City Nicknames
Fictional Detectives
Animal Groups
Food
Potpourri
100
"The City of Lights"
What is Paris?
100
This country is home to Agatha Christie's exacting detective, Hercule Poirot.
What is Belgium?
100
A group of these is known as a "prickle".
What are porcupines?
100
This food substitute was developed by a French chemist in 1869 to feed Napoleon III's army and is still loved by some bakers!
What is margarine?
100
This insect spreads royal jelly over eggs.
What is the bee? (large amounts of royal jelly turn an ordinary egg into a queen)
200
"The Big Easy"
What is New Orleans?
200
This detective duo operated out of 221B Baker street.
Who are Sherlock Holmes and John Watson?
200
A group of these mud-loving African mammals is known as a "bloat".
What are hippos?
200
It's flour cooked together with fat, which serves as a thickener for soups and sauces.
What is roux?
200
This metal used to be known as "quicksilver".
What is mercury?
300
"Sin City"
What is Las Vegas?
300
Carolyn Keene penned a series of books about this teen-aged sleuth.
Who is Nancy Drew?
300
These noble birds convene in a "parliament".
What are owls?
300
This nut is traditional in a Waldorf salad.
What is the walnut?
300
Saffron comes from this early spring flower.
What are crocuses?
400
"Hogtown"
What is Toronto?
400
This actor played hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe in film noir classic, "The Big Sleep".
Who is Humphrey Bogart?
400
A group of these primates is known as a "shrewdness".
What are apes?
400
It's the proper name for bow tie pasta.
What is farfalle?
400
This Shakespearean theatre has been reconstructed on London's south bank.
What is the Globe Theatre?
500
"The City of Brotherly Love"
What is Philadelphia?
500
In 1841, this author created Auguste Daupin, who first appeared in the story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (said to be the first modern detective story).
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
500
In the movie Madagascar, King Julian leads a "conspiracy" of this type of mammal.
What are lemurs?
500
This meringue-based cake was created in honour of a Russian ballerina.
What is pavlova?
500
This Canadian received the Noble Prize for Peace in 1957 for his efforts to peacefully resolve the Suez Crisis and then went on to become Prime Minister.
Who is Lester B. Pearson?
