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This Italian dessert literally means “pick me up.”
ANSWER: Tiramisu
This children’s author created a mischievous monkey named Curious George with his wife Margret.
ANSWER: H. A. Rey
“Where’s the beef?” was a famous slogan for this fast-food chain.
ANSWER: Wendy’s
This country shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.
ANSWER: Dominican Republic
This familiar tool has a claw on one end for pulling nails.
ANSWER: Claw hammer
This cheese is traditionally used in a Greek salad and is often made from sheep’s milk.
ANSWER: Feta
This novel begins with a girl named Dorothy living on a Kansas farm.
ANSWER: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
This insurance mascot is a small green reptile with a British accent.
ANSWER: GEICO gecko
This U.S. state is bordered by exactly one other state.
ANSWER: Maine
The tiny hole in the top of a ballpoint pen cap can help reduce this danger if swallowed.
ANSWER: Choking / suffocation
This Louisiana dish gets its name from a West African word for okra, according to one common etymology.
ANSWER: Gumbo
This author wrote The Old Man and the Sea.
ANSWER: Ernest Hemingway
This brand’s commercial character said “I’m cuckoo for ______!”
ANSWER: Cocoa Puffs / Sonny the Cuckoo Bird
This sea separates much of northeastern Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.
ANSWER: Red Sea
This fabric pattern features interlocking broken checks and is named for a dog’s tooth.
ANSWER: Houndstooth
This French cooking term means ingredients are prepared and in place before cooking begins.
ANSWER: Mise en place
This fictional detective lives at 221B Baker Street.
ANSWER: Sherlock Holmes
“Plop, plop, fizz, fizz” promoted this antacid.
ANSWER: Alka-Seltzer
This European capital sits on the River Liffey.
ANSWER: Dublin
This gardening practice trains trees to grow flat against a wall or frame.
ANSWER: Espalier
This Japanese dish features battered and deep-fried seafood or vegetables.
ANSWER: Tempura
This author created the March sisters in Little Women.
ANSWER: Louisa May Alcott
This brand used a lonely repairman to emphasize how rarely its appliances needed fixing.
ANSWER: Maytag
This mountain range forms a natural border between Spain and France.
ANSWER: Pyrenees
This small metal plate around a door’s keyhole is called this.
ANSWER: Escutcheon