Edible Combos
In the South, shrimp is often served on top of this fluffy grain.
What are grits? Shrimp and grits has been around for decades in the South. However, the dish experienced a resurgence in the 1980s when chef Bill Neal in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, added it to the menu of his restaurant, Crook’s Corner.
This radiant, mythological horse has one horn protruding from the forehead.
What is the unicorn? The unicorn is said to have magical powers.
You will see a black-and-white checkered flag at this sporting event.
What is auto racing? First used in 1906, it indicates the end of any race or practice session.
What classic gelatin desert became a household staple in the 1950s?
What is? Jell-O. There is an entire museum dedicated to Jell-O in Le Roy, New York, where it was invented.
This funnel-shaped phenomenon blows through its path with fury.
What is a tornado? Tornadic winds can howl and blow at up to 300 miles per hour. While they are usually short-lived, sometimes they last for hours. It doesn’t take more than a few seconds for a tornado to leave a path of utter destruction.
Debris floating around in space is called this.
What is space junk? It includes debris from decommissioned satellites, rockets, and missiles.
Soup is often served with this lunch staple.
What is a sandwich? Top combinations include tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich, French onion soup and roast beef sandwich, and corn chowder with a lobster roll.
This short-statured robotic character debuted in the 1977 film Star Wars.
Who is R2-D2? He is technically an astromech droid.
The Union Jack is primarily the flag of this country.
What is the United Kingdom? It is Britain’s most important flag and is often featured as part of the flags in Commonwealth countries.
What layered dessert, featuring cake, custard, and fruit, became especially popular at parties in the 1960s?
What is Trifle. The Italian variation is called zuppa inglese, which features sponge cake and is layered with pastry cream.
This is the meteorological term for precipitation in the form of solid balls of ice.
What is hail? When an upward draft carries raindrops into the cold part of the atmosphere, they freeze into spheres the size of golf balls. Sometimes they grow to the size of a baseball.
Of the moon and Pluto, it’s the larger of the two.
What is the moon? The moon’s radius is 1,110 miles (1737.5 kilometers), while Pluto’s is 1,079 miles (1,185 kilometers).
Honey and this go together in tea for a warming home remedy for cold and flu.
What is lemon? Honey and lemon may help detoxify the body, soothe a sore throat, aid in weight loss, improve metabolism, and much more.
A Martian named Uncle Martin crash lands on Earth, and a journalist takes him into his home in this 1960s sitcom.
What is My Favorite Martian? Ray Walston plays Uncle Martin, and Bill Bixby plays the journalist. The two became lifelong friends after working together.
In this sport, the referee throws a flag when an offense is committed.
What is football? The flag is yellow. It’s called a penalty flag because the offending team receives a penalty of five to 15 yards, depending on the severity of the infraction.
What popular 1950s dessert is flipped before serving, placing the fruit on top?
What is Pineapple upside-down cake? Canned pineapple became widely available in the early 1900s, thanks to the Dole Company. This accessibility—and its affordability—made the upside-down baked dessert more popular.
Rainbows require this in addition to rain to exist.
What is light? The water acts as a prism to refract (or bend) light and produce a rainbow.
The discovery of this liquid on Mars gives hope for future colonization.
What is water? It exists on Mars in both liquid and frozen form.
Pork is often stuffed with or served with a side of this fruit.
What is apple? This combination’s long history dates to a recipe in a ninth-century Roman cookbook.
Raymond Chandler created Philip Marlowe in the 1930s, and this is his profession.
What is a private detective? The movie of his first book, The Big Sleep, stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall and was added to the United States National Film Registry for its “cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance.”
Pirates are associated with this flag.
What is the Jolly Roger? The flag features a white skull and crossbones on a black background.
Which frozen dessert, introduced in the 1960s, was celebrated for its convenience and included swirls of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry?
What is Neapolitan ice cream? The first original flavors were pistachio, vanilla, and cherry, inspired by the colors of the Italian flag.
Clouds get their color from these.
What are water droplets? Raindrops scatter the light that hits the water.
This planet in our solar system has the deepest canyons and the highest mountains
What is Mars? Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain on Mars, is three times taller than Mount Everest and is also a volcano.
This condiment removes the heat from wasabi-dipped sushi.
What is ginger? The ginger is pickled, and even if you don’t like wasabi alone, the combination is almost addicting. The ginger cleanses the palate after the explosion of flavors in the mouth.
This author and playwright created the character Holly Golightly.
Who is Truman Capote? Audrey Hepburn plays Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
It is one of three countries that have dark-blue-and-white flags.
What are Finland, Greece, or Israel?
Which cold dessert, made with layers of cake and ice cream, was a showstopper at 1960s dinner parties?
What is Baked Alaska? Baked Alaska defies the expectations that ice cream would melt when put in the oven thanks to the meringue covering, which helps trap the air to act as an insulator.
This specific kind of landslide is defined as “a mass of material, such as snow, rock, or other debris, moving rapidly down a slope.”
What is avalanche? It’s caused by a part of the slope, hill, or mountain becoming unstable, often after a heavy rain or snowfall.
This is the name of the longest-running satellite.
What is Vanguard 1? It’s been in orbit since 1958.