From Farm to Fact
This Italian coffee drink means “stained milk.”
What is a Machiatto?
According to Homeric tradition, this blind poet is credited with composing both The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
This trophy awarded to the NHL’s regular season MVP is named after a former Canadian governor general.
What is the Hart Memorial Trophy?
This Great Lake bordering Ontario is famous for producing huge walleye and yellow perch.
What is Lake Erie?
Despite its name suggesting cold temperatures, this desert is the largest in the world.
What is Antarctica?
This protein gives bread its chewy structure when flour meets water and kneading.
What is Gluten?
This sea nymph keeps Odysseus captive on her island for seven years.
Who is Calypso?
The claret jug is awarded to the winner of this major championship.
What is the British Open?
This predatory freshwater fish, native to Eurasia, has been introduced widely and is known for its ambush strikes and sharp teeth.
What is the northern pike?
This African country’s name comes from the Greek for “burnt face,” referring to the sun-darkened skin of its people.
What is Ethiopia?
This Spanish rice dish traditionally includes saffron and seafood.
What is paella?
In The Iliad, this Greek warrior’s withdrawal from battle after quarreling with Agamemnon drives much of the poem’s central conflict.
Who is Achilles?
Since 2022, the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award is named after this Hall of Fame center.
Who is Hakeem Olajuwon?
This invasive fish species discovered in the Great Lakes uses a suction-cup mouth to attach to other fish and drain their blood.
What is the sea lamprey?
This capital city shares its name with a type of ham, though the city came first.
What is Hamburg?
This French term means “in its own juice” and is often used when cooking meat slowly in liquid.
What is au jus?
In The Odyssey, this faithful wife delays her suitors by weaving and secretly unraveling a burial shroud.
Who is Penelope?
The champion of Canada’s men’s national curling championship takes home this trophy, first awarded in 1927.
What is the Brier Tankard?
This real-time sonar technology, popularized by Garmin, lets anglers watch fish and their lure move live underwater on a screen, revolutionizing modern tournament fishing.
What is LiveScope?
This lake, bordering four U.S. states, is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area.
What is Lake Superior?
This Japanese fermentation starter made from inoculated rice or barley is essential in producing miso, soy sauce, and sake.
What is koji?
This Trojan prince and greatest defender of Troy is killed by Achilles outside the city’s walls.
Who is Hector?
In international rugby union, this trophy is awarded to the winner of the annual competition between England and Scotland.
What is the Calcutta Cup?
In Ontario regulations, this term describes fish that must be released immediately if caught because they fall within a protected size range.
What is a slot size (slot limit)?
This capital city is the northernmost capital of a sovereign country in the world.
What is Reykjavík?