"C" WORDS
This hot beverage, brewed from roasted beans, is one of the most widely consumed drinks in the world.
What is coffee?
This French monument, built for the 1889 World's Fair, was initially criticized by Parisians as an eyesore before becoming the city's most iconic symbol.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This classic treat includes a banana topped with three scoops of ice cream, whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry.
What is a banana split?
This is the largest hot desert in the world, covering much of North Africa.
What is the Sahara?
This Nike sneaker line, first released in 1985 and endorsed by a legendary basketball player, remains one of the most collected shoe brands in the world.
What is Air Jordan (Jordans)?
This verb describes squeezing or folding something, into a compressed, wrinkled mass.
What is crumple?
This Christian monument in Rio de Janeiro, standing nearly 100 feet tall atop a mountain, overlooks the entire city with outstretched arms.
What is Christ the Redeemer?
This Mexican fried-dough pastry, coated in cinnamon sugar, is often served with a side of chocolate or caramel sauce for dipping.
What is a churro?
This vast, arid interior region covers roughly 70% of Australia, and is so sparsely populated that some of its cattle ranches are larger than several European countries combined.
What is the Outback?
This German sportswear brand's shoes feature three parallel stripes as their signature design element.
What is Adidas?
This device, when turned, converts rotational motion into linear motion or used as slang for a grumpy, irritable person.
What is crank?
This Greek temple, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, sits atop the Acropolis overlooking Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
This Japanese dessert consists of a soft, chewy rice dough wrapped around a filling, often sweet red bean paste or ice cream.
What is mochi?
This U.S. desert, home to Las Vegas, is known for its extreme summer heat and includes Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth.
What is the Mojave Desert?
This New York-founded sneaker company built its reputation on the "990" series and is known for being manufactured (in part) domestically in the U.S. and UK.
What is New Balance?
This word describes the set of courses and content taught at a school or in an educational program.
What is curriculum?
This Jordanian archaeological city, carved directly into rose-colored sandstone cliffs, was the capital of the ancient Nabataean Kingdom and later featured in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
What is Petra?
This baked custard dessert is topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar, cracked open with a spoon just before eating.
What is crème brûlée?
This Asian desert, spanning parts of China and Mongolia, is famous for its role along the ancient Silk Road.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This sneaker silhouette, originally a basketball shoe released by Converse in 1917, remains one of the best-selling and longest-running shoe designs in history.
What is the Chuck Taylor (All-Star)?
This word describes behavior or speech that's tastelessly crude, blunt, or lacking refinement.
What is crass?
This Cambodian temple complex, the largest religious monument in the world, was originally built as a Hindu temple before later becoming a Buddhist site.
What is Angkor Wat?
This layered Middle Eastern pastry is made with phyllo dough, chopped nuts, and sweet syrup or honey.
What is baklava?
This polar desert is technically the largest desert in the world by area, despite being covered almost entirely in ice; a classification that surprises most people, since "desert" is defined by low precipitation, not temperature or sand.
What is Antarctica?
This Japanese sneaker brand, whose name is often mistakenly read as an acronym but is actually derived from a Latin phrase meaning "a sound mind in a sound body," is a favorite among runners for its GEL cushioning technology.
What is Asics?