From King Tot to Spudnik
Despite continuing to export large amounts of food, this country lost over 20% of its population due to starvation caused by potato blight in the mid-1800s.
This self-proclaimed greatest botanist on the planet had to suffer through running out of ketchup to accompany his diet of all natural, organic, Martian-grown potatoes.
Who is Mark Watney?
These surface indentations may make you say nay to eating a potato, but they are the buds that sprout into new potato plants.
What are eyes?
Despite being famous for producing another staple crop, these two countries rice to the occasion by leading global potato production.
What are China and India?
One of the largest potato purchasers in the world, this brand’s logo is as golden as their French fries.
What is McDonalds?
To encourage the consumption of potatoes, this famous French royalty wore potato buds as decorations on her head … while she still had it.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
This doctor was told to “hold onto his potatoes” before a car chase through Shanghai.
A 2025 study showed that this plant shares more than a rhyme with the potato; they have a common ancestor.
What is a tomato?
This country makes a strong case that French Fries is a misnomer and that they invented them. But they prefer to eat their fries with mayonnaise, so can they really be trusted?
What is Belgium?
A little self-restraint is all it takes to prove this brand wrong, despite its marketing team's 63-year-old challenge.
What is Lays?
This ill-fated space shuttle delivered the first tubers to space to test their development in microgravity.
What is the Columbia?
The antagonist in this video game literally does not have the energy to lie to you; her potato body only generates 1.1 volts of electricity.
What is Portal 2?
Despite common misconceptions, potatoes are not the root of the plant; they are instead classified as this part of the plant structure.
What is a Stem? (Or Tuber?)
This province invented a dish made by Poutine cheese curds and gravy on French fries.
What is Quebec?
This company Tot-ally changed the market by repackaging waste slivers of processed potatoes to make the tater tot in 1953.
What is Ore-Ida?
This vice president’s political aspirations were mashed after he misspelled potato at a children’s spelling bee.
Who is Dan Quayle?
This voice actor played the famous father of Potato Puff, Lumpy, Dimples, and Spud in his adventures with a cowboy, space ranger, and a toy pig who loved to Hamm it up.
Who is Don Rickles?
While green eggs and ham may make a great breakfast, green potatoes will make you very sick due to these toxic chemicals.
What are Glycoalkaloids? (Or Solanine?)
Indigenous peoples in this mountainous region minted long term storage techniques that allowed them to safely keep potatoes for years.
What are the Andes?
No boiling, mashing, or sticking in a stew required: instant potatoes were introduced in this decade of peak American ingenuity.
When is the 1950s?