U.S. PRESIDENTS
Although he was the only president who also served as a supreme court justice, he is most famously remembered for supposedly getting stuck in a bathtub
Who is William Howard Taft?
‘America’s favorite cookie’ refers to this cookie
What is Oreo?
This color makes the first move in a game of chess
What is white?
Nintendo’s best selling game franchise stars this Italian plumber
Who is Mario?
A nicer way of saying something, for example “he passed away”
What is a euphemism?
He was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office
Who is Grover Cleveland?
In the TV show Friends, Rachel makes this multi-layered dessert for Thanksgiving that often includes fruit, sponge cake, and custard
What is a trifle?
Cameron Jibril Thomaz, better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that came out with this song in 2010 comprised of two colors
What is Black and Yellow?
Nintendo released this, their lowest selling home gaming console, in 2012
What is the Wii U?
An over exaggeration, for example “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse”
What is a hyperbole?
Theodore Roosevelt was the leader of this, the first US volunteer cavalry, fighting in Cuba during the Spanish American War
What are the Rough Riders?
It’s often believed this cream-filled dessert could last through an apocalypse, as seen in the movie Zombieland, though in actuality their shelf life is only 25 days
What is a Twinkie?
This terms refers to colors on opposite sides of the color wheel that, when combined, produce a grayscale color like black or white; they’re often used for brand color schemes, such as orange and blue for the New York Knicks
What are complementary colors?
In 1989, Nintendo released this game console in the U.S. and sold one million units within just a few weeks
What is the Game Boy?
Words that imitate the sound they try to describe, for example “bang!”
What is onomatopoeia?
He was the first US president affiliated with the Whig party
Who is William Henry Harrison?
This word in French can either mean a shop where pastries are sold, or French pastries and cakes collectively
What is a patisserie?
NBC’s Norby was among the first TV series to ever be filmed fully in color in this decade
What is the 1950s?
As of September 30, 2020, this Mario game was the top-selling game for the Nintendo Switch
What is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?
A brief reference to a person, place, event, or passage in a work of literature assumed to be sufficiently well known to be recognized by the reader, for example “you don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to know that”
What is an allusion?
Presidents Dwight D Eisenhower and Lyndon B Johnson were the only two presidents born in this southern state
What is Texas?
The process of heating and cooling chocolate at a certain temperature to stabilize it, give it a smooth and glossy finish, and to make it less likely to melt in your fingers is called what?
What is tempering chocolate?
This musical set in biblical times features the titular character being sold into slavery by his 11 jealous brothers after his fathers gives him a colorful gift to wear
What is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamCoat?
In 1953 Nintendo became the first company in Japan to produce playing cards from plastic. Shortly after, in 1959 Nintendo struck a deal to put this popular Western entertainment company’s cartoon characters on Nintendo’s playing cards
What is Disney?
The repetition of the sound of a vowel, for example “he seems to beam”
What is assonance?