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The fungus that controls and alters humans in The Last of Us.
What is cordyceps?
French composer Maurice Ravel, of Bolero fame, was known for his love of this kind of animal.
What is a cat?
When an item receives this number designation, the restaurant has exhausted that item.
What is 86?
Instead of a frog in one's throat, the French actually refer to this other animal to describe a sore throat.
What is a cat - avoir un chat dans la gorge?
The date given as both Frodo's and Bilbo's birthday (and celebrated as World Hobbit Day).
What is September 22?
The Nintendo 64 game that is credited with popularizing a manually-controlled camera.
What is Super Mario 64?
Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, of The Four Seasons fame, was given the nickname "the Red Priest" because of this attribute.
What is his red hair?
What a party is said to be doing when they've stayed long past paying their check.
What is camping?
What is 36?
Aragorn and Arwen are technically this relationship to each other (besides betrothed/married).
What are first cousins (just over 60 times removed)?
The composer for the first ten Final Fantasy games.
Who is Nobuo Uematsu?
French composer Paul Dukas, of The Sorcerer's Apprentice fame, was sadly one of these types of self-sabotaging people.
What is a perfectionist?
The designations to refer to the service staff versus the kitchen staff.
What are "front of house" and "back of house?"
Ce n'est pas tes oignons - these aren't your onions, equates to this English phrase.
What is "it's none of your business?"
While the Elvish language was based on Welsh and Finnish, the Dwarven language was based on this real-world language.
What is Hebrew?
Due to the very new sandbox nature of The Legend of Zelda (1986), Nintendo of America provided this kind of service to players.
What is a help hotline?
Austrian composer and jokester Joseph Haydn was expelled from school as a teenager for doing this to a fellow choir boy.
What is cutting off his ponytail?
The service staff are said to be in this place when extremely busy and overwhelmed.
What is "in the weeds?"
Les carottes sont cuites - the carrots are cooked, equates to this English idiom (multiple right answers).
What is "the jig is up," "it's all over," "the goose is cooked," or "the die is cast?"
The year of the infamous Leeroy Jenkins video from World of Warcraft streaming history.
What is 2005?
Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, of The Nutcracker and Swan Lake fame, suffered from a strange fear that this event would occur while conducting.
What is "his head falling off?"
In a formal setting, the server must serve from this side and remove from this other side.
What is "serve from the left, remove from the right?"
Instead of pigs flying, the French refer to impossible things with this other animal-related idea.
What is "when hens have teeth - quand les poules auront des dents?"