Roots
This dish has a sauce/gravy and is seasoned with spices.
What is curry?
A coin toss decided the naming of Portland, Oregon. It was almost called this instead.
What is Boston?
Eric Cantona famously said, "You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favorite football (soccer) team."
He played most for this team - along with names like David Beckham, Sir Bobby Charlton, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ji-Sung Park.
Who are Manchester United F.C.?
This book series featuring vampires and werewolves is set in the Pacific Northwest - which was utilized for its 5 films as well - and has sold over 160 million copies. (Team Jacob or Team Edward?)
What is Twilight?
Lucasfilms are known for these two franchises.
What are Indiana Jones and Star Wars?
This country is famous for its production of rubber, cinnamon, and tea.
What is Sri Lanka?
This lake is the deepest in the United States at 1,949 feet deep. The caldera housing it was created due to volcanic activity approximately 7,700 years ago.
What is Crater Lake?
This sport was invented in 1891 with a soccer ball and peach baskets.
What is Basketball?
This group makes up over 2/3rds of YA literature readers.
What are adults (over the age of 18)?
Of the top 5 grossing Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, 4 of them share this word...Specifically, this term is a title for the team of "Earth's Mightiest Heroes."
It's also a type of Dodge car that is no longer produced.
Who are the Avengers?
One of these languages is an ancient language that is still spoken:
-Olde English
-Akkadian
-Tamil
-Sumerian
What is Tamil?
I share this in common with Phil Knight, Sam Elliott, Justin Herbert, Kaitlin Olson, and Sabrina Ionescu.
What is attending the University of Oregon?
This university won its 10th Frozen Four title in 2024.
Who is the University of Denver?
Rick Riordan is a big name in the genre, adapting myths across cultures into modern settings. He is most famous for this series incorporating Greek mythology. It's also been adapted into a Disney+ TV show (- there is no movie?).
What is Percy Jackson and the Olympians?
American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020) describes the events and investigation into the murders of the Watts family that occurred in this state.
Hint: I was living in it at the time of the crimes.
What is Colorado?
The largest city in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, used to be called this.
What is Madras?
On February 4th, the Today Show predicted this type of baby animal, recently born at the Oregon Zoo, will overtake pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng in popularity.
What is an elephant?
Specifically, Tula Tu. (She weighs over 300 lbs. as of yesterday! :) )
March Madness is coming up! This team won the first version of the national tourney.
Who are the University of Oregon's men's basketball team?
(They weren't called the Ducks back then exactly - the nickname for the school was the Webfoots!)
Jim Carrey or Neil Patrick Harris? Fans of this series may find themselves debating who played a live-action version of Count Olaf better - based on this 13-book...sequence.
What is A Series of Unfortunate Events?
This sitcom features a specific New York city precinct, as well as actors Terry Crews and Andy Samberg.
What is Brooklyn Nine-Nine?
This is a vegetable stew, including lentils and tamarind, and is popular in Southern Indian cuisine. It's often served with Dosa and Idli.
What is Sambar?
This statue is 34 feet tall - the second-largest copper statue in the United States behind the Statue of Liberty. It's also the name of a show starring Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen.
What is Portlandia?
Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup in March of this year.
What is 1996?
"Sunrise on the Reaping" is a book that comes out on March 18th (yes, next week!). It is set to be an origin story of this mentor - to Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the Hunger Games trilogy - as its main character.
Who is Haymitch Abernathy?
This thriller movie was the first foreign-language film to win Best Picture at the 2020 Academy Awards.
What is Parasite?