“M” WORDS
Mickey and Minnie are both this small rodent.
What is a mouse?
On October 31, people carve faces into this orange gourd and set a candle inside.
What is a pumpkin?
Known as “The Wizard of Menlo Park,” this inventor is credited with the phonograph and the commercially practical light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Flipped on a griddle and topped with maple syrup, these round cakes are a classic stack.
What are pancakes?
Tokyo, sushi, and Mount Fuji all belong to this island nation in East Asia.
What is Japan?
This 26.2-mile race is named for a Greek battlefield, where a messenger supposedly ran to Athens with news of victory.
What is a marathon?
Spooky decorations often feature these flying mammals that sleep hanging upside down.
What are bats?
In 1876, this Scottish-born inventor, who later lived in Canada, was granted the patent for the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This ring-shaped bread is boiled before it’s baked and often served with cream cheese.
What is a bagel?
Reykjavik is the capital of this North Atlantic island nation, known for geysers, volcanoes, and the northern lights.
What is Iceland
Thirsty travelers in the desert see this optical illusion, like a shimmering pool of water that isn’t really there.
What is a mirage?
Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula comes from this region of Romania.
What is Transylvania?
These two Ohio bicycle makers achieved the first powered airplane flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903.
Who are the Wright brothers?
This brunch dish is poached eggs and Canadian bacon on an English muffin, covered in hollandaise sauce.
What is eggs Benedict?
Lemurs live in the wild only on this island nation off Africa’s southeast coast, the fourth-largest island in the world.
What is Madagascar?
Roman floors and Byzantine church walls were often decorated with this art made from tiny pieces of colored tile or glass.
What is a mosaic?
In 1692, this Massachusetts town held infamous witch trials, and today it leans hard into Halloween tourism.
What is Salem?
Around 1440, this German goldsmith introduced movable-type printing to Europe.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This flaky, crescent-shaped pastry is Austrian in origin but is now an icon of French bakeries.
What is a croissant?
Formerly called Ceylon, this teardrop-shaped island nation south of India is famous for its tea.
What is Sri Lanka?
This memory aid, like “Roy G. Biv” for the colors of the rainbow, begins with a silent letter.
What is a mnemonic?
This ancient Celtic festival, held at the end of October, is considered the origin of Halloween.
What is Samhain?
While working at CERN in 1989, this British computer scientist invented the World Wide Web.
Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
Poached in a spiced sauce of tomatoes and peppers, eggs star in this North African and Middle Eastern skillet dish.
What is shakshuka?
Spread over more than 17,000 islands, including Java and Bali, this is the world’s largest archipelagic country.
What is Indonesia?