World Facts
In Africa it's the chief religion north of the Sahara
Islam
Japan's Capital City
Tokyo
You'll want to remove the stem, and possibly the gills, before cooking with this jumbo-sized mushroom
Portobello
On WWI recruitment posters, James Montgomery Flagg drew this icon who is pointing & saying "I want you for U.S. Army"
Uncle Sam
She is the brain behind Amazon Echo
Alexa
These islands about 100 miles north of Scotland are famous for their sheepdogs & ponies
The Shetland Islands
The name of Japan's currency
Japanese Yen
Known as one of the 5 basic mother sauces of French cuisine, this sauce is a must have on eggs benedict.
Hollandaise Sauce
The 5 interlaced rings that symbolizes the 5 parts of the world brought together by it
The Olympics
Egyptians used sodium carbonate called natron to do this to their dead
Embalm (mummify)
The university of this Bulgarian capital was founded in 1888
Sofia
By 1959, this Japanese company was the world's leading motorcycle manufacturer
Honda
This hot chili is actually a dried smoked jalapeno
Chipotle
A "lazy eight" is a nickname for the symbol that refers to this mathematical quantity
Infinity
In 1957, this was the first satellite launched into space by Russia
Sputnik
The Grand Canyon is a gorge in Arizona; Grand Cayman is an island in this sea
Mediterranean
The Japanese began following this religious leader's beliefs around 500 A.D.
Buddha
Known for lasting a lifetime, this cooking utensil gets better the more you use it.
Cast Iron Pan
These 2 cosmic forces in Eastern thought are sometimes symbolized by the tiger & the dragon
Yin - Yang
To shape molten metal or the furnace used to melt metal
Forge
Portugal is the smaller of the 2 countries that occupy this peninsula
The Iberian
The Japanese word for gangster
Yakuza
A cooking process in which food is scalded in boiling water, and then plunged into iced water to halt the cooking process
Blanching
In Christianity 3 fishes intertwined are a symbol of this
The Trinity
The first atom bomb using this transuranium element was detonated on July 16 1945 in New Mexico
Plutonium