HOLE FOODS
Now that Tim Hortons has many stores in the U.S., you don't need to head north of the border to enjoy their maple bacon one of these
a donut
The system of interconnecting canals & spaces of the inner ear has this name, like a maze of Greek mythology
labyrinth
In this song Drake summons a higher power to tell a paramour he only loves his "bed & my Momma, I'm sorry"
"God's Plan"
In this Hasbro game you have to sink 5 of your opponent's vessels before they sink yours
Battleship
Tamaki Makaurau is an increasingly common alternate name for Auckland in this country
New Zealand
Known for their Wint O Green mints, these hole-y candies probably won't help you too much if you're capsized
Life Savers
With a name from Greek for "drifting", these free-floating marine organisms produce about half the Earth's oxygen
plankton
This potent potably "laid back" bop by Snoop D-O Double G includes the line "with my mind on my money & my money on my mind"
"Gin and Juice"
The traditional Filipino game palo sebo involves climbing up a greased pole made of this treelike grass
bamboo
Brush up on your French for a visit here, where you can walk along the St. Lawrence before catching the Habs at the Bell Centre
Montreal
Noah's Bagels uses this Yiddish-derived word for its cream cheese-based toppings
schmear
National Geographic says it's the world's largest desert, its 5 million sq. miles getting only 3" of precipitation a year
Antarctica
According to Cyndi Lauper's producer, Ms. Lauper initially didn't want to sing this song because it was written by a man
"Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
You'll need 2 jump ropes plus some partners to play this game, & no, they needn't be from Holland
Double Dutch
Like his famous grandfather, portrait artist Lucian Freud died at home in this city
London
This process kills microorganisms responsible for the holes in Swiss cheese, so the cultures are re-added after
pasteurization
At this wicked cold temperature, Celsius & Fahrenheit are identical
-40
The Beach Boys sang of a woman "giving me excitations" in this song
"Good Vibrations"
Also the title of a 2022 film, this triple-talk game similar to Mafia has you accusing your friends of murder
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Semiconductors used in A.I. pour out of a science park in Hsinchu on this island
Taiwan
A thick spaghetti with a long hole down the tube, this type of pasta gets its name from the Italian for "hole"
bucatini
In 1801 Thomas Young showed light is a wave--so it has a wavelength, which he quite accurately put at 22.7/1,000,000", about 576 of these
nanometers
The titular track from this Paul Simon album begins, "The Mississippi Delta was shining like a national guitar"
"Graceland"
An Apple TV show with Anna Sawai shares its name with this Japanese game described as a cross between pinball & a slot machine
pachinko
In Richard Nixon's "Six Crises", No. 4 is when his car is attacked in this S. Amer. city, where 61 years later the U.S. closed its embassy
Caracas