Gingerbread
In the 1800s gingerbread houses became especially popular in Germany inspired by the witch's house in this fairy tale
Hansel and Gretel
Margaret Thatcher
United Kingdom
Including Yap more than 600 islands make up The Federated States of this Pacific nation
Micronesia
To suffer a temporary loss of consciousness
Black Out
Zeke, Hunk, Hickory, Dorothy, Aunt Em
Wizard of Oz
At the intersection of several trade routes Nuremberg, the Gingerbread capital of the world, acquired exotic spices like cloves nutmeg & ginger from the East via the network known as this road
The silk Road
Corazon Aquino
The Philippines
The name of this small country wedged among Germany France & Belgium means little fortress
Luxembourg
To give permission to start something like when a studio says you can start making the movie
Greenlight
Marge, Ron, Dudley
Harry Potter
In some versions gingerbread contains as much of this spice as ginger; in German it's zimt
Cinnamon
Iceland
One of the world's most populous countries it's in the delta of the Ganges & Brahmaputra Rivers
Bangladesh
To purposely abandon someone on an island
Maroon
Fred, Tim, Bob, Ebenezer
A Christmas Carol
In Nuremberg, the gingerbread capital of the world, gingerbread is known as lebküchnerei a word meaning this
Cake
Argentina
Providing plentiful irrigation the Zambezi River is an important artery of this Portuguese speaking country
Mozambique
Chili recipes say to do this to the ground beef
Brown
Calpurnia, Scout, Atticus
To Kill a Mockingbird
With the establishment of a special guild in Germany in the 1600s only guild members could make gingerbread except for these two religious holidays when anybody could
Christmas and Easter
Scandinavia's Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norway
Jacinda Ardern, this countries prime minister, was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
New Zealand
To cut in a zigzag pattern like with certain shears
Pinking
Daisy, Tom, Jay, Nick
The Great Gatsby