Cat-egory
The name of the Egyptian cat-headed goddess of home, fertility, and protection
What is Bastet (Bast)
What are slop and flop
The general agreement is that this word meaning a majority of opinion is from the Latin for "to feel together"
What is consensus
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When shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt asked for thinner fried potatoes at Moon’s Lake House in 1853, chef George Crum sliced them so thin they turned into an instant hit (supposedly)
All cats are born with this color eyes
What is blue
Once a carnival performer who bit the heads off chickens, today it often refers to a computer nerd
What is a geek
What is Belize
This fastener that combines the French words for velvet and hook was invented after a Swiss watchmaker in 1941 noticed burrs in his jacket fabric clipping to his watch strap and his dog
This American writer and poet had a cat called Catarina, who was the inspiration for his story “The Black Cat”
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
What people might do with their drinks after a toast changes a letter and becomes a 2006 Adam Sandler movie
What are clink and click
The name of this musical instrument comes from Greek words for "wood" and "voice'"
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After a World War II team dismissed the sticky nature of cyanoacrylates, a sixth‑year chemist found that the same substance could bond items super quickly without any heat or pressure
What is super glue
This breed of cat is almost always female, with only about 1 in 3,000 being male
What is calico
"Pineapple Express", "Gary Payton", and "Cookies and Cream" changes a letter and becomes a tight-fitting jacket
From the Italian word for "of a cave", this adjective today refers to anything strange or ugly
What is grotesque
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What is Zimbabwe
This soft, pliable compound was first intended to be used for wiping soot from wallpaper until a teacher discovered children loved to play with it
What is Play-Doh
The common name for an unspayed female cat usually used for breeding
What is a queen
To reflect on changes a letter and becomes providing a group of people with what they want regardless of it being good, proper, or reasonable
What are ponder and pander
This word for a long-noosed rope used to catch cattle & horses is from the Spanish la reata, "the rope"
In 1859, a chemist was attempting to synthesize a compound called methylene glycol and accidentally created this compound, now used as a preservative in sectors like furniture and construction, healthcare, automotive and airplanes, textiles, etc
What is formaldehyde