Food
This fruit is the star ingredient in traditional guacamole
What is avocado?
This Dr. Seuss book features a picky eater and a colorful breakfast
What is Green Eggs and Ham?
This colorful locomotive phrase is what kids often call a toy train
What is choo choo?
This playful command tells a dog to retrieve something
What is fetch?
A file format developed in 1992 to present documents in a manner independent of software, hardware, and operating systems
What is PDF?
This fermented ingredient gives traditional soy sauce its dark color and savory umami flavor
What are soybeans?
This Coldplay song, released in 2000, was their breakout single
What is Yellow?
In Hawaiian cuisine this popular party platter refers to a variety of appetizers
What is Pupu?
It's the opposite of wrong—or what you hope your trivia answers are
What is right?
A phrase often used to justify risky behavior because, hey, you’ve only got one shot at life
What is YOLO?
This French term refers to cooking vacuum-sealed food in a precisely heated water bath
What is sous vide?
This iconic French liquor, originally made by monks using 130 herbs and plants, is named for its vivid green color
What is Chartreuse?
This Polynesian island paradise was so nice, they named it twice
What is Bora Bora?
You’d better do this before your time runs out
What is hurry?
These four letters refer to the system that delivers email to your inbox
What is SMTP?
This Japanese term refers to raw fish sliced and served without rice
What is sashimi?
This term refers to a catastrophic, unforeseen event that’s often rationalized in hindsight, popularized by author Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What is a Black Swan?
This is a breed of dog known for its lion-like mane and blue-black tongue
What is a Chow Chow?
This word is a synonym for a void or empty space—often used in sci-fi and philosophy
What is ether?
The acronym RADAR stands for this
What is Radio Detection and Ranging?
This ancient grain, sometimes called “the mother of all grains,” was considered sacred by the Incas
What is quinoa?
This rare culinary term refers to a chicken dish slowly poached in a broth until it turns a pale yellow-white—named after a color in French
What is Poulet au Blanc?
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What is Blanquette de Veau?
This 1963 musical (and later film) featured a rock star named Conrad Birdie and a farewell hit
What is Bye Bye Birdie?
A rare word expressing alarm, anger, or the cry of someone surprised in old novels
What is egads?
This standards committee gave its name to a widely used image compression format
What is Joint Photographic Experts Group?