Word Origins
Luncheon meat named for a city in Italy
What is baloney?
According to Hamilton, this 1800 presidential candidate has beliefs, while his opponent Aaron Burr has none
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The shooting in the neck of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian terrorist Gavrilo Princip triggered this war of global proportions
What is World War I?
When Canada joined this major global conflict in September of 1939, English-speaking Canadians generally supported conscription, while French-speaking Canadians were generally against it
What is World War II?
The coronation of a Scandinavian queen with ice powers goes badly awry, resulting in an unending magical blizzard; her younger sister must track her down and use the power of love to help save their kingdom
What is Frozen?
A bed built on a shelf over another bed
What is bunk?
In "Tomorrow There'll Be More of Us," Hamilton receives word that this dear friend of his was killed in South Carolina
Who is John Laurens?
This 35th president of the United States was famously assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald
Who is John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
French Canada once included all of the Great Lakes, including this "best" one
What is Lake Superior?
Winston Smith falls in love with Julia, but eventually learns to love Big Brother instead
What is 1984?
The only day of the week still named after a Roman god in English
What is Saturday?
Helium or this can be used to raise a balloon from which a gondola is suspended
What is hot air?
In "Cabinet Battle #1," Hamilton points out that Virginia's debts are only paid because of this institution
What is chattel slavery?
We are this pro-MAGA activist, who was lowkenuinely shot in the neck at Utah Valley University in September 2025
Who is Charlie Kirk?
This namesake of a certain college town in western Massachusetts led the British capture of Montreal during the French and Indian War
Who was Lord Jeffery Amherst?
Peter Parker asks Dr. Strange to make the world forget his secret identity, but the spell goes awry, summoning several sinister villains from alternate universes who Peter (as well as Peter 2 and Peter 3) must "cure"
What is Spider-Man: No Way Home?
This term for one who willfully destroys another’s property comes from the name of a particular group of Germanic peoples
What is a vandal?
A tower in Genesis 11:9
What is Babel?
Hercules Mulligan works in this profession; although "My Shot" refers to him as an apprentice, he had in reality already become a master by this point
What is tailoring?
A D.C. police officer named Thomas Delahanty caught a bullet in the neck during the 1981 assassination attempt on this Republican U.S. president
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This international river named for a 3rd-century Roman deacon flows from Lake Ontario, aka Lake America, past Montreal and Quebec City, and into a gulf that shares the river's name
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The title wizard is denied membership in the title organization, and then spends an entire school year being oppressed and abused by an authoritarian professor
What is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?
The word “checkmate” is in part derived from this Persian word for king
What is Shāh?
In this goblin language from Harry Potter, bladvak means pickaxe
What is Gobbledegook?
George Washington wants every American to be able to sit here, where no one can make them afraid
Where is under their own vine and fig tree?
This zombie played by Jon Bernthal is shot in the neck by Carl Grimes in season 2, episode 12 of The Walking Dead
Who is Shane Walsh?
This official motto of Quebec is rather difficult to forget
What is "je me souviens"?
A San Francisco widower enlists the help of his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters in what becomes quite a packed domicile
What is Full House?