Food & Kitchen
This common kitchen tool is used to flip pancakes, burgers, and eggs on a flat surface.
What is a spatula?
This phone feature lets you silence notifications while still allowing emergency calls through.
What is Do Not Disturb?
This children’s book by Dr. Seuss begins with a character hatching from an egg.
What is Green Eggs and Ham?
This color gets its name from the French word for “yellowish-brown.”
What is beige?
This city is the capital of Ohio.
What is Columbus?
This cooking term means to cook food in liquid just below the boiling point.
What is simmer?
This pantry item can be used to deodorize carpets, clean sinks, and freshen shoes.
What is baking soda?
This novel by Harper Lee is commonly read in U.S. high schools and features the character Atticus Finch.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This deep red color is named after a city in southern France.
What is maroon?
Ohio’s official nickname is “The ____ State.”
What is the Buckeye State?
This pantry ingredient helps baked goods rise by producing carbon dioxide when mixed with liquid and heat.
What is baking powder?
Turning clothes inside out before washing helps preserve this part of the garment.
What is color?
This bestselling thriller author wrote The Da Vinci Code.
Who is Dan Brown?
This greenish color name also refers to a gemstone commonly used in jewelry.
What is emerald?
This river forms much of Ohio’s southern border.
What is the Ohio River?
This herb contains eugenol (the same compound found in cloves) and is a key ingredient in both pesto and Caprese salad.
What is basil?
Running a ceiling fan counterclockwise in summer helps circulate air and creates this cooling effect.
What is a wind-chill effect?
This author originally published Carrie in 1974 after his wife rescued the manuscript from the trash.
Who is Stephen King?
This color takes its name from a reddish-purple dye once made from sea snails in ancient times.
What is purple?
This Wright brothers’ aviation site in Ohio commemorates the development of the first practical airplane.
What is Dayton?
This French cooking term refers to a mixture of flour and fat used to thicken sauces and soups.
What is a roux?
dding a splash of vinegar to boiling water helps egg whites coagulate faster when making this dish.
What are poached eggs?
This dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood features a society where women are stripped of most rights.
What is The Handmaid’s Tale?
This color is named after a cobalt-based pigment and shares its name with a famous Renaissance artist.
What is ultramarine?
This national park in northeastern Ohio protects a historic canal system and stretches between Cleveland and Akron.
What is Cuyahoga Valley National Park?