Tomatoes
What is the Italian phrase for tomato meaning "golden apple".
Pomo D'oro
This mineral compound with the chemical formula NaCl is commonly known as table salt.
Sodium Chloride
In 1995, the otato became the very first vegetable to be grown in where?
In space
In Act 5 of this Shakespeare play, Alonso asks, "How camest thou in this pickle?", giving us a common idiom.
The Tempest
Builders during the Ming dynasty used what type of rice mixed with calcium carbonate as mortar for the Great Wall.
Sticky Rice
Botanically speaking, the tomato is classified as a what because it develops from the ovary of a flowering plant.
A fruit
The King James Bible refers to this famous hypersaline body of water as the "Salt Sea".
The Dead Sea
Chef George Crum invented this crispy snack in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1853 after a fussy customer kept sending back his thick-cut fries.
This ancient Egyptian queen swore by a daily diet of pickles, claiming they added to her legendary beauty.
Cleopatra
You can eat rice or ferment it to make what national beverage of Japan?
Sake
In the 1893 Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedder, the U.S. government officially ruled that the tomato is taxed as one of these culinary counterparts, despite its botanical status.
A vegetable
To melt ice on winter roads safely and effectively, cities often spread rock salt, scientifically known by this mineral name.
Halite
Native to the Andes region, this ancient empire was the first to successfully cultivate potatoes between 8000 BC and 5000 BC.
The Incas
According to a quirky 1948 food commissioner ruling in this New England state, a true pickle is supposed to bounce when dropped.
Connecticut
This aquatic grass seed traditionally harvested in North America is from the genus Zizania, making it a close cousin rather than true Asian rice.
Wild Rice
Held annually in the town of Buñol, Spain, this messy festival features tens of thousands of people pelting each other with over 150,000 ripe tomatoes.
La Tomatina
Spanning over 4,000 square miles, the Salar de Uyuni—the world's largest salt flat—is located in this high-altitude South American country.
Bolivia
Introduced in 1952, this plastic spud with interchangeable facial parts holds the title of the very first toy advertised on television.
Before he became a famous explorer with a continent named after him, this man worked as a ship provisioner supplying pickles to sailors.
Amerigo Vespucci
This iconic Spanish dish originating from Valencia features rice cooked with saffron, vegetables, and meats or seafood.
Paella
Sharing a family name with deadly nightshade and tobacco, the tomato belongs to this botanical family of flowering plants.
Solanaceae
In ancient times, Roman soldiers were sometimes partially paid with this salt, which is where we get this modern word...
Salary
What fictional astronaut famously survived on Mars by using botany to grow and eat potatoes?
Mark Watney
During World War II, the U.S. government reserved 40 percent of all pickle production specifically for the ration kits of these people.
Soldiers
Rice in what form is the staple food of over half of the world's population.
Domesticated