Desserts
This classic Italian dessert, whose name translates to "pick me up," is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee and layered with mascarpone cheese.
What is Tiramisu?
This city hosts Oktoberfest
Munich
These three items form the "holy trinity" of Desi cooking
Ginger, garlic, and onions
This Indian actor was in The Great Gatsby ( 2013 )
Amitabh Bachchan
Substitute for the word "charisma"
What is rizz
To make this French custard dessert, you must use a kitchen torch or broiler to create a hard, burnt sugar crust on top
What is creme brulee?
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
Minimum safe internal cooking temperature for all poultry
165F
Cillian Murphy won the 2024 Best Actor Oscar for portraying this physicist, the "father of the atomic bomb
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
Exhausted, overwhelmed, disoriented, or mentally/physically out of it
What is "cooked"
This trendy 2025 "mashup" dessert combines the flaky layers of a croissant with the round shape of a donut, often filled with pistachio cream.
What is a cronut?
This national airline of Ireland is easily recognized by its shamrock logo and green-and-white aircraft
Aer Lingus
Cooking method that involves vacuum-sealing
What is sous-vide
This 1993 stop-motion film, inspired by a Tim Burton poem, follows Jack Skellington's attempt to take over a different holiday
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Something that's not true. A falsity.
What is "cap"
This candy's logo features the famous Matterhorn mountain
What is Toblerone
Not far from the resort of Cancun, the islands of Cozumel and Mujeres lie off the northeast tip of this large Mexican peninsula.
What is Yucatan Peninsula?
This is the specific type of milk that has had exactly half of its water content removed.
What is evaporated milk?
Sound designers for the 1993 film Jurassic Park famously used recordings of these slow-moving reptiles mating to create the sounds of the Velociraptors.
What are tortoises?
Did something exceptionally well; amazing
Ate/left no crumbs
Which two ingredients give red velvet its maroon color
Cocoa and vinegar
This strait is a notoriously rough stretch of ocean connecting the Atlantic and Pacific around South America's Cape Horn to Antarctica
What is the Drake Passage?
This chemical process, which occurs when amino acids and reducing sugars react under heat, is responsible for the browning and deep flavor of seared meat and crusty bread
What is the Maillard reaction?
Director Brady Corbet earned a 2025 Best Picture nomination for this 215-minute epic about a Jewish architect rebuilding his life in post-WWII America.
What is The Brutalist?
Assessing someone's mood or a situation's atmosphere
Vibe check