Rhyme Time
A fuzzy fungus growing at the back of a freezer
Cold mold
Discovered on Skull Island, this giant prehistoric ape famously scaled the Empire State Building while clutching Ann Darrow.
King Kong
By observing four moons orbiting Jupiter through a homemade telescope in 1610, this Italian astronomer proved that not everything orbits the Earth.
Galileo Galilei
A single-portion takeout meal
Bento
conchiglie, consigliere, cappelletti, creste di gallo
consigliere
A clothes fastener that can't stop eating.
Glutton Button
This endoskeletal extraterrestrial from Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece features concentrated acid for blood and an inner pharyngeal jaw.
Xenomorph
This Austrian monk uncovered the fundamental laws of genetic inheritance by meticulously breeding and studying these garden pea plants in the 1860s.
Gregor Mendel
The art of tending miniature trees; also can refer to the trees itself.
Bonsai
manicotti, mineola, mostaccioli, macaroni
mineola
An Aussie marsupial's way of speaking
Dingo Lingo
Possessed by the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray through a voodoo ritual, this "Good Guy" doll comes to life to continue his murder spree.
Chucky
In 1781, this British astronomer originally mistook the 7th planet from the Sun for a comet or star, but is now credited to being the first known person to discover a planet within our solar system.
William Herschel
Ideograms used in electronic messages and webpages
Emoji
fregula, farandole, fideo, farfalloni
farandole
A red-headed person who makes you feel more secondhand embarrassment more than another red-head.
Cringer Ginger
The name of the massive, 25-foot Great White Shark terrorized the summer beachgoers of Amity Island in Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster.
Bruce
This German meteorologist proposed the continental drift theory in 1912, suggesting Earth's continents were once joined in a supercontinent named Pangaea.
Alfred Wegener
A Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement of working practices and personal efficiency, initially made famous by the 1986 book of same name.
Emoji
tortoni, tortiglioni, tortellini, tonnarelli
A fake horse-drawn carriage
Sham Pram
The name of the dragon Hagrid hatched from an egg in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Nobert (later renamed Noberta)
In 1789, this French chemist established the fundamental law stating that matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction.
Antoine Lavoisier
A small amount of something
Skosh
campanelle, cavatelli, cannelloni, calamanco
calamenco