Around The World
In this city, if you're in the mood for piazza, try the Navona or the Santa Maria
Rome
This phrase meaning "to ignore someone" originated from the practice of giving an unwanted guest a specific, less-desirable cut of meat
Cold shoulder
Despite sounding like it's about the "Great Outdoors," this is specifically the fear of open spaces or being in a crowd.
Agoraphobia
Popularized by the Wicked For Good press tour, Michelle Yeoh created this vocal stim with accompanying hand motions
Madam Morrible - M, M - flip it around, Wicked Witch!
This legendary Giants outfielder, known as the "Say Hey Kid," was the rookie centerpiece of the 1951 comeback against the Dodgers
Willie Mays
This city that's home to the ruins of the Aztecs' great Templo Mayor showed off a replica of it in 2021
Mexico City
This nautical phrase meaning "to the very end" or "to death" refers to the outermost seam of a wooden ship's hull
To the bitter end
This fear of "high" places shares its prefix with a word for a person who flips and tumbles in a circus
Acrophobia
Finish this sentence, spoken this year by Justin Bieber in a parking lot. "It's not clocking to you that..."
I'm standing on business!
Before moving West, the Giants played in Manhattan at the Polo Grounds, while the Dodgers played at this iconic Brooklyn ballpark
Ebbets Field
Grab a tasty soondae & score some K-pop music in the Myeongdong District of this South Korean capital
Seoul
To "run" this, meaning to endure a series of criticisms or ordeals, comes from a Swedish military punishment involving two lines of soldiers
The gauntlet
From the Greek for "number," this phobia might make solving for x in algebra class a nightmare.
Arithmophobia
Freaky monster-looking stuffed animals were all the rage this year, what are they?
Labubus
On October 3, 1951, Bobby Thomson hit a walk-off home run against the Dodgers to win the pennant, a play now famously known by this 5-word nickname.
"Shot Heard 'Round the World"
The entrance to Père-Lachaise, the most famous one of these in Paris, is inscribed, "their hope is full of immortality"
cemetery
You don't want your wine made with these, also a phrase about trash-talking something you can't have
Sour grapes
If you have heliophobia, what are you afraid of?
Sun
A directive to release balloons and sung by a woman at a funeral, this saying/countdown quickly became popular in the latter half of the fall.
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, release 'em
Who is ahead in the all-time regular-season series win between these two franchises?
tied
You'll find Lenin's tomb in this Moscow expanse
Red Square
To the Brits, a difficult situation is a sticky this, a phrase taken from cricket
Wicket
If you have chromophobia, what are you afraid of?
Color
The Chief HR Officer and CEO of this company were caught cheating at a Coldplay concert this year
Astronomer
Who has more World Series wins?
The Dodgers have one more World Series title than the Giants, with 9, and the Giants have 8