History
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This singer released the albums Sour and Guts.
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
This herb gives classic Genovese pesto its green color.
What is basil?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This city is home to the Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain.
What is Rome?
In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from this country.
What is France?
This actor plays both Michael Scott in The Office and Gru in Despicable Me.
Who is Steve Carell?
A classic Moscow mule combines lime juice and ginger beer with this spirit.
What is vodka?
These blood cells carry oxygen using a protein called hemoglobin.
What are red blood cells?
This is the only letter worth five points in standard English-language Scrabble.
What is K?
This ship carried the Pilgrims to present-day Massachusetts in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This HBO series follows the Roy family as they fight for control of Waystar Royco.
What is Succession?
This spice, used in many paellas, comes from the dried stigmas of a crocus flower.
What is saffron?
A substance with a pH of 3 has this many times the hydrogen ion concentration of one with a pH of 5.
What is 100?
This is the only U.S. state with a one-syllable name.
What is Maine?
This Haitian revolutionary led formerly enslaved people in a revolt and died in a French prison before Haiti gained independence.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
This filmmaker directed Get Out, Us, and Nope.
Who is Jordan Peele?
Egg yolks, butter, and lemon juice form the base of this sauce traditionally served on eggs Benedict.
What is hollandaise?
A lack of this vitamin can cause scurvy and interfere with collagen production.
What is vitamin C?
In chess, this tactic attacks two or more pieces at once with a single piece.
What is a fork?
This 1919 treaty formally ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers that signed it.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This Daft Punk album, featuring “Get Lucky,” won Album of the Year at the 2014 Grammys.
What is Random Access Memories?
The Japanese stock called dashi is often made with dried bonito flakes and this type of dried kelp.
What is kombu?
This boundary around a black hole marks the point beyond which even light cannot escape.
What is the event horizon?
This word names a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another, as in “listen” and “silent.”
What is an anagram?