Bread (grain)
This fungus is the active ingredient in bread.
What is yeast?
The United Kingdom
What is the pound / pound sterling?
Owing to the fact she ascended at age 25, she was the longest living British Monarch.
Who is Elizabeth II?
This is the most common edition of the Bible.
What is the King James Bible?
Due to the myth that blood turns red only outside the body, affluent people are called this due to the idea that they never shed blood.
What is blue blood?
This is the active culture that is preserved, typically in jars, so sections can be split off into 'children.'
What is the mother dough/starter?
Japan
What is the yen?
Third of his name, this English King was the last to die in battle in 1485, marking the end of the Middle Ages.
Who is Richard III?
He is the main character of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
While green and later blue versions of this electronic device were eventually developed, the first were only available in red.
What are LEDs?
This bread is frequently made of two doughs, one colored with cocoa powder, and swirled into a marble pattern.
What is rye/marbled rye?
Russia
What is the ruble?
This French Monarch famously said "Let them eat cake."
Who is Marie Antoinette?
This Greek author is perhaps the most famous of antiquity, and wrote both The Iliad and The Odyssey
Who is Homer?
This type of light is actually electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.
What is infrared?
This type of alcohol is made via a similar fermentation technique as bread.
What is ethanol?
Germany, prior to 1999
What is the mark?
This Warrior King lead 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
Who is Leonidas?
Sun Tzu became synonymous with military tactics when this book became required reading at military academies.
What is Art of War?
A literary technique in which an author puts in an extraneous clue which turns out to be meaningless, in order to throw off the audience.
What is a red herring?
Before the introduction of wheat, South American civilizations such as the Mayans used this grain to make bread, instead.
What is corn?
Turkey
What is the lira?
This Muslim King was the enemy of Richard I in the Third Crusade, eventually creating a peace treaty with him in 1192.
Who is Saladin?
Stephen Crane wrote this Civil War novel on the 30th anniversary of the end of the conflict.
What is Red Badge of Courage?
The official color and nickname of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts is this shade of red.
What is crimson?