World Cultures
This salted and pickled cabbage is a staple of an Asian cuisine, and is seasoned with onions, ginger, or gochugaru
What is kimchi?
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), administrates foreign aid and assistance but operates within the framework of this agency, which is responsible for U.S. foreign policy broadly.
What is the State Dept.?
Ding dong! This experiment, by the father of classical conditioning, showed that our pets begin to salivate when they experience something associated with dinner.
What is Pavlov's Dog?
This activity, such as lacrosse, chess, or debate, is done in addition to a student's additional coursework
What is extracurricular?
Often referred to as the father of free verse, this American poet is best known for his anthology Leaves of Grass. Don't get him confused with Heisenberg!
During WWI, American makers of this fermented food feared that the public would reject a product with a German name, and rebranded it as "Liberty Cabbage"
The central Post in a host nation's capital is called an embassy, the name for a Post below that, but in the same country is named this.
What is Consulate?
This Austrian friar's experiment made him the father of genetics, as he established the rules of heredity by cross-breeding certain plants.
What is the Mendel Pea Experiment?
This was one of the first major shifts in human history, which allowed nomadic hunter-gatherers to lay down roots and develop civilizations
What is The Agricultural Revolution?
"I would prefer not to" is the catchphrase of Bartleby the Scrivener, a short story written by this author, whose more famous work begins with the phrase "Call me Ishmael."
Who is Herman Melville?
This variant of yogurt is strained for a thicker consistency. It maintains the sour taste of yogurt, while containing higher protein and calorie content.
What is Greek Yogurt?
The United States maintains formal diplomatic relations with all UN member states except for four. Name two of the four.
What are Bhutan, Iran, North Korea, Syria?
This experiment shocked the psychology world, when it showed that average people could be coerced into hurting others in order to obey a perceived authority figure
What is the Milgram Experiment?
Exactly the same on both sides of an axis
What is Symmetrical?
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." are the last words of a great American novel, by this early 20th century novelist.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This fermented, lightly carbonated green or black tea is produced using a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, or SCOBY, called a "mother"
What is Kombucha?
How many diplomatic Posts does the U.S. operate?
What is 270-280?
This experiment revolutionized modern physics by firing photons through two openings. It showed that light could behave as either a particle or a wave, and that the act of observing an experiment could affect the results
What is the Double slit experiment?
Actors, plays, musicals, stages, or even just being dramatic
What is Theatrical?
This novelist and essayist died last year and was best known for her book Song of Solomon.
Who is Toni Morrison?
The origin story of this fermented food is that a samurai was ambushed while boiling soybeans for his horses. After retreating, he found that the beans had fermented and liked them anyway!
What is Natto?
In 1798, this episode, named after the codes used for French diplomats, led to a quasi-war with France. This event, while at the beginning of U.S. Foreign Relations, is at the end of the alphabet.
What is the XYZ Affair?
Move over, Atlas! This English scientist's experiment used a torsion balance and two lead spheres to measure the gravitational constant, which was then used to calculate the mass of the Earth.
What is the Cavendish Experiment?
The beginning of this word sounds like the material for a cloth, but is a synonym for lying
What is Fabricate?
An unknown eccentric during life, this poet became one of the most influential figures in American poetry after the posthumous publication of 40 notebooks.
Who is Emily Dickinson?