words that sound like letters (ie: aye -> i)
These insects are dying at an alarming rate, because of a phenomenon called colony collapse disorder
bee
In 2012 Taco Bell teamed up with Frito Lay to provide this special taco shell.
Doritos Locos Taco
This host of Late Night told this joke about OBL during the 2011 WHCD. Unbeknownst to him, the Obama administration assassinated Bin Laden the very next day.
Seth Myers
VIII minus IV
IV
8-4=4
I am paying the highest possible tariff on this hair removal method
max wax tax
To be in debt to
owe
Taco Bell's menu features this iconic hexagonal menu item. It has been described as a cross between a Tostada and a Burrito Supreme.
crunch wrap supreme
She hosted the 2015 dinner and made this joke.
(play video)
Cecily Strong
V * X (V times X)
L
5*10=50
this passenger of my engine-less aircraft is fatter than others
wider glider rider
this data structure also describes an orderly line of people
a queue
In 2004, PepsiCo gave Taco Bell the rights to sell this exclusive tropical lime flavor of Mountain Dew
Baja Blast
This comedian hosted the 2006 dinner while playing a character that satirized right wing cable TV pundits. He also played this character on his comedy central show which aired after The Daily Show
Stephen Colbert
IIV (II to the power V)
XXXII
2^5=32
3 AM heterosexual discourse/argument
late straight debate
In french, it is la mer. In Spanish it is el mar
the sea
Daily Double
Released in 2015, the hottest flavor of Taco Bell's signature hot sauce comes in a black colored packet. This is that sauce's name.
This comedienne, and Late Night with Seth Meyers writer, hosted the 2018 dinner and was criticized for her "harsh" jokes about the Trump Administration and the administration's press sec, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The 2019 dinner was hosted by a journalist, not a comedian as a result of the outcry.
Michelle Wolf
XLII-III
XXXIX
42-3=39
A four stringed instrument inside the German captial
Violin within Berlin
A Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale tells the story of this object being put under a young woman's mattress to test if she really is a princess
pea
This comedian and actor hosted the 2014 dinner. He also played an ex-lawyer named Jeffery Winger.
Joel McHale
IV! (IV factorial)
XXIV
4!=120
A simple non-fiction movie about prisons
Rudimentary Penitentiary Documentary