Spices
Spanish for "little gourd", the guajillo is a mild type of these with a heat rating of 2,500-5,000 Scoville units
What is a chili (pepper)?
Won in 2015 by Svetlana Alexievich, it's handed out annually by the Swedish Academy
What is the Nobel Prize for Literature?
A proverb says "look before you" do this
What is leap?
A young bovine
What is a calf?
In a variant of this game, instead of "Do you have any aces?", you ask for an ace of a specific suit
What is go fish?
Trinidad lacked spices used in India but created its own type of this blend used in the island's unofficial national dish
What is curry?
The Newbery Medal goes to writers in this genre; Eleanor Estes won for 1952 with "Ginger Pye"
What is children's writing?
A man wears a boutonniere on this part of his jacket
What is a lapel?
You've got to hand it to this tropical tree
What is a palm?
Ochos Locos, as its name suggests, is an Android app for this card came
What is crazy eights?
The spices in Starbucks pumpkin spice latte topping are cinnamon, clove, ginger & this
What is nutmeg?
Named for a 16th century luminary, this prize is awarded by the Spanish ministry of culture
What is the Cervantes Award?
A color or a fragrant flower
What is lilac?
The 4 equal parts of a relay race
What are legs?
In a kids' game an unpaired queen is this; if you're holding it as the last card, you lose
What is Old Maid?
Curcumin is a yellow pigment of this spice sometimes known as Indian saffron
What is turmeric?
This science fiction award is named for an interstellar gas cloud
What is the Nebula Award?
Another word for vertex or summit
What is apex?
To face & endure something unpleasant, even nauseating
What is stomach?
Hold the gin & deal 7 cards when 3 or 4 play this game instead of just 2 people
What is rummy?
Ouzo & pastis are flavored with this spice that tastes like licorice or fennel
What is anise?
The Poetry Society of America's gold medal was renamed for this man; as he wrote, "Nothing gold can stay"
Who is Robert Frost?
This wild goat sports quite a pair of horns
What is ibex?
Nerve or impertinence; in a 1904 novel Lord Elmsdale says, "That chap's got some"
What is cheek?
In 1959 a championship for this card game debuted on TV, with Charles Goren providing the play-by-play
What is bridge?