Food & Drink
Which Mexican beverage is made with plant milk (usually rice) and sweetened with sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon?
Horchata
Iguazú Falls, one of the world's most spectacular waterfall systems, is located on the Iguazú River that forms a border between Argentina and what Portuguese-speaking country?
Brazil
What common herb do some eaters complain tastes of soap? Some consumers of this plant in the family Apiaceae have a variation in their olfactory-receptor genes which brings out the soapy taste of this plant’s leaves.
Cilantro (coriander)
Brackish describes water that is a mix of salty sea water and which other kind of water (like from a stream)?
Fresh
Somewhere between a coffee and a dessert, an ‘affogato’ contains espresso poured over what other star ingredient?
Gelato
Many animals estivate for portions of the year. What is the more common American English term for this behavior?
Hibernation
Rice-A-Roni, Cap'n Crunch, and Life Cereals are all food brands that PepsiCo acquired as part of their 2001 purchase of what company?
Quaker Oats Company
Generally defined as drought-resistant plants because of parts with thickened flesh for retaining water, what class of plants has had huge growth driven by Millennial purchasers?
Succulents
Jim Dandy’s known for a quick version of hot cereal that’s made from finely ground corn. What’s the dish called?
Grits
What creature with an equine name has no teeth or stomach, mates for life, and is the only species on Earth where the male carries the unborn offpsring?
Seahorse
What small, common forage fish, of the family Engraulidae, can be found in marine and fresh water? They are an acquired taste as far as food fish go, sometimes eaten out of a can, or served on a pizza.
Anchovy
What word is technically a wave generated by an undersea earthquake?
Tsunami
The orange-and-blue packaging of what Nestle candy bar proclaims that it is "crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery?"
Butterfinger
What bird, extinct by 1681, was named for the Portuguese word for "stupid"?
Dodo
Gin is traditionally flavored with the berry-like cones of which tree?
Juniper
What biome shares its name with a Toyota truck and appears in the moniker for a famous Wisconsin football stadium?
Tundra
Introduced in 1927, what powdered drink mix is the official state soft drink of Nebraska, where it was invented?
Kool-Aid
In which mountain chain would you find Mount Everest?
Himalayas
What popular cereal brand was introduced in 1941, and released its popular “Honey Nut” spin-off in 1979?
Cheerios
Speleology is the scientific study of which type of natural feature, the world's largest system of which, by total length, is located in Kentucky?
Caves