CHESS IT OUT
It's the only chess piece that can hop over an opposing piece when it moves
Knight
Erupting with flavor, it's the yummy dessert seen named for its center
a lava cake
Ecuador and Bolivia
Peru
Asked about the name of this device, inventor Doug Engelbart said, "It just looked like one with its tail"
Computer mouse
This website for sharing videos was registered on Monday, February 14, 2005; Keyboard Cat would debut later
Youtube
The "Sicilian" one starts with a move by black on the queen's half of the board
defense
Bad when it's caused by heavy rain, good when it's a dessert cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur & Irish cream
a mudslide
Luxembourg and Andorra
France
Brothers John & Thomas Knoll created this image-editing program in the '80s & sold it to Adobe in 1995
Photoshop
Shoppers in Rogers, Arkansas had a new option on July 2, 1962 as the first of these stores opened
Walmart
It's the 8-letter term for the direction in which white has chosen to castle
kingside
These cakes were immortalized by Proust in his "Remembrance of Things Past"
madeleines
Kenya and Eritrea
Ethiopia
The version control system Git was created as a free version of which source-control management system?
BitKeeper
Pairing a legume & a grain, this New Orleans specialty is traditionally served on Mondays
red beans and rice
Bring your queen out fast against an inexperienced player & you can have this victory after just 2 moves
a fool's mate
Made with egg whites & coconut but needing no flour, these cookies are traditional during the Jewish Passover
macaroons
Norway and Mongolia
Russia
The name of this tech company is a shortening of the metropolis where it was founded by 2 Stanford computer scientists in 1984
Cisco Systems
On a Monday in 1936, Jesse Owens had a good day in this European city
Berlin
Even chess masters often begin a game with this familiar opening, named for a Spanish priest
the Ruy Lopez
Italian for "cooked cream", this eggless custard can be garnished with raspberries
panna cotta
Thailand has land borders with Burma, Laos, Cambodia & this country
Malaysia
1955: Harlow Curtice, president of this automaker that was the first corporation to earn $1 billion in net profits in a year
General Motors
We're used to the Sunday holiday but in the British Commonwealth, this "Monday" is a holiday
Easter Monday