Corn Cuisine
This golden snack explodes when heated and is a staple at movie theaters.
What is Popcorn?
In the Pixar movie Cars, this lovable tow truck mistakes a field of corn for a drive-in snack.
Who is Mater?
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What is Popcorn?
China, Brazil, and this North American country are the world’s top three corn producers.
Where is the Unites States?
When heated, popcorn kernels burst open because the moisture inside turns into this.
What is Steam?
The phrase “cream of the crop” means this.
What is 'The Best of the Best'?
These deep-fried balls or fritters are made from a cornmeal-based batter and known as a southern favourite.
What are Hushpuppies?
This Oscar-winning 1989 film starring Kevin Costner gave us the famous line, “If you build it, he will come,” set in an Iowa cornfield.
What is Field of Dreams?
Corn is one of the world’s three most important grains, along with rice and this.
What is Wheat?
In the late 1800s, corn became a staple in this continent’s diet, where polenta, arepas, and chicha are still common today.
Where is South America?
This South American country, home to the Andes, has ancient evidence of popcorn over 5,000 years old.
Where is Peru?
This WWE wrestler, known for saying “Ooooh yeah!”, once declared himself “the cream of the crop.”
Who is 'Macho Man' Randy Savage?
A sweet, often cake-like baked good made from cornmeal, typically served as a side dish or snack.
What is a Corn Muffin?
This long-running animated sitcom had a Halloween episode where the family got lost in a giant corn maze.
What is The Simpsons?
Corn was first domesticated about 9,000 years ago in this modern-day country.
Where is Mexico?
Cultivation spread so widely that today, this continent is the only one without significant corn production.
Where is Antarctica?
The world’s largest popcorn ball, weighing over 9,000 pounds, was made in this U.S. state in 2013.
Where is Indiana?
“High as an elephant’s eye” is a lyric about corn from this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical.
What is 'Oklahoma?!'
This Italian dish, made from boiled cornmeal, can be creamy or firm enough to grill.
What is Polenta?
This Stephen King horror story-turned-movie is about children in a creepy Nebraska cornfield.
What is Children of the Corn?
Contrary to the state nicknamed "the cornhusker" state. This U.S. state grows the most corn annually.
Where is Iowa?
This nickname was given to the region of the U.S. that stretches across states like Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.
What is the Corn Belt?
The first commercial popcorn machine was invented in the 1880s by Charles Cretors in this U.S. city.
Where is Chicago?
This 1970 Neil Young song contains the line “Think I’ll pack it in and buy a pickup, take it down to L.A., find a place to call my own, and try to raise a little corn.”
What is "Out on the Weekend"?
This Mexican street food is grilled corn on the cob slathered with mayo, cheese, and chili powder.
What is Elote?
This 2002 M. Night Shyamalan thriller featured alien crop circles in a cornfield.
What is Signs?
The Native American “Three Sisters” method of farming combined corn with beans and this other crop.
What is Squash?
This African nation, relies heavily on maize as a staple food, often served as pap or fufu.
Where is Nigeria?
In colonial America, popcorn was sometimes eaten with this breakfast food, mixed together with milk and sugar.
What is Cereal?
This Depression-era novel by John Steinbeck, set during the Dust Bowl when corn and other crops failed, is considered one of the greatest American novels.
What is "The Grapes of Wrath"?