US State by Bordering States
Movie Title Change by One Letter
Organic Chemistry
____ & ____
Countries Beginning With "I"
Mo Rocca Drinking Vodka With Chewbacca
100
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi
What is Louisiana?
100
Change one letter in a shark thriller to get a movie about a barrel of beer.
What is The Keg?
100
You can breathe easy knowing photosynthesis causes plants to release this gas as a waste product
What is oxygen?
100
This pair of words refers to rules, and the enforcement of those rules, in an organized society... dun dun
What is law & order?
100
Among some of its natives, this country's capital city is known as Baile Átha Cliath; we just call it "Dublin"
What is Ireland?
100
If Mo Rocca was munching on a latke in Osaka, he'd be enjoying a potato pancake in a city in this country
What is Japan?
200
Yukon, British Columbia
What is Alaska?
200
Change one letter in a Tom Cruise courtroom drama to get a flick about winning more one Oscar.
What is A Few Gold Men?
200
This element's "footprint" is everywhere: by definition, every compound studied by organic chemists contains it
What is carbon?
200
They're names for pointy implements used in sewing & for a feeling like you're getting pricked by them
What are pins & needles?
200
This country is home to roughly 120 active volcanoes along the Pacific Ring of Fire
What is Indonesia?
200
If Mo Rocca was reading Kafka while eating moussaka, he'd be enjoying tales of alienation while consuming this purple produce
What is eggplant?
300
Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia
What is Tennessee?
300
Change one letter on a Rom-Com where the protagonist doesn't get the man and you get a film about a buddy whose trade involves fusing metal.
What is My Best Friend's Welding?
300
Triglycerides are the most common type of this organic compound; healthy eaters steer clear of the saturated ones
What are fats?
300
These words meaning "junk" refer to floating debris from a ship--some thrown overboard on purpose, some there by accident
What are flotsam & jetsam?
300
It's home to over 250 kibbutzim
What is Israel?
300
If Mo Rocca was unblocking a chakra in Opa-locka, he'd be doing yoga in a city in this southeasternmost U.S. state
What is Florida?
400
Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, Chihuahua
400
Change one letter in a Ben Stiller comedy and get a horror flick about evil offspring and a pit of lava.
What is Melt the Parents?
400
In chemistry, it's the unit of measure equal to 6.02 times 1023 of anything -- atoms, molecules... even mammals that burrow in your lawn
What is a mole?
400
Used together, these words are synonymous with intrigue & secrecy, and they sound much cooler than "poncho & knife"
What is cloak & dagger?
400
An anagram of "Arabs", Basra is a port city in this country
What is Iraq?
400
If Mo Rocca and Neil Sedaka were shouting "Wocka! Wocka! Wocka!", they would be crying out this Muppet's catchphrase
Who is fozzie bear?
500
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Quebec, Ontario
What is New York?
500
Chane one letter in a Sinbad Christmas comedy and get a sob story about the life of a lonely individual.
What is Single All The Way?
500
Chemically speaking, they're molecules with at least one unpaired electron; true to their name, they can be, like, totally reactive
What are radicals?
500
They're "F" words, but not the bad kind; they refer to a region's native plant & animal life
What are flora & fauna?
500
Of the eight member states in the United Nations that begin with an I, it's the first one alphabetically
What is Iceland?
500
If Mo Rocca blurted "Boomshakalaka" during "Ninotchka", he'd be reacting excitedly to a 1939 movie starring this Swedish film legend
Who is Greta Garbo?