V is for Vocab
Foreign Music
A Drink, Please
A Tale of Two Cities
What's the Singular?
100

A mountain that holds magma inside

Volcano

100

In 2017, this Spanish hit became the most-viewed song in Youtube history, prompting an English version to be created with Justin Bieber featuring

Despacito

100

Necessary for human survival, this beverage is also known as H2O

Water

100

In Alberta, these two cities are the most populous and are known for their oil industry and frigid climate

Calgary and Edmonton
100

Swine

Swine

200

Unpredictable or wild, perhaps dangerously so

Volatile

200

This extremely popular Daddy Yankee song's title shares a similarity with the fuel that our cars use to run

Gasolina

200

Humans are the only mammals that consume this beverage after infancy

Milk

200

These two Japanese cities were the victims of two separate nuclear attacks ordered by the US, ending WWII

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

200
Wharves

Wharf

300

A personal grudge against one or multiple people

Vendetta

300

The song "Gangnam Style", by Korean singer PSY, became so famous in 2012 that it prompted this hugely popular building-block video game to make a parody of it

Minecraft

300

This alcoholic Spanish beverage is known best for its sweet taste

Sangria

300

These two cities held the 2008 and 2012 summer Olympic games, respectively

Beijing and London

300

Confetti

Confetto

400

Excessively disgusting or repulsive

Vile

400

This trio of opera singers became famous worldwide for their powerful voices and beautiful music

The Three Tenors

400
In Ancient Roman times, this beverage was thought to be "uncivilized" and was called the "drink of savages"

Beer

400

This Ontario city used to share a name with the capital city of Germany

Kitchener

400

Apices

Apex

500

Typically used for men, it means physically healthy and strong, or biologically predisposed to generate healthy offspring

Virile

500

These round, rubbery objects were the subject of a German smash hit by the artist Nena in the 1990s

Balloons

500

In Greek mythology, drinking this was believed to heal you, but consuming too much would cause spontaneous combustion

Nectar

500

These two cities, in Spain and Germany respectively, both contain a famously large and unfinished-looking cathedral

Barcelona and Köln/Cologne

500

Lice

Louse