Capital Punishment
Despite being one of the most populous European capitals, and consistently in the top five most visited cities in the world, this capital does not have any stop signs in the entirety of its city limits.
Paris, France
A chocolate-and-crème dessert from the capital of Massachusetts, you would find it in donut shops around the country despite its name that calls back to its origins in a bakery.
Boston Creme Pie
Also a part of a shoe, this organ in the mouth is kept moist by saliva.
Tongue
Which large mammal has a tail so strong it can stand on it and lift its hind legs off the ground?
Kangaroo
This is an interjection of disapproval, or what a ghost might say to scare you.
Boo
A group of witches is known as what?
A coven
This is the only capital city to house an entire sovereign state within its borders.
Created in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, this ubiquitous food is an American twist on a Japanese classic and was created using avocado and crab to maintain seafood flavor when tuna is out of season.
California Roll (sushi)
First published in 1858, what textbook was based on dissections performed on unclaimed corpses. Its name was later used for a medical tv drama.
Gray's Anatomy
Which sea creature, common in seafood dishes around the world, often changes its gender during its lifetime?
Oyster (also, clownfish)
Often said at the end of a Christian prayer, it comes from the Hebrew for “truth.”
Mary Shelly is the author of what 20th century book about a scientist and his monster?
Frankenstein
This country is the only one in the world to have three capital cities: Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein. Funnily enough, none of those are the most populous city. Double points if you can name that city.
South Africa
Johannesburg
Named for the group of islands off the southern coast of Florida where their primary ingredient is found, these desserts have a distinctive bright green color.
Key Lime Pies
This insulin-producing organ gets its 8-letter name from a Greek phrase meaning “all flesh.”
Pancreas
The changing color of this part of a lion's body can roughly help you determine its age.
Nose (starts out bright pink and turns a mottled gray, then develops freckles, and eventually becomes completely black)
You can say this interjection before drinking; also, thank you.
Cheers
Pumpkins are technically what category of food?
A fruit
Many Latin American capital cities have official full names that come from Catholic Roots. For example, the full translated name of the capital of this country is Holy Mary of the Good Winds. Name the country or capital city for points.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Despite sharing the name of the biggest city in Myanmar/Burma, this food, with its fried exterior and crab-and-cream-cheese filing, is commonly found in Chinese restaurants in the US.
Crab Rangoons
Despite most of the body expanding to accommodate a growing fetus, this organ actually shrinks during pregnancy.
Brain (grey matter shrinks)
What is a group of camels called?
A caravan
From the Greek for “I have found it,” this interjection is California’s state motto.
Eureka
What US president told a group of schoolchildren that the White House is haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln?
George HW Bush
Fun facts about this capital include:
- They drink more wine per capita than any other city in the country.
- Residents could not vote in the elections for the leader of their country until 1961.
- One of the gargoyles on the National Cathedral is Darth Vader.
Washington, D.C.
This food, whose name is trademarked by Nabisco, is made from a fruit native to the Mediterranean and parts of Asia. You may see the fruit as a jam, but this particular food is most commonly consumed in a processed bar form in the United States. It is named after a city in Massachusetts where the fruit filling was first developed.
Fig Newtons (Newton, MA)
This organ has no blood vessels or connection to the vascular system, meaning it has to absorb oxygen from tears and the outside atmosphere.
Cornea (eye)
What is the deadliest animal in the world (by the number of human deaths caused by the animal)
First recorded in use by the LA Times in the 1940s, this interjection expresses alarm or surprise in relatively unserious situations. In 2010s Gen Z slang, it was proceeded by "Big" as a light-hearted way to acknowledge awkward moments, such as in response to an offensive comment.
Yikes
Although some dispute this, it's generally agreed that Halloween originates from Samhain, a 600 AD festival in what modern country?
Ireland (Celtic festival)