Quiz Guy John Chaneski serves up a Common Bonds puzzle, in which the object is to guess the common idea in each of three things. For example, what’s the one word that connects a grade on a report card, USDA inspected beef, and an incline? This is...
Why do we call a frankfurter a hot dog? It seems an unsettling 19th-century rumor is to blame. Also, if someone quits something abruptly, why do we say they quit cold turkey? This term’s roots may lie in the history of boxing. Plus, a transgender...
Sally from Portage, Wisconsin, wonders why quitting abruptly and without aid is called quitting cold turkey. The phrase is often linked to withdrawal symptoms and the goosebumped skin of a plucked bird, but the chronology points elsewhere. Its...