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Before crossing a moat of lava with his reluctant steed, this 2001 character denies flatulence and blames it on the brimstone.
Shrek
Arguably the most famous brand of eReaders on the market, this Amazon affiliate brand offer over 6-million titles on its platforms.
Kindle
This 2014 Pitbull song has had a resurgence in popularity thanks to recent TikTok trends involving bald caps and sunglasses.
Fireball
Anatomy: at 38 degrees Celsius, the human body enters this temporary state as the immune systems fights off infection or inflammation.
Fever
While its most famous eruption destroyed the city of Pompeii, this volcano has erupted since- like in 1944 when it destroyed several nearby villages and Allied aircraft.
Mount Vesuvius
This city in NY state shares a name with a type of wild cattle that was nearly hunted to extinction in the late 18th century.
Buffalo
A relative of horseradish, this Japanese rhizome is often served alongside sushi.
Wasabi
This is the mythical bird that is reborn from fire and ashes.
Pheonix
In the 2014 thriller of the same name, this legendary hitman gets even after gangsters break into his home, steal his car, and kill his dog.
John Wick
Greed incarnate, this dragon is the major antagonist in J R R Tolkien's 1937 novel 'The Hobbit'.
Smaug
A televised event where the guest of honour is subjected to insults, teasing, and jokes at their expense by their colleagues and friends.
Roast
Meteorology: this weather phenomenon can heat the air to around 30,000K- hotter than the surface of the sun.
Lightning
This aerial assault by German forces lasted over 8 months in 1940 and 1941, and claimed around 43,000-47,000 lives.
London Blitz
This spice has been recorded in Indian cuisine as far back as 2000BCE, and today is the most commonly traded spice worldwide, after salt.
Black Peppercorn
Made with Korean-native gochugaru pepper flakes, cabbage, rice paste and other vegetables, this iconic side dish is served with most meals.
Kimchi
He is the Greek god of fire, metalworking, and volcanoes.
Hepheaustus/Vulcan (Roman version)
After Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones, Season 1) emerges from the ashes of a smoldering hut unscathed, she earns this honourary title.
The Unburnt
In this book, the second installment of the trilogy, Katniss Everdeen enters the arena in a fight to the death- again.
Catching Fire
This emoji became shorthand for a compliment- but don't send one to your boss.
🔥
Astronomy: This planet holds the record for the hottest surface temperature in the solar system.
Venus
Construction first began on this famous landmark in 1163. Re-construction began in 2016 when the roof caught fire.
Notre Dame Cathedral
While it did cost more than gold per gram in the 14th century, this bright-red spice will only set you back around $5-10 per gram today.
Saffron
This region of China lends its name to the spice it's famous for- a berry known to produce a tingling or numbing effect.
Sichuan
Famous for his fall, this mythical character forgot about the melting point of wax during his escape from the Labrinth of Crete.
Icarus
10 minutes of footage squished into 10 seconds of screentime made for an iconic face-melting death scene at the end of this 1981 adventure film.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
In this first title of the Empyrean Series, Violet Sorrengale joins the Dragon Riders at the Basgiath War College.
Fourth Wing
2010-2015 slang in the same category as "awesome", "cool", and "excellent".
Lit
Geology: "lava" is to surface, as "this" is to underground.
Magma
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake was the cause of this volcano's eruption in 1980- which reduced the mountain's altitude by 1300 feet.
Mount St. Helens
Often mistaken for one of the 5 major "tastes" (like sour, sweet, salty...), this sensation is actually picked up by pain receptors, not taste buds cells.
Spicy
This pepper, developed in South Carolina USA, held the title for the spiciest pepper in the world until its creator cultivated one hotter, and called it "Pepper X".
Carolina Reaper
Legend claims that this Roman emperor played the fiddle as Rome burned in 64 CE- but he had an alibi. He was out of town that day.
Nero
Nick Cage dons a leather jacket and a hot new hairstyle as he plays Johnny Blaze in this 2007 action thriller.
Ghost Rider
In Exodus 3, Moses sees this dazzling phenomenon as God tells him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
The Burning Bush
This sesame street character is a regular in memes, including one where he seems to be reveling in the flames of chaos.
Elmo
Archeology: glossy and black, this volcanic glass has been used to make arrowheads and sharp edges for Millenia.
Obsidian
This famous disaster began in July of 64CE, and claimed 10 out of the 14 districts in the city. Nero blamed it on the Christians.
The Great Fire of Rome
This part of a chili pepper is where the highest concentration of capsicum are found, making it the spiciest part!
Pith/Placenta
These peppers are found in many Jamaican and Trinidadian recipes.
Scotch bonnet
Translating to "Twilight of the Gods", this prophesized apocalypse in Norse mythology starts with a three-year winter, and ends in flames.
Ragnarok
In this 2007 British comedy, an overachieving London cop is reassigned to a quaint countryside, and quickly gets to work doling out justice.
Hot Fuzz
According to a Fire Chief who told Ray Bradbury, this is the temperature necessary for book pages to catch fire.
451 degrees Fahrenheit
The idea for this popular crunchy snack was first pitched by Richard Montanez while he was working as a janitor at Frito Lay, who wanted to create a snack that catered to Latinos.
Flaming Hot Cheeots
Chemistry: this chemical activates TRPV1 receptors, which normally respond to heat, and produces the "spicy" sensation.
Capsaicin
The largest human-made explosion of its time in 1917, this famous disaster involved two ships: the SS Mont Blanc and the SS Imo.
The Halifax Explosion
This brand of Korean ramen is notorious for being ultra spicy!
Buldak
These Mexican peppers are what give "al pastor" meat its flavour and bright red colour.
Guajillo
While often rumored to have been destroyed in a great fire, this ancient center of knowledge is instead believed by experts to have succumbed to underfunding.
Library of Alexandria
When four friends accidentally awaken a presence in the woods in 1981's "Evil Dead", this character at least survives to see the sequel.
Ash
Technically a poem, this 14th century narrative follows the narrator's journey on a guided tour through Hell.
Dante's Inferno (The Inferno)
In a popular meme, a dog dressed in business casual sits at his kitchen table while his house is on fire, and says this.
This is fine.
Botany: this family of plants includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, tobacco, belladonna and chili peppers.
Nightshade/Solanaceae
Poor agriculture practices and extreme drought are considered factors that led to this 1930s environmental disaster in the North American plains.
The Dustbowl
This unit of measurement, used culinarily rather than scientifically, is used to measure spiciness.
Scoville
This pepper is not only used in food, but is also used in India to deter elephants away from crops.
Ghost pepper
A key figure in the foiled "Gunpowder Plot" of 1605 in London, this man was hung for his part in the attempt to blow up parliament.
Guy Fawkes
Constantly feuding with his "cooler" step brother, this stop-motion character from 1974's 'The Year Without Santa Claus' is the hot-headed one.
Heat Miser
In this 1907 song by Robert W. Service, the narrator reluctantly fulfills an old Chuck's last request.
The Cremation of Sam McGee
Paquin, a tortilla chip company, started this "Internet challenge" in 2016 with a misleadingly simple premise.
The one-chip-challenge.
Geography: this country holds the current record for the highest number of active volcanoes.
Indonesia
A fire that began in this Canadian Village in 1812 still ranks as one of the three largest fires in North American history.
Miramichi
This chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars is what causes the complex flavours and browning colour on cooked foods.
The Maillard Reaction
This pepper was originally native to the Americas, but after being brought to west and south Africa by the Portuguese, has become a staple there.
Piri-Piri
these creatures actually do exist, but they can't survive fires as medieval legends claim.
Salamanders