Apples
According to folklore, this itinerant nurseryman traveled across Ohio and Indiana, planting apple trees and wearing a tin pot on his head.
Who is Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman)?
Situated between Israel and Jordan, this hyper-saline lake has shores that mark the lowest land-based elevation on Earth.
What is the Dead Sea?
This massive Texas-based travel center chain is famous for its clean restrooms, Beaver Nuggets, and a smiling rodent mascot.
What is Buc-ee's?
This tactile writing system used by visually impaired people is not a language itself, but a code that represents letters and symbols.
What is Braille?
Fronted by a young Michael, this Gary, Indiana sibling group topped the charts in the 1970s.
Who are the Jackson 5 (or the Jacksons)?
Mike, Carol, Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby, Cindy and Alice
Who are The Brady Bunch?
This historic company, founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976, shares its name with the crisp orchard fruit.
What is Apple Inc.?
Canada shares its only international land border with this country.
What is the United States?
Each spring, these vibrant blue wildflowers blanket Texas roadsides and fields, drawing crowds for family photos.
What are bluebonnets?
Unlocked by the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, this ancient Egyptian system used pictorial characters to record records and religious texts
What are hieroglyphs?
Founded by John D. Sr., this famously wealthy American family built their massive fortune through the Standard Oil company.
Who are the Rockefellers?
Fred and Wilma, their daughter Pebbles, and a pet dinosaur named Dino.
Who are The Flintstones?
In Greek mythology, this individual rolled golden apples across the racetrack to distract Atlanta so he could win her hand in marriage.
Who is Hippomenes?
This active stratovolcano in Washington state violently erupted in May 1980, blowing off its entire summit.
What is Mount St. Helens?
This historic San Antonio mission was the site of a famous 1836 battle where William B. Travis and Davy Crockett made their final stand.
What is the Alamo?
Known as the "Language of Love,"
What is French?
This banking dynasty, founded in 18th-century Germany by Mayer Amschel, became one of the most powerful financial families in world history.
Who are the Rothschilds?
Living in the town of Springfield, this yellow-skinned family consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
Who are The Simpsons?
This legendary Swiss marksman was forced to shoot an apple off his son's head with a crossbow.
Who is William Tell?
This 150-mile-long scenic highway connects the Florida mainland to Key West, passing over dozens of bridges.
What is the Overseas Highway (U.S. Route 1)?
Before joining the United States in 1845, Texas existed as an independent nation known by this official title.
What was the Republic of Texas?
This is the most widely spoken native language within the European Union, serving as the official language of Germany and Austria.
What is German?
Cornelius "The Commodore" built his family's massive Gilded Age fortune through steamboats and the New York Central Railroad.
Who are the Vanderbilts?
George, Jane, Judy, Elroy, and a robot maid named Rosie
Who are The Jetsons?
This popular, bright green variety is famous for its tart flavor and crisp texture, making it a favorite for pies.
What is the Granny Smith?
Sharing its name with a famous French palace, this New England city holds the title of the smallest U.S. state capital by population.
What is Montpelier (Vermont)?
This vibrant state capital is famously home to the main campus of the University of Texas and a massive colony of Mexican free-tailed bats.
What is Austin?
Due to its massive global empire, this European country's language is the official tongue of Brazil, Angola, and Mozambique.
What is Portugal?
Based in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, this iconic American political family produced a president, an attorney general, and a long-serving senator.
Who are the Kennedys?
This spooky, kooky, altogether ooky television family features parents Gomez and Morticia, and their children Wednesday and Pugsley.
Who are The Addams Family?
This classic autumn game involves players trying to catch floating apples using only their teeth.
What is bobbing for apples?
This Great Lake is the only one located entirely within the borders of the United States.
What is Lake Michigan?
This coastal island city was devastated by a historic, unnamed hurricane in 1900, which remains the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
What is Galveston?
Developed for Star Trek, this harsh, guttural language features words like Qapla' and has its own official language institute.
What is Klingon?
This country music dynasty features "The Man in Black" and his wife, who was a member of the historic Mother Maybelle musical group
Who are the Cash and Carter families?
This family operates their massive oil business and lives together on the iconic, sprawling Texas ranch "SouthFork".
Who are The Ewings?
In the classic fairy tale Snow White, the Evil Queen disguises herself as an old peddler woman to trick Snow White into eating a poisoned apple that is this specific color on one side.
What is red?
This hyper-arid South American desert, located west of the Andes mountains, is recognized as the driest non-polar desert on Earth.
What is the Atacama Desert?
This San Antonio-born fast-food chain is easily recognized by its bright orange-and-white striped, A-frame restaurants.
What is Whataburger?
This Goidelic Celtic language is the historical national language and is still taught in Irish schools today.
What is Irish (or Irish Gaelic)?
This legendary American theatrical family boasts generations of actors, including siblings John, Ethel, and Lionel, and their grandniece Drew.
Who are the Barrymores?
John Boy, Jason, Ben, Mary Ellen, Jim Bob, Erin and Elizabeth.
Who are The Waltons?
Introduced by the University of Minnesota in the 1990s, this wildly popular, premium apple cultivar is prized for its signature explosive crispness and balanced sweet-tart flavor.
What is the Honeycrisp?
This city serves as the capital of Australia, intentionally built inland as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne.
What is Canberra?
This Brennan-founded ice cream company, based out of Brenham, is fiercely loved by Texans and famously sells its pints in "gold rim" containers.
What is Blue Bell Creameries?
This Afroasiatic language is read and written from right to left, and its script is used across North Africa and the Middle East.
What is Arabic?
Sibling actors Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen are both the sons of this legendary West Wing actor.
Who is Martin Sheen?
Ozzie, Harriett, Ricky and David
Who are The Nelsons?
This complex carbohydrate found in apple cell walls is commonly extracted to help jellies and jams set.
What is pectin?
This landlocked Asian country has the unique distinction of being the only nation bordered entirely by exactly two other countries: Russia and China.
What is Mongolia?
This official Texas state mammal is known for its bony, armored shell and its habit of digging holes.
What is the nine-banded armadillo?
This is the primary language spoken in England, Australia, and the United States.
What is English?
This French-American industrial family founded a massive chemical company in 1802 that went on to invent nylon, Teflon, and Kevlar.
Who are the du Ponts?
This real-life stepson of Shirley Jones became a massive 1970s teen idol playing the eldest son and lead singer, Keith Partridge.
Who was David Cassidy?
Apple seeds contain this chemical compound, which releases deadly hydrogen cyanide when chewed or digested in massive quantities.
What is amygdalin?
Measuring over 20,300 feet, this Alaskan peak is the highest mountain in North America.
What is Denali (formerly Mount McKinley)?
This major West Texas city is known as the "Capital of the Permian Basin" and serves as a major hub for the region's oil industry.
What is Midland?
This is the most spoken language in Africa that doesn't originate from Europe, serving as a major lingua franca across East Africa in countries like Kenya and Tanzania.
What is Swahili?
This modern-day family owns a majority stake in Walmart, making them one of the wealthiest families in the world.
Who are the Waltons?
The Cunningham's: Howard, Marion, Richie and Joanie
What is Happy Days?
This gas, naturally produced by apples as they ripen, causes other nearby fruits to ripen and spoil faster.
What is ethylene?
This remote Pacific island, a territory of Chile, is famous for its nearly 1,000 monumental stone statues called Moai.
What is Easter Island (Rapa Nui)?
This famous 1901 oil discovery near Beaumont triggered the major Texas oil boom and transformed the state's economy overnight.
What is Spindletop?
Boasting over 1.3 billion native speakers, this language group has more native speakers than any other language in the world
What is Mandarin Chinese?
This classical music genius was part of a famous family that included his sister Maria Anna and his composer father Leopold.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Samantha, Darren, Tabitha and Endora.
What is Bewitched?
This European capital is famous for "Apfelwein" (apple wine) and even has a traditional fountain dedicated to it.
What is Frankfurt (Germany)?
Spanning 11 time zones, this largest country in the world by land area stretches from eastern Europe to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Russia?
Spanning 27 counties, this massive historic ranch in South Texas is one of the largest property holdings in the world and uses a "Running W" brand.
What is the King Ranch?
This dead language, once spoken in ancient India, remains the sacred liturgical language of Hinduism and Buddhism today.
What is Sanskrit?
Ruling Russia for over 300 years, this imperial dynasty came to a tragic end in 1918 during the Russian Revolution.
What is the House of Romanov?
Ward, June, Wally and Theodore.
Who are The Cleavers on Leave it to Beaver4?