LITERARY TITLE BEVERAGES
Okakura Kakuzo's classic work The Book of this beverage explores its history & place in Asian culture
TEA
The country with the highest population of Catholics is this South American one with about 123 million
BRAZIL
SpaceX rockets are programmed to do this if they veer off course after launch
SELF-DESTRUCT
The Mayan god Ek Chuah was in charge of this bean product not so sweet in those times
CACAO (CHOCOLATE)
On this day in 2006, the San Francisco-based podcasting company Odeo officially releases this short messaging service.
Rusty Nail & Bloody Mary are titles in the series about this police detective whose name sounds like Tennessee whiskey
JACK DANIELS
St. Columba's House & St. Kevin's Kitchen are 2 historic churches in this European nation that's about 80% Catholic
IRELAND
Bartitsu & krav maga are systems of this
SELF-DEFENSE
How do you like them these fruits Idun provided to Norse gods? Loki sure did when he arranged for their theft
APPLES
On this day in 1997 this world-renowned Italian fashion designer was murdered on the steps outside his Miami mansion
GIANNI VERSACE
Laura Esquivel's bestseller Like Water for Chocolate takes place in this country around the turn of the 20th century
MEXICO
Cardinal Jaime Sin was from this predominantly Catholic Asian country of 109 million
THE PHILIPPINES
I'm not touching that martini even though I'd really enjoy it; I'm practicing a bit of this
SELF-DENIAL
The Egyptian fertility god Min dined on lettuce believed to be this any food that stimulates desire
AN APHRODISIAC
2016- This actor & musician consciously uncouple after 12 years of marriage.
GWYNETH PALTROW & CHRIS MARTIN
Are You there Vodka? It's Me this comedian & talk show host & her collection of personal stories & witticisms
CHELSEA HANDLER
Around 35 million are Catholic in this African nation once called Zaire that gained its independence from Belgium in 1960
THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
I know you're doing it for laughs but stop being so this overly modest & critical of yourself from the Latin for pray
SELF-DEPRECATING
The blood of Kvasir was the origin of a type of this honey wine that gave wisdom & poetic inspiration to those who drank it
MEAD
1948- this international mutual aid fellowship with the stated purpose of enabling its members to stay sober is founded.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Naturally apple picking is featured in this 1985 John Irving novel
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
This birthplace of a late 20th century pope dates its beginning as a Catholic nation to 966
POLAND
It's an action by someone with a fiduciary duty to a corporation that benefits his own bank account not the corporation
SELF-DEALING
To maintain their immortality the Greek gods drank nectar & ate this
AMBROSIA
1799- This important clue that helped experts learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphs was found by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign
THE ROSETTA STONE