Homonyms
A strange and uncanny characteristic, or one of the Great Lakes
Eerie/ Erie
The ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter
pi
Piper Chapman faces the reality of the prison system in this Emmy-winning Netflix drama.
Orange Is the New Black
To cook something on the stovetop quickly and at high heat, this is also the French word for "jump"
Sauté
Read Mark Twain's classic about a young boy in the antebellum south while you sip strong, juniper-flavoured alcohol.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Gin
To interfere with one's efforts, or a large basket
Hamper
The limit of (1 + 1/n)n as n approaches infinity, or the base of a natural logarithm
e, Euler's Number
This procedural show is about a New York family who all work together in law enforcement.
Blue Bloods
Part of the preparation for Crêpes Suzette, this involves adding alcohol to a dish and igniting it.
Flambé
Enjoy this beverage made from the blue agave plant while reading Harper Lee's novel about racial injustice.
Tequila Mockingbird
To hit your boss, or refuse to work for them
Strike
This is the familiar-sounding name of the number written as the digit 1 followed by one hundred zeros.
googol
Home Improvement meets sketch comedy in this Canadian show starring Steve Smith
The Red Green Show
An aromatic flavour base made from diced onions, carrots, and celery
Mirepoix
A healthy pour of sugar cane-based liquor is necessary for those reading this tale of a power struggle between psychiatric patients and their head nurse.
Rum Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
To move clumsily through water, or a type of flatfish
Flounder
Typically denoted by the letter h, this physical constant relates a photon's energy to its frequency
Planck's Constant
This comedy-drama follows students of colour as they navigate life at an Ivy League college that's not nearly as "post-racial" as it thinks.
Dear White People
Before cooking, you might want to put everything in its place, or prepare this.
Mise en place
While your bottle of premium vodka stays full, somewhere a painting of it becomes depleted.
The Picture of Dorian Grey Goose
The Pitcher of Dorian Grey Goose
Pencilled down information by repetition and memory.
Wrote / rote
The name for the number of atoms in 12 grams of carbon-12
Avogadro's Number
Green Light is the street name for a mixture of cocaine and PCP being distributed in Freeland, the fictional setting for this superhero drama
Black Lightning
This uncooked paste made with equal parts of flour and butter can be added to thicken a sauce.
Beurre manié
This is the Greek, anise-flavoured twist on Edward Albee's play about the complexities of marriage
Ouzo'fraid of Virginia Woolf?