Hometown Heroes
This state in the midwest is where Chandani, Joe and Ian grew up
What is Chicago?
This is the common name for potato chips in the UK, where Laurie is from
What are crisps?
"415" is slang for this city that Hubert grew up in (based on its area code)
What is San Francisco?
This Japanese-American fusion roll contains imitation crab and avocado (and is perhaps something a dear member of Tiffanie's family grew up eating!)
What is a California roll?
Laurie is culturally from the Midlands in the UK. This other Midlander discovered gravity in the 17th century
Who is Sir Issac Newton?
This southwestern state is where Kayla grew up and where Chandani was born
What is Arizona?
Ian has Czech heritage. The Czech are the world's largest consumers of this drink
What is beer?
Growing up in a cross-cultural environment, Kayla became fluent in this language in addition to English (even being tested for ESL at one point!)
What is Spanish?
This state where Gwen grew up is home to the largest hot air balloon festival in the world
What is New Mexico?
Every year on January 1st, Kira, her family and over three million Haitians around the world celebrate this important holiday
What is Haitian Independence Day?
This southern state is where Kira grew up and where Tosin spent a good portion of her childhood
What is Georgia?
This Chinese brunch style originated from the Guangdong province in China, which is where Hubert's family is originally from
What is dim sum?
Justin grew up in Ohio, which means he would probably call a vacuum cleaner this term
What is a sweeper?
The Hollywood sign, located in the city of Los Angeles where Lawrence grew up, originally said this longer term
What is Hollywoodland?
This city where Lawrence grew up is the only American city to have hosted the Olympics twice
What is Los Angeles?
Ritu grew up in this city in India, which is the second most populated city in the world
What is New Delhi?
This savory, spicy rice is a popular dish across West Africa--though Tosin would argue that Nigerians prepare it best!
What is jollof rice?
This is the oldest living language in the world--and Soundharya speaks it!
What is Tamil?
This is the most important sport in Fiji, where Ragni grew up
What is rugby?
Ritu, Soundharya, Chandani and Snehal all have Indian heritage. India gained its independence in this decade
What is the 1940s? (1947)
In this city in the Bay where Tiffanie grew up, every public safety employee in the city is trained as a firefighter, police officer and EMT
What is Sunnyvale?
Fijian kokoda ("ko-konda") is the national dish of Fiji, the island nation Ragni is from. This is the primary ingredient (hint: island nation)
What is fresh fish?
______ is the most spoken foreign language in Ireland (hint: Joe's heritage is both ______ and Irish)
What is Polish?
Snehal grew up in a city called Solapur, which is very famous for this industry (hint: Solapur is home to Asia's second largest spinning wheel)
What is textiles?
The original name of this South Indian city where Soundharya grew up was called Madras until 1996
What is Chennai?