Around the world in 5 questions and 8 rants
In seventy-five years, this mega-city has transformed from being 80% demolished and made of fragile wooden houses clustered within a few square miles, to one of the largest metropolises known for technology, commerce, and fish-based food staples.
Tokyo
Based on its British predecessor, this 2000s sitcom follows a lovable yet socially inept boss and his employees as they get involved in weird love triangles, pull insane pranks, and hate on the human resources guy.
The Office
Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Xiaoping, and Ceausescu were all leaders of nations under this political party, often symbolized by the color red.
The Communist Party
Railed Locomotive + "_____"-It-Ralph
Trainwreck
The name of an adorable cartoon dog owned by a personified mouse couple, it can also be used as a nickname for an extremely volatile nuclear element used in missiles.
Pluto
Travel along this river, and you can encounter cool experiences including eating jambalaya and crawfish while seeing a voodoo doll collection at the Southern Delta, visit the largest man-made arch in the world, and experience -20 degrees in the world's largest mall, situated between twin cities.
The Mississippi River
This late 2010s best-picture nominee signified a shift in the action genre, empowering the black audience by including a mainly black cast in a typically white-dominated genre.
Black Panther
This food item, which is quite the biological anomaly due to it containing seeds on the outside skin rather than tucked inside near the core, can be found in a park near Liverpool.
Strawberry
What a throne essentially is + Opposite of a woman
Chairman
Number 80 on the periodic table, this toxic liquid element has been used in thermometers to measure temperature as well as in ancient Chinese medicines.
Mercury
This European nation is host to the largest population, longest mountain range, most cities with over 4 million people (3), largest lake, and largest military/weapon arsenal in the whole continent.
Russia
This acclaimed TV show centered around a dysfunctional mafia family and is often considered the template for the modern storyline, as the protagonist killed a man in cold blood in the first episode and is generally considered the first true TV antihero.
The Sopranos
This word, a variation of the color red, is part of phrases including a type of fever, a Nathaniel Hawthorne piece of literature about adultery, and the name of the highest-paid actress in the world.
Scarlet
Yellow Buzzing Insect + the victim of 7 in the classic riddle
Benign
This is half of the type of relationship used to describe the bond between George H.W. & George W., Joseph & Jesus, Anakin & Luke, and Chris & Nolan.
Sun
(Spelling is irrelevant)
In 1453, this city was the site of a historical battle that changed the course of history by making Western empires travel East to connect with the Asian trade market rather than through the Bosphorus Strait and into the Black Sea.
Istanbul (Constantinople)
This movie is an allegory for the Populist Movement in the late nineteenth century; the famed road the travelers follow is a reference to the gold standard that farmers had to follow to reach the land of promise, where the leader symbolizes William Jennings Bryan as he grants the wish of the travelers.
The Wizard of Oz
This term, yet another variation of the color red, can be found stranded on a beach as a verb, be part of a phrase that describes certain colonies where runaway slaves would live in the 1800s as a proper noun, and be half of a 2000s pop-rock band's name.
Maroon
DAILY DOUBLE
A nickname for an underwater military vessel + "this is a one ___ road, you can't go in the opposite direction"
Subway
The namesake of a Houston sports team, this apparatus is also mentioned in a tune by Sir. Elton John preceding the line "I think it's gonna be a long long time."
Rocket
This island nation is separated by a small strait with the world's second-most populated nation, and here you can travel to the capital Colombo, the beautiful Yala Natural Park to see Asian elephants, and pray at the many Buddhist temples along the way.
Sri Lanka
This classic 80s sitcom created many memorable tropes including the will-they-won't-they with the "Sam and Diane" couple, and it truly is a show where everybody knows it's name.
Cheers
Despite not actually being the color red, these minerals often conjure images of red due to their name, which derives from the illegal mining and trade of these valuable resources which results in many African casualties.
Blood Diamonds
The type of structure Reagan tore down in Berlin + the job title of Henry VIII
Walking
The name of a multinational candy & chocolate conglomerate which derives from the Roman God of War with the same name.
Mars