United States
Apple
Closing ceremony featured performer
Lionel Richie
Nicknamed the Pelican State?
Louisiana
Traditional Korean side dish of salted and fermented vegetables, such as napa cabbage and Korean radish
Kimchi
Author who created Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
South Korea
Samsung
Venue for the opening and closing ceremony
Protective Stadium
Spot once registered 134 degrees, the highest temperature ever in the U.S.
Death Valley.
Stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a street food in Thailand, typically made with rice noodles, shrimp, peanuts, a scrambled egg, and bean sprouts, among other vegetables
Pad thai
Whose 1988 novel led to Ayatollah Khomeini issuing a fatwa calling for his death
Salman Rushdie
China
Tencent
Venue for tug of war
UAB track and field
Least populated US state
Wyoming
A sour soup common in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, made with red beetroots as one of the main ingredients, which give the dish its distinctive red color
Borscht
Russian author wrote the classic novel "Anna Karenina"
Leo Tolstoy
Germany
SAP
Official theme song
Hope of Alabama
Desert that Las Vegas located in
The Mojave Desert
Levantine appetizer consisting of finely chopped roasted eggplant, olive oil, lemon juice, various seasonings, and tahini
Baba ghanoush
Name of Sherlock Holmes’ arch enemy
Professor Moriarty
Japan
Sony
Name of official Mascots
Vulcan and Vesta
Largest US state by landmass
Alaska
Derived from Polish, dumplings made by wrapping unleavened dough around a savory or sweet filling and cooking in boiling water
Pierogi
In Ancient Greek literature, who is the presumed author of The Odyssey and The Iliad?
Homer