Obscure Words
A noun, one at whom anything is flung.
What is a flingee?
A soft, chewy cookie characterized by a cracked surface and a tangy flavor, created by rolling the dough in a cinnamon-sugar mixture before baking.
What is a snickerdoodle?
This man had no earthly father.
Who is Jesus Christ?
This country is the birthplace of the creamy yellow cow’s milk cheese known as Gouda.
What is the Netherlands?
This king was compelled to sign the Magna Carta, was excommunicated by the Pope, and is often called “the worst king of England.”
Who was John Lackland?
A verb, to act frivolously.
What is to frivol?
A crisp biscuit flavored with ginger, molasses, and other spices like cinnamon and cloves. The dough is often chilled, rolled into balls, coated in sugar, and baked until they are flat and firm enough to "snap" when broken.
What is a Gingersnap?
Though this man did have an earthly father and mother, his birth was quite miraculous due to his parents’ ages — 90 and 100!
Who was Isaac?
This country is the birthplace of the hard, granular aged cheese known as Parmesan.
What is Italy?
Prince Leopold inherited this genetic disorder from his mother, Queen Victoria.
What is hemophilia?
A noun, a demand or proposal approaching an ultimatum.
What is a penultimatum?
A traditional Scottish biscuit made from flour, butter, and sugar, known for its crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth texture.
What is Shortbread?
The birth of this baby boy was the cause of great rejoicing for his widowed grandmother Naomi.
Who was Obed?
This country is the birthplace of the relatively hard, naturally off-white and sometimes sharp cheese known as Cheddar.
What is England/UK?
Harthacanute, the last Danish king to rule England, died suddenly while doing what?
a). While giving a toast at a wedding.
b). While dining with his mother
c). While returning from a hunt.
d). While waiting to enter battle with his troops.
What is a), while giving a toast at a wedding?
A noun, bad handwriting.
What is cacography?
A traditional, thin, and crisp Dutch, Belgian, and German spiced shortcrust cookie that is a staple around the Christmas season. They are also widely known as "Dutch windmill cookies" due to their traditional shapes.
What are speculaas?
This was the son that the Angel of the Lord proclaimed to Manoah and his wife, who was barren.
Who was Samson?
This country is the birthplace of the white, semi-hard, mild and slightly sweet cheese known as Monterey Jack.
What is the United States of America?
This was King Alfred’s first victory over the Danish Viking forces, although he was not king at the time. Some say King Æthelred’s late entry into the battle, due to refusing to cut short devotions, actually helped the west Saxons win the fight.
What is the Battle of Ashdown?
A noun, the capability of sinning.
What is peccability?
Buttery, sweet, shortbread-like Christmas cookies that get their name from the German word for "squirt" because they are formed by pressing dough through a special tool called a cookie press, creating festive shapes like wreaths, trees, or snowflakes, decorated with sprinkles or nuts before baking for a crisp edge and tender, melt-in-your-mouth center.
What are spritz cookies?
This woman’s father Reuel, also called Jethro, was the priest of Midian during the time of the Exodus.
Who was Zipporah?
This country is the birthplace of the semisoft cow’s milk cheese with small, irregular openings known as Havarti.
What is Denmark?
This monarch, who reigned from 1760-1820, was the first of the house of Hanover to speak English as his first language.
Who was King George III?