Queue Ewe Eye Zee Trivia Quiz

Answer: Queue

The hamburger joint behind the Iron Curtain was a cooperative idea dreamed up in 1976 between McDonald's in Canada and officials in Moscow, Russia. When the eatery finally opened -- some 14 years later -- more than 30,000 people were served. And the queue to the main counter was legendary.

Answer: Queue

The rule of thumb for those who don't have a special ticket to the Louvre is: At least one hour in line for less than three minutes of viewing Leonardo de Vinci's masterpiece. Thousands of art lovers pass through the gallery most every day.

Answer: Queue

Nowadays, stories of camping out in line for rock concert tickets can be somewhat ho-hum, but in the early 1960s, long-standing queues were newsworthy. According to the liner notes of "Meet the Beatles" (1964): "In Portsmouth, the queue [for a Beatles performance] started 90 hours before the box office opened. Teenagers brought food, drink, blankets and transistor radios, and two determined 16 year-old girls spent four nights outside to hold their place in the queue."

And "In Newcastle, England, four thousand fans stood all night in pouring rain to get tickets for a Beatles appearance."

Answer: Ewe

Albeit fictional, Lamb Chop -- a handpuppet ewe maneuvered by ventriloquist Shari Lewis -- was a star in the early days of American TV. Lewis and Lamb Chop appeared on "Captain Kangaroo" in 1957 and had a show of their own in the 1960s. Lamb Chop even "testified' before Congress in 1993 about children's entertainment.

Answer: Ewe

In 1997, Dolly the sheep became the first cloned-from-an-adult cell mammal. The groundbreaking feat was performed at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. The ewe died in 2003. She was named for singer/songwriter Dolly Parton.

Answer: Ewe

When Methusalina died in 2012, a month shy of turning 26, the Scottish ewe was recognized as the oldest sheep alive. Her shepherd attributed her longevity to good teeth.

Answer: Ewe

In November, 2023, Fiona -- celebrated on TV as "Britain's Loneliest Sheep" -- was rescued by five farmers on a hard-to-reach beach in the Scottish Highlands. The famous ewe was stranded for at least two years.

Answer: Eye

The mythic CBS television eye logo was created under the artistic eye of designer Kurt Weihs. So the story goes, it was inspired by Shaker art. The logo was first used in 1951.

Answer: Eye

"Eye", the self-portrait of a facial detail, was rendered by the amazing Escher using a shaving mirror. Look closely in the pupil and you will see a skull.

Answer: Eye

Found on the wall in the Tomb of Sennedjem, ca. 1250 BC near the Nile River, the elegant eye symbol of the Egyptian god Horus represents protection and healing.

Answer: Eye

Rodriguez performed the first total eye transplant in New York in November, 2023. The recipient was a 46-year-old man from Arkansas whose face had been damaged by a high-voltage electric shock.

Answer: Zee

In English, it's called "the Adriatic Sea". In Dutch: "de Adriatische Zee".

Answer: Zee

In English, it's referred to as "the Aegean Sea". In Dutch, it's "de Egeïsche Zee".

Answer: Zee

In London it's called "the Caribbean Sea". But in Amsterdam, it's called "de Carabische Zee".

Answer: Zee

In English they call it "the Caspian Sea". In Dutch it's "de Kaspische Zee".