Mysteries and Investigations
This gender of mosquito is responsible for the transmission of yellow fever.
What is female?
This is the main ingredient in most chocolate.
What is cacao?
The name of the one-eyed giant who imprisoned Odysseus and his men in his cave.
Who is Polyphemus?
This insect symbolizes transformation and hope in the novel.
What is a butterfly?
This is the type of object the Titanic struck, leading to its sinking.
What is an iceberg?
This was the U.S. Army doctor who led the Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba.
Who is Walter Reed?
This is a sweetening agent often added to chocolate.
What is sugar?
The weapon that Odysseus and his men used to injure the cyclop's eye.
This is the name of the youngest sister.
Who is Pita?
This is the year the Titanic sank.
What is 1912?
This was the Cuban doctor who first theorized that mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever.
Who is Carlos Finlay?
This is the part of the bean that is roasted.
What is the nib?
The false name that Odysseus gave to the cyclops.
What is Nobody?
This is the name of the sisters' grandmother.
Who is Abuelita Remedios?
This is the ocean where the Titanic sank.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This is the species of mosquito that was identified as the carrier of the yellow fever virus.
What is Aedes aegypti?
This is the process of grinding the beans to create a liquid.
What is milling?
Odysseus and his remaining men escaped by clinging on to these animals.
What are sheep?
This is the city in Mexico where the sisters decide to travel to.
What is El Sacrificio?
This is the name of the company that owned the Titanic.
What is the White Star Line?
This is the name of the camp in Cuba where volunteers intentionally exposed themselves to mosquitoes.
What is Camp Lazear?
This is the scientific name for the cacao tree.
What is Theobroma cacao?
This is the author of Summer of the Mariposas.
Who is Guadalupe Garcia McCall?
This is the port city in England from which the Titanic set sail.
What is Southhampton?