Cities by Nickname
"The Big Apple"
New York City
A type of cheese most commonly served with wings.
Blue Cheese
A nocturnal flying mammal and what you'd use to hit a home run.
Bat
This Italian city was the center of the Roman Empire and is home to the Colosseum.
Rome
This British band, featuring John, Paul, George, and Ringo, became one of the most influential rock groups of all time.
The Beatles
"The Big Easy"
New Orleans
The professional baseball team based in Toronto.
Toronto Blue Jays
A place where money is kept and the side of a river.
Bank
This French military leader became emperor of France and conquered much of Europe in the early 1800s.
Napoleon Bonaparte
This 1969 music festival in New York became one of the defining events of the 1960s counterculture.
Woodstock
"Music City"
Nashville
This performance troupe is famous for its three silent performers with bald heads and faces painted this color.
Blue Man Group
This can refer to the flow of water or electricity, or something happening at the present time.
Current
This French queen was famously associated with the quote "Let them eat cake," although historians generally believe she never said it.
Marie Antoinette
This band, formed in 1973, became famous for elaborate makeup on stage and songs such as "Rock and Roll All Nite."
KISS
"The City of Brotherly Love"
Philadelphia
This comedy series follows Alex Moran, Thad Castle, and other students at a fictional university known for its wild football culture and outrageous parties.
Blue Mountain State
This can be an injury or the past tense of a word meaning to twist or coil.
Wound
This disease killed millions of Europeans during the 14th century and is also known as the Black Death.
Bubonic Plague
This 1994 Green Day album transformed the band from a popular punk act into a mainstream rock success.
Dookie
"The City of Light"
Paris
A 1980s rock band known for “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”
Blue Öyster Cult
This can mean gentle and caring or refer to an offer of money for something.
Tender
This treaty officially ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers.
Treaty of Versailles
This 1990s band fronted by Eddie Vedder released its debut album Ten in 1991.
Pearl Jam