Culinary Terms
This term describes pasta or rice that is cooked to be firm to the bite.
This geological term is used to describe ground that remains frozen for two or more years.
Permafrost
This Greek city-state was known for its strict military training and the legendary 300 at Thermopylae.
Sparta
Continents
Africa
Clean Sheet
Preventing the opposition from getting a single goal
To incorporate a light, airy mixture into a heavier one using a gentle over-and-under motion.
Fold
A reasonably accurate but not precisely certain calculation about something
Guesstimate
Legend says these twin brothers founded the city of Rome in 753 B.C.E.
Romulus and Remus
Great Lakes
Erie
Hat-trick
A technique where food is vacuum-sealed in a bag and cooked in a precisely regulated water bath.
Sous vide
This 6-letter portmanteau is the brand name of the federally chartered corporation that provides long-distance intercity rail service in the U.S.
Amtrak
This ancient Indian text, composed in Sanskrit, is the longest epic poem ever written.
Mahabharata
Ivy League Universities
Brown
Screamer
A powerful long-ranged shot
A mixture of equal parts flour and fat used as a thickening agent for sauces.
Roux
This biological term is used to describe the body's natural pain-relieving chemicals
Endorphin
This system of writing, used by the Sumerians, involved pressing a wedge-shaped stylus into clay.
Cuneiform
Gen I Pokemon
Abra
Minnows
Describes a ‘smaller’ team, considered the underdog, when playing a more superior or ‘favourite’ side
To cook food submerged in fat at a low temperature, often used for duck or garlic.
Confit
Someone who spends a lot of time using the World Wide Web
Netizen
This 18th-century B.C.E. Babylonian king is famous for his "eye for an eye" legal code.
Hammurabi
Birthstones
Amethyst
Park the bus
When a team is playing ultra-defensively, putting almost every player behind the ball