Baking soda is considered this in cooking
What is a leavening agent
This Canadian city is the country's capital
What is Ottawa
This is the fastest growing plant in the world
What is bamboo
Walt Disney creates his first carton that features a tea party and a smiling cat
What is Alice and Wonderland
A felt cap shaped in the form of a cone usually favored in northern African countries and Turkey
What is a fez
This spice is derived from the crocus flower and is one of the most expensive spices in the world
What is saffron
Canberra is the capital of this country
What is Australia
Vanilla is derived from this plant
What is a topical orchid
This department store puts on the first Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC in 1924
What is Macys
A thin pancake folded around a filling, Jewish origin
What is a blintz
This nut is the primary ingredient in marzipan
What are almonds
This capital city is known as the Eternal City
What is Rome
This is the world's oldest known tree species
What is the bristlecone pine
This Russian leader dies and opens the door for another dictator to takes his place
Who is Lenin
A community settlement usually agricultural in nature
What is a kibbutz
This is the primary ingredient in the middle eastern dish falafel
What is chickpeas
The Danube River passes through 4 European cities, the name of 2 them is this
What is Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade and Bratislava
This is the color of leaves lacking chlorophyll
What is white or yellow
This city hosted the 1924 summer Olympics
What is Paris
To pass time in idleness
What is futz
Mirepoix has these 3 standard ingredients
What is carrots, celery and onion
This is the southernmost capital in the world
What is Wellington
Plants absorb this gas from the atmosphere for the process of photosynthesis
What is Carbon
This man was holding the office of POTUS in 1924
Who is Calvin Coolidge
A scatterbrained, stupid or simple person
What is a ditz