Food and Drink
What bread in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine is usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Shabbat?
Challah
Skipjack, Frigate, and Yellowfin, are all types of which fish?
Tuna
What American media franchise and brand of scale model cars was invented by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel in 1968?
Hot Wheels
Which Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer is credited with patenting the first practical telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
In Greek mythology what were the three snake haired sisters able to turn people to stone known as?
Gorgons
In Indian cuisine, what are the triangular pastries stuffed with meat or vegetables called?
Samosas
The practice of incorporating seafood into an otherwise vegetarian diet is known as what?
Pescetarianism
Which fashion doll was created by American businesswoman Ruth Handler in 1959 and 2015 began appearing as a vlogger on YouTube?
Barbie
Who introduced mechanical movable type printing to Europe?
Johannes Gutenberg (Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg)
Which US President made the first phone call to the moon?
Richard Nixon
Which drink, invented in 1886, was first marketed as the 'Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage'?
Coca-Cola
Which fish are named for their mode of predation, in which a modified luminescent fin ray acts as a lure?
Anglerfish
Upon its release in Japan in 1989, the entire initial stock of 300,000 of what handheld game console sold out within the first two weeks?
Nintendo Game Boy
Dynamite, an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents, and stabilizers was invented by which Swedish chemist and engineer?
Alfred Nobel
Who preceded Phil Collins as the lead singer of the band Genesis?
Peter Gabriel
What type of star is awarded to restaurants where the food is of exceptional quality?
Michelin
Native to East Asia, which relatively small member of the carp family is commonly kept as a pet in indoor aquariums?
Goldfish
What helical spring toy invented and developed by Richard T. James in 1943 was so popular that the dog variant was a character in Pixar's Toy Story movies?
Slinky
Which American is credited with inventing the chemical process to create and manufacture pliable, waterproof, moldable rubber?
Charles Goodyear
In which 1975 smash hit film did the male star own a fishing boat called Orca?
Jaws
What vegetable did Mark Twain describe as 'Cabbage with a college education'?
Cauliflower
What is the name of the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish?
Ichthyology
What modeling compound for young children to make arts and crafts projects was first manufactured in Cincinnati US as a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s?
Play-Doh
Many decades of establishing theoretical underpinnings allowed who to turn radio waves into a wireless communication system?
Guglielmo Marconi
What species of canine native to North America is also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf?
The coyote (Canis latrans)