WORD ORIGINS
This 9-letter word for an insect may have come about because people believed this bug ate uncovered dairy products.
What is a butterfly?
After more than 150 years, he's still the tallest president in U.S. History.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This Italian dessert, whose name means "pick me up," is made with ladyfingers and espresso.
What is Tiramisu?
Auckland, the chief port city of this country, was once its capital?
What is New Zealand?
What is Purple Raincheck?
Though it meant "seasickness" in Latin, this 6-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of sickness.
What is nausea?
Published in 1783, his American Spelling Book preceded his famous dictionary by 45 years.
Who is Noah Webster?
This fermented cabbage dish is a staple in Korean cuisine.
What is Kimchi?
The world's Deepest Hypersaline Lake which is also the lowest point on Earth.
What is the Dead Sea?
Dr. Seuss serves breakfast to Broadway's favorite founding father?
What is Green Eggs and Hamilton?
From the Greek for "ring", the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000.
What is a circus?
A Norse explorer thought to set foot on American before Christopher Columbus.
Who is Leif Erikson?
What is vanilla?
This city is the capital of Egypt.
What is Cairo?
One half of an iconic folk-rock duo plays an obedience-themed children's game.
What is Paul Simon Says?
P.T. Barnum, whose traveling shows carried musicians, coined this word that now represents something growing in popularity.
What is bandwagon?
This city was destroyed in 79 CE due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
What is Pompeii?
If you're in Central Asia, ask for shashlik; if you head down to the Middle East, ask for this 2-word skewered meat equivalent.
What is a shish kabab?
Number of states that touch the Pacific Ocean.
What is five?
(California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii)
Hollandaise-laden breakfast dish becomes known as a traitor in the United States.
This term for a public sales comes from the Latin word augere, meaning "to increase."
What is auction?
The Berlin Wall fell in November of this year.
What is 1989?
Invented by German scientist Justus von Liebig from brewer's years, this spread is big in the U.K., and acquired taste, and 100% vegetarian.
What is Marmite?
This mountain range contains the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest.
What are the Himalayas?
A beloved TV scientist takes a detour from the lab to Flavortown with a spiky-haired chef.
What is Bill Nye the Science Guy Fieri?