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Though some would say it's the mosquito, the state insect is in fact this sweet and beloved pollinator.
What is the honeybee?
This warehouse club requires an annual membership fee and is known for its bulk products and $1.50 hot dog-and-soda combo that has never increased in price.
What is Costco?
Italians are said to consume an average of 26 kilograms of this stereotypical staple per year.
What is pasta?
Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem featuring a talking bird repeatedly utters this single word to a grieving narrator.
What is "Nevermore"
Mary Beth holds this two-word title in the Episcopal Church, formerly thought of as a stepping stone towards priesthood?
What is vocational deacon?
This town is known for being named after the US's 9th president, the current home of the New York Red Bulls MLS team, and being the hometown of our dear Mary Beth.
What is Harrison?
This discount chain was founded in 1977 gets its name from the state where it originated and specializes in closeout merchandise.
What is Ocean State Job Lot?
This traditional Italian dish from Northern Italy requires constant stirring and is finished with butter and Parmigiano-Reggiano for a creamy texture.
What is risotto?
Mary Beth derives great inspiration from this acclaimed poet, who died in 2019.
Who is Mary Oliver?
This mountain, also a hospital in New York City, is where God gave Moses stone tablets containing divine laws.
What is Mount Sinai?
New Jersey is known as the capital of the world for this chromed-out dining establishment with an extensive yet predictable menu.
What is the diner?
This discount grocer goes so far to save customers money that you have to rent their shopping carts for a quarter.
What is Aldi?
This seaside establishment has Mary Beth's unparalleled favorite pizza pie.
What is Marucas?
The sonnet style of poem, of which Shakespeare wrote 154, contains this many lines.
What is 14?
In Norse mythology, this one-eyed god ruled over Asgard and was associated with war, death, and poetry.
Who is Odin?
The state of New Jersey is physically larger than this north African nation with a repetitive capital name.
What is Djibouti?
This massive retail conglomerate, known for its 3 similar but somehow different large style discount stores, has its corporate headquarters in Farmington, MA.
What is TJX? TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Home Goodds
This Sicilian stuffed and fried specialty's name means 'little oranges'.
What is arancini?
Dante's "The Divine Comedy" features 9 circles of hell, beginning with Limbo and ending with this lowest circle where traitors are frozen in ice.
What is treachery?
This Hindu god, known as 'The Destroyer,' forms part of the Trimurti along with Brahma the Creator and Vishnu the Preserver.
Who is Shiva?
This famous disaster of 1937 happened in Lakehurst New Jersey, killing 35 people in the fiery wreck.
What is the Hindenburg?
This smaller establishment has has a tight relationship with their neighbor restaurant Tsang's to provide volunteers with endless Wednesday martinis.
What is the Duxbury Thrift Store?
This movement, founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy in 1986, promoted an alternative to fast food in an attempt to preserve traditional and regional cuisine.
What is the slow food movement?
This style of poetry was invented by American Black female authors in the 1960s as a representation of their erasure from public discourse, and involves crossing out major portions of an existing text to reveal the poem.
What is blackout poetry?
This Greek goddess of the rainbow served as a messenger of the gods and traveled on rainbows between Mount Olympus and Earth.
Who is Iris?