Domingo Ghirardelli sailed to America in 1849 and opened a general store in Stockton, California. Ghirardelli opened a second store on the corner of Broadway and Battery in this city, now home to Ghirardelli Square
What is San Francisco?
Federal funding covers only about 2/3 of the Smithsonian's expenses, so to ready Neil Armstrong's space suit for Apollo 11's 50th anniversary, the Air and Space Museum raised more than $500,000 via a "Reboot the Suit" campaign on this community funding website
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The America the Beautiful quarter that honors this Florida national park shows a bird with outstretched wings
What are the Everglades?
Each player is dealt 26 cards in this game; if both players turn up a card of the same rank, it's this, the name of the game
What is war?
The name of a lunch staple honors John Montagu, the fourth earl of this
What is sandwich?
In 1999, Ghirardelli launched its now-famous filled SQUARES chocolates, including the popular milk chocolate filled with this thick, sugar and butter sauce
What is caramel?
In 1930 Jimmy Dewar created these creme-filled sponge cakes, which Hostess sold 2 for a nickel
What are Twinkies?
Peppermint Stick Forest & Molasses Swamp were 2 tasty locations in the classic version of this board game
What is Candy Land?
This creamy fettucine sauce is named for Signor di Lelio, the Roman chef said to have created it
What is alfredo?
In 1998, this "master Swiss Chocolatier" acquired Ghirardelli Chocolate Company as a wholly owned subsidiary of its holding company
What is Lindt (& Sprungli)?
600 reasons you'll name this Jonah Peretti-founded social news site
What is Buzzfeed(.com)?
Miss U.S.A. began in 1952; three decades later this word was inserted to start a new pageant
What is "Teen?"
In Charades if you draw a rectangle around your head, you're going to act out the title of one of these
What is a TV show?
This "steak", really a ground beef patty, is named for the doctor who thought Americans should eat it 3 times a day
What is Salisbury steak?
The center "meat" of the cocoa bean is known as this 3-letter term. When ground, it becomes chocolate liquor (not the alcohol)
What is the nib?
Alexis Ohanian was still a student at UVA when he doodled what became the alien mascot for this website that he co-founded
What is Reddit?
Carroll Shelby had a dream that told him to use the name of this snake on the front of his roadster
What is a cobra?
In the game of Hearts, this card is known as "The Black Lady"
What is the Queen of spades?
One story says the name of this brunch dish that now features an English muffin & Hollandaise sauce honors a broker
What is eggs Benedict?
In 2004, Ghirardelli launched this 2-word SQUARE with a name of another confection, wrapped in red and white stripes, and it was a holiday hit
What is Peppermint Bark?
This website that sells more than just shoes takes its name from the Spanish word for "shoes"
What is Zappos?
While the President has "Hail To The Chief" as his official song, the VP has "Hail" this, once a poetic name for the United States; until the 1890s, it also served as de facto national anthem for America
What is Columbia?
Similar to "Sorry!," it's the American adaptation the Indian cross and circle board game, seen here...
What is Parcheesi?
This dessert, a crisp meringue topped with fruit & whipped cream, was named for a Russian ballerina
What is pavlova?