Books & Authors
He invented the word "manxome" to describe a character in "Jabberwocky"
Lewis Carroll
This fruit was an early symbol of peace & prosperity
Fig
An 1864 convention in this city was the first of several to define the proper treatment of POWs & civilians
Geneva
It's the main alcoholic ingredient in a pina colada
Rum
Because its hundreds of "seeds" are on the outside, this "berry" isn't considered a true berry
Strawberry
He did window displays for a toy store before writing & illustrating kids' classics like "Where the Wild Things Are"
Maurice Sendak
Burger King calls this signature sandwich "America's favorite burger"
The Whopper
In 2024, for the first time in its 200-year history, this nation elected a female president, Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexico
A popular party drink made with red wine and fruit juices
Sangria
The "Star Trek" gestured called the Vulcan salute is accompanies by this four-word phrase
Live Long and Prosper
At the start of this Hemingway book, Santiago hasn't caught a fish in a long time; it ends with his fish being eaten by sharks
The Old Man and the Sea
The leaves of this aromatic herb, also called wild marjoram, are used in pasta sauce
Oregano
After Virginia, more Civil War battles were fought in this state than in any other
Tennessee
This is mixed with vodka to make a Moscow Mule
Ginger Beer
In the Disney film he's alphabetically last of Snow White's seven dwarfs
Sneezy
2 childhood friends wind up on opposite sides of the law in this author's 2022 legal thriller "The Boys from Biloxi"
John Grisham
Encyclopedia Britannica says this quick bread "became an integral part of the fashionable ritual of 'taking tea"'
Scones
U.S. Army troops massacred hundreds of Lakota near this South Dakota creek on December 29, 1890
Wounded Knee
This Scandinavian Liquor is made by redistilling alcohol made from grain or potatoes.
Aquavit
This maximum security correctional facility in New York was originally called Mount Pleasant Prison
Sing Sing
Her novel "Kindred" tells of Dana, a young Black woman who is transported from the 1970s back in time to the pre-Civil War South
Octavia Butler
This corkscrew pasta gets its name from the Italian for "little spindles"
Fusilli
It arrived in the U.S. in June of 1885 in 214 cases aboard the French ship Isere
The Statue of Liberty
This brand of aromatic bitters is named for a town in Venezuela
Angostura
Hindi & Urdu give us the name of this clay oven that uses charcoal
Tandoor