Best the Barista
This edible fruit inspires many of Starbucks’ Seasonal Fall beverages and is best known for “keeping the doctor away.”
What is an apple?
This North American country has two officially-recognized languages and more than 10 “semi-offical” languages.
What is Canada?
At 8 days old, Jewish babies customarily undergo this controversial process that many purport is “bodily mutilation.”
What is circumcision?
This starry duet by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone won the Oscar for “Best Orignal Song” in 2017.
What is "City of Stars?"
This school extracurricular activity was Izzy’s pride and joy during high school
What is the school newspaper?
To make this milk coffee, one combines layers of espresso and milk and in some cases, an added flavored syrup.
What is a latte?
The Pacific Southwest dialect of American English, sometimes referred to as “valleyspeak,” is stereotypical of speakers from this state on the west coast.
What is California?
This Jewish holiday is celebrated with donuts and serves as candle-lit counterprograming to Christmas.
What is Hannukkah?
Meryl Streep sings, “The winner takes it all, the loser _____” in the penultimate performance of 2008’s Mamma Mia!
What is "takes it all."
Izzy's ancestral blood is from these three countries.
What is Iran, Ukraine, and Israel?
A hip beverage consumer will use this igneous phrase to order their drink undiluted, with ice cubes.
What is "on the rocks?"
This Semitic language is spoken by over 150 million people in the Middle East, and is just one of three languages commonly spoken by those living in Israel.
What is Arabic?
This Jewish event recurs every weekend without exception from Friday’s Sunset to Staturday’s nightfall, and is commonly accompanied by a communal dinner.
What is Shabbat/Sabbath?
This impious 2022 collaboration between Sam Smith and Kim Petras was the first song by nonbinary and transgender artists to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
What is "Unholy?"
Izzy applied to Cornell with this double-major & minor combination. Hint: he does none of these now!
What is a double major in Psychology & English and a minor in Gender & Sexuality Studies?
This grenadine grog is served sweet and is named after a 20th-century Californian child-star turned diplomat.
Who is Shirley Temple?
This style guide of American English governs much of what is used in publishing, having originated in the 20th century out of one of the largest metropolitan areas in the midwest.
What is Chicago?
Be sure not to pass over this unleavened bread snack, commonly referred to as “poor man’s bread.”
The followup to Taylor Swift’s self-titled debut album was originally released in 2008 and later re-released in 2021 with these words appended to its name.
What is "Taylor's Version?"
What was unique about Izzy’s hair as a little child, up until he was 3 years old?
What is EXTREMELY LONG HAIR (to the hip)
This orange-garnished, whiskey-based cocktail is served on the rocks and is not quite “with the times.”
Not to be confused with phonetics, this linguistic field studies the interactions between speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language.
What is Phonology?
Pregnant women and the ill are exempt from this Jewish obligation that occurs six times per year.
What is fasting?
How low can you go? This song, named after a Trinidian dance that requires flexibility of the spine, was released in 2012 by Daddy Yankee.
What is "Limbo?"
During the summer before 8th grade, Izzy got into trouble with his middle school for this snippy mishap.
What is an "inappropriate haircut?"