Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi
What is Louisiana?
Change one letter in a shark thriller to get a movie about a barrel of beer.
What is The Keg?
You can breathe easy knowing photosynthesis causes plants to release this gas as a waste product
What is oxygen?
This pair of words refers to rules, and the enforcement of those rules, in an organized society... dun dun
What is law & order?
Among some of its natives, this country's capital city is known as Baile Átha Cliath; we just call it "Dublin"
What is Ireland?
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?
Yukon, British Columbia
What is Alaska?
Change one letter in a Tom Cruise courtroom drama to get a flick about winning more one Oscar.
What is A Few Gold Men?
This element's "footprint" is everywhere: by definition, every compound studied by organic chemists contains it
What is carbon?
They're names for pointy implements used in sewing & for a feeling like you're getting pricked by them
What are pins & needles?
This country is home to roughly 120 active volcanoes along the Pacific Ring of Fire
What is Indonesia?
If Mo Rocca was reading Kafka while eating moussaka, he'd be enjoying tales of alienation while consuming this purple produce
What is eggplant?
Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia
What is Tennessee?
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?
Triglycerides are the most common type of this organic compound; healthy eaters steer clear of the saturated ones
What are fats?
These words meaning "junk" refer to floating debris from a ship--some thrown overboard on purpose, some there by accident
What are flotsam & jetsam?
It's home to over 250 kibbutzim
What is Israel?
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?
Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, Chihuahua
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?
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?
Used together, these words are synonymous with intrigue & secrecy, and they sound much cooler than "poncho & knife"
What is cloak & dagger?
An anagram of "Arabs", Basra is a port city in this country
What is Iraq?
If Mo Rocca and Neil Sedaka were shouting "Wocka! Wocka! Wocka!", they would be crying out this Muppet's catchphrase
Who is fozzie bear?
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Quebec, Ontario
What is New York?
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?
Chemically speaking, they're molecules with at least one unpaired electron; true to their name, they can be, like, totally reactive
What are radicals?
They're "F" words, but not the bad kind; they refer to a region's native plant & animal life
What are flora & fauna?
Of the eight member states in the United Nations that begin with an I, it's the first one alphabetically
What is Iceland?
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?