WORD ORIGINS
ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE
INTERNATIONAL CRUISINE
BIBLE GEOGRAPHY
BEFORE & AFTER
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This 9-letter word for an insect may have come about because people believed this bug ate uncovered dairy products.

What is a butterfly?


200

Jesus said that it would be easier for this animal to go through the eye of a sewing needle that for a rich man to enter the kingdom.

What is a camel?


200
This Italian dessert, whose name means "pick me up," is made with ladyfingers and espresso.

What is Tiramisu?

200

The place of Jesus birth.

What is Bethlehem Ephrathah?

200

Prince's iconic son needs to reschedule for another time.

What is Purple Raincheck?


400

Though it meant "seasickness" in Latin, this 6-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of sickness.

What is nausea?

400

Noah sent this out from the ark to see if the water had receded from the earth.

What is a dove?

400

This fermented cabbage dish is a staple in Korean cuisine.

What is Kimchi?


400

Paul was told to step over to here.

What is Macedonia?

400

Dr. Seuss serves breakfast to Broadway's favorite founding father.

What is Green Eggs and Hamilton?

600

From the Greek for "ring", the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000.

What is a circus?


600

Jonah got angry when it caused the bottle-gourd plant to whither up and die.

What is a worm?

600

From a flowering plant, the Aztecs used it as a chocolate enhancer, and the Spanish called it this, meaning "little pod."

What is vanilla?

600

Elisha's servant told Naaman to bathe seven times in this river to be cured of his leprosey.

What is the Jordan?

600

One half of an iconic folk-rock duo plays an obedience-themed children's game. 

What if Paul Simon Says?

800

P.T. Barnum, whose traveling shows carried musicians, coined this word that now represents something growing in popularity.

What is bandwagon?


800

David was confident that Jehovah would deliver him from Goliath because he had rescued him from these.

What is a lion and a bear?

800

If you're in Central Asia, ask for shashlik; if you head down to the Middle East ask for this 2-word skewered meat equivalent.

What is a shish kabab?

800

David built his royal residence here.

What is Mount Zion?

800

Hollandaise-laden breakfast dish becomes known as a traitor in the United States.

What is Eggs Benedict Arnold?


1000

This term for a public sale comes from the Latin word augere, meaning "to increase."

What is auction?
1000

Samson tied torches on their tails and sent them out to destroy the fields of the Philistines.

What are foxes?

1000

Invented by German scientist Justus von Liebig from brewer's yeast, this spread is big in the U.K., an acquired taste and 100% vegetarian.

What is Marmite?

1000

The river that flowed out of the Garden of Eden divided into four rivers. Name one.

What is the Pi'shon?

What is the Gi'hon?

What is the Hid'de'kel?

What is the Euphrates?

1000

A beloved TV scientist takes a detour from the lab to Flavortown with a spiky-haired chef.

What is Bill Nye the Science Guy Fieri?