Very Short Poems
The American equivalent of Italy's 112
What is 911?
There are an estimated 10 trillion of these in our solar system, mainly between Mars and Jupiter
What are asteroids?
Italian graduates do not wear a mortarboard, but rather a garland made from this plant.
What is laurel?
It's an automatic double when the ball lodges in the ivy at this big-league ballpark
What is Wrigley Field?
In 1985, Don't You (Forget About Me) was the sole number 1 hit for this Scottish band
Who are Simple Minds?
Ithaca and Utica are ancient places, but also the names of colleges in what state?
What is New York?
The latitude of the sun's most southerly position shares a name with this astrological sign
What is Capricorn?
What is Assisi?
This word's inclusion in Webster's Third New International Dictionary in 1961 was the subject of a 2012 book and a 2018 musical
What is ain't?
The author of this novel mistakenly believed its title was the Romanian word for devil
What is Dracula?
In 1964, the first modern example of this business type was founded in Odessa, Texas, where houses rarely have basements
What is self-storage?
Ceres, Quaoar, Makemake and Gonggong are examples of this type of celestial body
What is a dwarf planet?
The Italian phrase frutti di bosco literally means "fruits of the forest", but in English we use this word
What is berry?
This type of license lets you break the rules of grammar, syntax and factual accuracy to achieve an effect
What is poetic license?
!! DAILY DOUBLE !! In the Indonesian version of this game, Elephant tramples Human, Human crushes Ant, but Ant terrifies Elephant
What is Rock, Paper, Scissors?
The now-discontinued penny was most recently minted of 2.5% copper and 97.5% of this metal
What is zinc?
In the 2026 film Project Hail Mary, the trip to Tau Ceti takes almost 12 years but the return trip less than 5. Not a screenwriting mistake, but a result of this property of physics.
What is relativity?
"Stracciatella" means "little shreds". As a gelato flavor, it means little shreds of this.
What is chocolate?
O flowers of the prairies!
O space boundaries! O hum of mighty products!
O you teeming cities! O so invincible, turbulent, proud!
O you know only one person could have written this!
Who is Walt Whitman?
In the 1968 film Yellow Submarine, Ringo stores this object in his pocket, later used to free Sergeant Pepper's band from captivity
What is a hole?
In the nautical alphabet, the letter A on its own also means this
What is diver down?
Norman Connors is a jazz and R&B musician best known for this 1976 top-5 hit that references space travel
What is "You Are My Starship"?
At an Italian ski resort, you'll find a barista tending bar, and a gattista doing this, from the word gatto, meaning cat?
What is operating the Snowcat?
This central Texas city is home to a namesake university that is tops in the nation, alphabetically
What is Abilene / Abilene Christian University)?
Before writing Walden and The Maine Woods, Henry David Thoreau made his fortune manufacturing this relevant item
What are pencils?