Oh, Nuts!
What nuts are traditionally used in the Louisiana and Texas style of pralines?
pecans
Which extremely flammable element was used to fill the Hindenburg instead of the element it was designed to use - helium?
Hydrogen
Born Ehrich Weiss in 1874, he achieved fame as a "handcuff king" and escapologist. What stage name did he use?
Harry Houdini
What actor, whose alter ego is known as Tenacious D, played a masked Mexican lucha libre wrestler?
Jack Black
What's the word for a set of courses or course of study at an educational institution?
curriculum
Originally dyed by producers to hide stains on its shell, what beige nuts are still artificially colored for tradition's sake?
pistachios
First uncovered in 1798 from inside a mineral called pitchblende, which element is named after the planet discovered eight years earlier?
Uranium
He was born David Seth Kotkin in 1956, but what's this professional magician and illusionist's literary stage name?
David Copperfield
What's the stage name of singer Alecia Beth Moore, whose first album Can't Take Me Home went double platinum in the US?
Pink
What's something you might get at a beauty salon?
manicure / pedicure
Often added to white-chocolate-chip cookies, this exotic nut has a shell so hard that a vice is usually needed to crack it.
This metallic element, strong as steel but 45% lighter, is primarily used in aircrafts and missiles, yet also finds its way into golf clubs and tennis rackets.
Titanium
Die Zauberflote, or The Magic Flute, is a 1791 opera in two acts by what composer?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This legendary performer, "the godfather of soul", died on Christmas Day in 2006.
James Brown
What's a fancy word for fighting or boxing?
fisticuffs
India & Vietnam are the largest exporters of this kidney-shaped nut with a sweet, buttery flavor and a 48% fat content.
Cashews
Which element's name is more widely known as the birthplace of Superman than as the rare gas used in specialized high-speed photographic flashlamps?
Krypton
In the Harry Potter books, what are non-magical folk called?
muggles
Which trio of mute performers gets its name from the color of the head, face, and hands of each member?
Blue Man Group
If something is marked by extreme attention to detail, it is what?
meticulous
In the US, only California commercially produces this nut, the major ingredient in the sweet confection marzipan.
Which element has been used for centuries to impart a permanent rich blue color into glass, porcelain, pottery, and enamels?
Cobalt
In 2006, two films about talented magicians came to mainstream theaters. Name one (or both)!
The Prestige & The Illusionist
This hard-drinking Texan and member of the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" often goes by the alias "Tater Salad."
Ron White
What's a 12-letter word for the science and art of cultivating plants?
horticulture