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These small Turkish dumplings are traditionally filled with meat and served with garlic yogurt and sauce. Their name is sometimes translated as “little ears.”
Mantı
Spotify. Netflix. YouTube Premium. What business model connects all three?
Subscription
This famous street food is especially associated with boats and stalls around Eminönü and the Galata Bridge in Istanbul.
Balık Ekmek
Plants depend on its energy, civilizations built calendars around it, and its light takes about eight minutes to reach Earth.
The Sun
First sold in Atlanta in 1886, this famous drink began as a pharmacist’s syrup mixed with carbonated water.
Coca-Cola
This breakfast food was created in the late 19th century after an experiment with cooked grain produced thin, crispy flakes.
Cornflakes
A bitten apple. A rainbow-striped logo. A garage in California. What company connects these clues?
Apple
Traditionally placed along the wall of a Turkish room, this piece of furniture also gave English the name used for a psychoanalyst’s couch.
Divan
It can hold your messages, photos, tickets, banking apps and entertainment. Losing it can make a modern person feel completely disconnected.
A Smartphone
This kitchen appliance was developed after an engineer working with radar noticed that a candy bar in his pocket had melted.
Microwave Oven
Although strongly associated with France, the ancestor of this flaky, crescent-shaped pastry is generally traced to the Austrian kipferl.
Croissant
Green code. Two colored pills. A simulated reality. What film connects all three?
The Matrix
In this traditional Turkish shadow theatre, one title character is impulsive and outspoken, while the other is educated and speaks more formally.
Karagöz and Hacivat
You step into this moving metal box with strangers, wait in awkward silence, and use it to travel vertically through a building.
An Elevator
While working with springs during World War II, an engineer accidentally knocked one down and watched it appear to “walk.” It eventually became what famous toy?
Slinky
The name of this Italian dessert literally means “pick me up,” possibly referring to ingredients such as coffee and cocoa.
Tiramisu
A rabbit. A pocket watch. A hole in the ground. What story connects all three?
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Wheat and meat are cooked together and beaten until they form a thick texture in this traditional ceremonial dish, whose tradition was inscribed by UNESCO in 2011.
Keşkek
At this type of cinema, people park in front of a giant outdoor screen and watch the movie without ever leaving their cars.
Drive-in Movie Theater
After noticing how easily paint could cover mistakes, an American secretary began experimenting at home with a liquid that could hide typing errors. Her invention eventually became a common office product.
Liquid Paper / Correction Fluid
This Mexican sauce can contain chili peppers, spices, nuts and, in some versions, chocolate. Its name comes from a Nahuatl word meaning “sauce.”
Mole
A luxury fashion house famous for its equestrian heritage and the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology share what name?
Hermes
According to tradition, this mixture of herbs and spices was prepared in Manisa to help cure Hafsa Sultan, the mother of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. Its annual festival is recognized by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage.
Mesir Macunu
In the U.S., this place may have chrome walls, booths, a long counter, endless coffee and a menu where breakfast is available all day.
Diner
Developed at Bell Laboratories in 1947, this tiny electronic component replaced bulky vacuum tubes and helped make modern computers and smartphones possible.
Transistor