U.S. Geography
You don't have to be a martial arts expert to visit this Mississippi & Alabama prairie named for its fertile dark soil
What is the Black Belt?
By Mexican law, this potent potable must be made with at least 51% agave; the rest is often sugar cane
What is tequila?
Krist Novoselic provided the bassline on "Come As You Are" and other hits by this trio
Who are Nirvana?
"The only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning", claimed this 1985 movie
What is Back to the Future?
Kansas City jazz in the '30s featured arrangements with these repeated syncopated phrases, a word possibly from "refrain"
What is "riff?"
Part of the Navajo reservation, this valley, familiar from Western movies, straddles the border of Arizona & Utah
What is Monument Valley?
Similar to a cruller, this long, thin stick of sweet dough is fried and coated with sugar and cinnamon
What are churros?
This Canadian trio headed by Geddy Lee was once known as the biggest cult band in the world
What is RUSH?
Mel Gibson charges into battle as Scottish avenger William Wallace in this 1995 epic
What is Braveheart?
As a kid, this jazz drumming legend performed as "Traps" the Drum Wonder
Who is Buddy Rich?
This plateau that shares its name with a river covers much of eastern Oregon and eastern Washington
What is the Columbia?
In the Yucatan, this tasty bundle is wrapped and cooked in banana leaves rather than the usual corn husks
What is a tamale?
Rumi, Mira & Zoey not only entertain fans but protect them from the supernatural in this 2025 film by Sony Pictures Animation
What is KPop Demon Hunters?
When the farmer's away, all the animals play in this 2006 animated film
What is Barnyard?
Live in Berlin, Ella Fitzgerald scatted her way through this standard from "The Threepenny Opera"
What is "Mack the Knife?"
Counting its 40,175 square miles of water, it's the largest of the lower 48 east of the Mississippi
What is Michigan?
This dish is traditionally made with poblano peppers, stuffed with cheese, and fried until the outside is nice and crisp
What are chiles rellenos?
"Fight Night" was a 2014 hit for this trio of Quavo, Offset & the late Takeoff
Who are Migos?
In this comedy directed by Mel Brooks, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary
What is Blazing Saddles?
You may have "A Love Supreme" for the album of that name by this great jazz sax man who made "My Favorite Things" a signature song
Who is John Coltrane?
Including Otisco & Owasco, New York has 11 of these bodies of water, though 10 would seem the more fitting number
What are the Finger Lakes?
Touted as a hangover cure, this hearty soup made with tripe is popular on New Year's mornings
What is menudo?
The New Testament says, "Now abideth" this trio of virtues, with the last one being the greatest
What are faith, hope, and charity?
A wheelman for Atlanta bank robbers, Ansel Elgort plays a tinnitus-afflicted hero in this 2017 Edgar Wright flick
What is Baby Driver?
Dizzy Gillespie played in the band of this alliterative scat singer who wasn't hip to Diz's bebopping
Who is Cab Calloway?