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A domesticated feline wearing a piece of headwear.
What is a cat hat?
This lime-flavored carbonated beverage is famously mixed with white rum and fresh mint to make a classic Mojito.
What is club soda?
This word for a very large, slow-moving mass of ice comes from the French word for "to freeze."
What is a glacier?
Prompted by a massive nationwide fuel shortage in 1974, the U.S. government enacted an unpopular emergency measure extending this clock-shifting system year-round.
What is Daylight Saving Time?
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This landlocked Asian nation is the least densely populated sovereign country in the world, sandwiched right between Russia and China.
What is Mongolia?
An incredibly massive farm animal that loves to roll in the mud.
What is a big pig?
Named after a borough in New York City, this classic cocktail consists of whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters.
What is a Manhattan?
This common 6-letter word for a medical physician stems from a Latin word meaning "teacher" or "learned person."
What is a doctor?
Written largely by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, this collection of 85 essays urged New York citizens to ratify the new Constitution.
What are The Federalist Papers?
Ringed by ghost-white trees, this highly alkaline, bright pink lake in Western Australia gets its bizarre color from algae and high salt concentrations.
What is Lake Hillier?
A grumpy, aquatic shelled creature.
What is a crabby crab?
This traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage is brewed from fermented rice and is often served warm or chilled.
What is Sake?
This common term for an extensive, catastrophic fire comes from the Greek roots for "all" and "burnt."
What is a holocaust?
In 1917, the interception of this secret, coded German telegram proposing a military alliance with Mexico pushed the U.S. into World War I.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
Guarding the entrance to the Persian Gulf, this narrow, strategically vital choke point separates Oman from Iran.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
An exceptionally brilliant and skilled culinary professional.
What is a deft chef?
To be legally labeled with this specific name, this corn-based whiskey must be produced entirely within the United States.
What is Bourbon?
This term for a small, heavily fortified military stronghold comes from the Latin word for "strong" or "brave."
What is a fortress?
Celebrated on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, the driving of a golden spike marked the completion of this massive engineering feat.
What is the First Transcontinental Railroad?
Situated entirely within the borders of South Africa, this mountainous enclave is one of only three sovereign nations completely surrounded by another single country.
What is Lesotho?
A question asked merely for effect or to make a point, concerning an event that took place far in the past.
This distinct, orange-flavored French liqueur is a key ingredient in top-shelf margaritas and cosmopolitan cocktails.
What is Cointreau?
This modern word for an automated machine that performs complex tasks comes from a 1920 Czech play, originating from the word robota, meaning "forced labor."
What is a robot?
This 1820 legislative compromise admitted Maine as a free state and balanced the scales by admitting another territory as a slave state.
What is the Homestead Strike?
Shared between Peru and Bolivia at an altitude of 12,507 feet in the Andes, this massive alpine body of water is the highest navigable lake in the world.
What is Lake Titicaca?