Two to Tango Trivia Quiz

Going back to square one means you are starting all over on a task from the very beginning. The origins of this phrase are unknown but one possible explanation is that it comes from the game of hopscotch where players start at the chalk square numbered one.

Being a third wheel means you are a tagalong to two other people. It is most commonly used to describe a third person who goes out with a couple on a date. The phrase third wheel usually has negative connotations. The phrase origin comes from the U.S. Civil War where carriages and carts were given a third wheel to increase functionality, but which wound up making them more cumbersome.

Take five is an expression that means to take a quick break (usually five minutes). Its origins come from jazz musicians who would take five minute breaks between performances. The phrase became popular in the 1950s with the general public.

A Joe six pack is someone who is the average joe - symbolic of the everyman. Specifically, it refers to how the "average" American male purchases beer as a comfort and reward. The term first appeared in The Boston Globe in 1970 in an article discussing the lifestyle and political habits of the average American male.

Seventh heaven is a phrase that means to be in a state of extreme bliss or happiness. The phrase comes from a variety of ancient religious beliefs that the highest level of heaven was the seventh level.

To be on cloud nine means to be very happy. The origins of the phrase are unknown but some speculations are that it comes from the classification of clouds were the cloud numbered nine is the cumulonimbus which is the fluffiest and largest. Another possibility is that the number nine refers to perfection in ancient times because it is the largest single-digit number and it the product of 3 x 3.

The eleventh hour is a phrase that means the very last minute. To wait for the eleventh hour is to wait until the last minute to do something. The phrase comes from the Gospel of Matthew in a passage referencing workers hired at the eleventh hour, the last hour before sunset.

Fifteen minutes of fame is a phrase used to refer to a brief moment of notoriety. The phrase was first used by Andy Warhol in 1967 who claimed that everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes.

Forty winks is a phrase that means to take a quick nap. The origin of the phrase is unknown but the term wink was first used to mean sleep in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale". Forty might simply mean many or a large amount, as it often does in biblical usage.

Batting a thousand means to succeed at something. Sarcastically, it can be used to denote a colossal failure. The phrase originates in baseball where batting a thousand is the highest possible batting average, meaning a batter always advanced to at least first base every time he or she was at bat.

This statistic is usually given as a fraction with three decimal places, calculated by dividing the number of times a player made it to first base by the number of times they had an official 'at bat' recorded.

The number is usually only given by referring to the three decimal places, so an average 0.300 is called "batting 300"; getting on base every time gives a batting average of 1.000, or "batting a thousand".