testament

To be on the wagon. (cliche, cliches)

To pass the buck. (cliche, cliches)

Pleased as Punch. (cliche, cliches)

If/when push comes to shove. (cliche, cliches)

Writers of the Declaration of Independence On June, 10, 1776, the Second Continental Congress appointed a committee of five delegates to write the Declaration. Though the committee members made changes to the rough draft, the document was largely Jefferson's own work, and considered its author. Adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the Declaration ranks among the most important U.S. state documents.

States of the Confederacy Civil War; secession; United States history

Ten Most Common Surnames in the United States (name, US, U.S., names)

Meaning of  Kemo Sabe (Lone Ranger, Tonto)

The Commonwealth and Its Members (member country, countries, nation, nations) The Commonwealth is an association of governments set up so that the member countries can support each other, and work together towards international goals. The Preamble to the Declaration of Commonwealth Principles state: "A voluntary association of independent sover- eign states...consulting and co-operating in the common interests of their peoples and in the promotion of in- ternational understanding and world peace.

Blue Note

The difference betwee e.g. and i.e. (words, abbreviations, language)

What is the difference between et al. and et cetera? (words, language, Latin)

Vowels in order: all five vowels, all vowels in order, all vowels in reverse order: (vowel, word, 5)

XXX for Kisses (kiss, x)

It's raining cats and dogs. (cliche, cliches)

To read the riot act. (cliche, cliches)

Definition of a tautonym (words) (2) (twice) (repeated, repeat)

Kings and Queens of England 1066-1154 (king, queen, Great Britain, royal, United Kingdom, Saxons, Danes, Normans)

Kings and Queens of England  1154-1485 (King, Queen, Great Britain, United Kingdom,Plantagent Family, House of Lancaster, House of York,

The real McCoy. (cliche, cliches)

To sell down the river. (cliche, cliches)

Son of a gun. (cliche, cliches)

Boomers, Xers, and the Rest (Generation, generations, baby boomers, gen y)

Tit for tat. (cliche, cliches)

Theirs not to reason why... quote (quotes, quotation, quotations)

To wear one's heart on one's sleeve. (cliche, cliches)

To take with a grain/pinch of salt. (cliche, cliches)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (4, horseman, horse men, horse man)

Scientific term for brewing beer (fermentation)

Kings and Queens of England since 1485-1714 (1485-1603) (king, queen, Great Britain, United Kingdom)(House of Tudor, House of Stuart, Commonwealth, Protectorate)

Kings and Queens of England 1714-present (kings, queens, Great Britain, United Kingdom)(house of Hanover, house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, House of Windsor)

Origin of Black Irish (Celt, Wild Irish, Irish) 

Most Popular Dog Breeds in United States 2005 Rank (American Kennel Club, breeders, breed, registration) (registrations)

Top Ten Cat Breeds in the United States 2005 (breed, registration, registrations, cats, breeders) (top 10, popularity) Every year the Cat Fanciers of America Association (CFA) compiles breed registration for each of the 40 pedigreed cat breeds it accepts. Since CFA is the world's largest cat registry, these registration totals are good indicators of overall popularity.

Patron Saints of Occupations -- Accountants to Gunners

(catholic, catholic church, st.,sts., saint, patrons)(occupation)(Patron Saint of occupations)(Patron Saints of occupation)(Patron Saint by occupation)(Patron Saint by occupations)

Moon Months (Folklore, Lore, moons)

Origin of Dog Days (Folklore, Sirius, Star, Roman)

Patron Saints by Occupation -- Hatters - Public Relations

(catholic, catholic church, st.,sts., saint, patrons)(occupation)(Patron Saint of occupations)(Patron Saints of occupations)(Patron Saint by occupation)(Patron Saint by occupations)

House of Windsor (England, Royality, Great Britain, Names)

Fire Proofing for Christmas Trees (Tree; Proof)

Longest Suspension Bridges in the World (bridge)

Longest Bridges in the U.S. (bridge)

Largest National Parks in the U.S.

 Seven Wonders of the Modern World  (7, wonder, 7 wonders)

Words ending in the suffix "dous" (word, end)

Patron Saints by Occupation -- Radiologists to Youth

(catholic, catholic church, st.,sts., saint, patrons)(occupation)(Patron Saint of occupations)(Patron Saints of occupations)(Patron Saint by occupation)(Patron Saint by occupations)

Patron Saints of Countries & Geographical Areas (catholic) (catholic church) (st.) (sts.) (saint) (patrons)

Origin of the Twenty-One Gun Salute (21)

The Ten Commandments (Bible, commandment) According to Exodus, in the Old Testament, the Lord gave Moses the Ten Commandments upon two tablets.

Flower Symbol for each Month (flowers, birth flowers)

The Meaning of B.C./A.D. and B.C.E/C.E. (Before Christ, anno Domini, Comman Era, Before Common Era, Before Present Era)

Wedding Anniversary Gifts.  Here is a list of traditional and modern gifts.  (gift, anniversary,marry, marriage)