Recipe For
Disaster
Code Names (Not That Kind)
Give Me That Old Time Religion
Emily's List (not that one)
400

Lemon, honey, whiskey, hot water. Ostensibly to make your cold better.

Hot Toddy

400

"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job," President Bush said to the head of this agency in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

FEMA/Federal Emergency Management Agency

400

Osama Bin Laden was killed in this country during Operation Neptune Spear.

Pakistan

400

The name for food that is permissible for observant Muslims to eat. 

Halal

400

She played another "Emily" in "The Devil Wears Prada."

Emily Blunt

800

Frozen pineapple chunks, coconut milk, sugar, and some lemon. It's a popular treat at Disney theme parks. 

Dole whip

800

Phytophthora infestans-- a fungus-- was behind this Irish disaster, which killed over 1 million people in the 19th century. 

Irish Potato Famine/Great Hunger

800

This 1980s sci-fi movie was made under the fake title "Blue Harvest."

Return of the Jedi

800

Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 religious epic, starring Charlton Heston.

The Ten Commandments

800

Connecticut grandmother, wife of Richard. 

Emily Gilmore

1200

Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, and an orange peel for garnish.

Negroni

1200

Tsunamis happen most frequently in the Pacific Ocean because of this region of active volcanoes, which shares its name with a Johnny Cash song.

Ring of Fire.

1200

Operation Rolling Thunder was the name of the sustained American bombing campaign during this war. 

Vietnam War

1200

The Vedas, composed around 1500 B.C, are the primary sacred texts of this religion.

Hinduism

1200

New Yorker TV critic.

Emily Nussbaum

1600

Instant coffee, sugar, milk, hot water, ... and a mixer. Popularized by Tik Tok.

Dalgona/whipped coffee

1600

The Station nightclub fire, in this northern state, killed 100 people in 2003.

Rhode Island

1600

"Smiling Buddha" was the name of this country's 1974 launch of its first nuclear weapon.

India

1600

This term has been used to refer to a number of periods of religious revival in American Christianity.

Great Awakening

1600

Clifford's best friend. 

Emily Elizabeth

2000
Too many ingredients to list... slow-cooked beef in red wine, popularized in the US by Julia Child.

Beef Bourguignon

2000

This utility company just agreed to a $13.5 billion settlement with California wildfire victims.

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)

2000

This English country house was the center of British codebreaking during World War II. 

Bletchley Park

2000

This religion, founded in Persia circa 6th century BCE, is one of the oldest continually practiced religions in the world.

Zoroastrianism

2000

Etiquette expert. 

Emily Post