IT WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL
Kandahar - (1747 - 1773)
What is Afghanistan?
"Tampopo", about a woman's adventures in her noodle shop in this country, has been called a "Ramen Western"
What is Japan?
Runaway Production is big in this foreign city; on "Suits" it played NYC, less than a 2-hour flight away
What is Toronto?
Bread, as the mainstay of the human diet, is known as this
What is the Staff of Life?
After floods in 1966, UNESCO made efforts to save this Italian city & its treasures, like the Biblioteca Marciana
What is Venice?
Yangon, sometimes called Rangoon - (1948-2005)
What is Myanmar?
Eva Longoria directed 2023's "Flamin' Hot", about Richard Montanez, who claims to have invented these flamin' hot snacks
Runaway slave Henry Brown adopted this middle name for what he made it to freedom in
What is Box?
A source of rescue in a crisis; phone a friend is one example
What is a lifeline?
The Zuiderzee Flood of 1287 killed 50,000 but also connected this then-village to the sea, & the rest is Dutch history
Entebbe - (1894-1962)
What is Uganda?
Dishes made by Remy, an animated gourmand of the garbage, include an omelet, a roasted mushroom & this title dish
What is Ratatouille?
Some people really have "run away & joined" this; future elephant trainer Ted Svertesky did at just 13
What is the circus?
Though they sound like they sit on the beach, they're the senior British army regiment & first saw action in the 1600s
What are lifeguards?
A dam collapse in this state led to the deadly 1889 Johnstown Flood
What is Pennsylvania?
Quezon City (1948-1976)
What are the Philippines
As Harold & Kumar in a 2004 film can attest, this fast food chain hits different after riding a cheetah & hang gliding
What is White Castle?
An early "escape" by him was running away from his impoverished rabbinical family home in Milwaukee at age 12
Who is Houdini?
It's an Alliterative term used to publicize a circus performer who puts himself at great risk
What is Death-Deifying?
In 1887, 1931 & 1938 northern China was devastated by flooding of the Huang He, this colorful river
What is the Yellow River?
Turku (1809-1812)
What is Finland?
At the start of this 1973 sci-fi film, Edward G. Robinson wants more of the title food; by the end, he becomes the title food
What is Soylent Green?
This Japanese author's 2002 novel "Kafka on the Shore" isn't about a European author but teenage runaway Kafka Tamura
Who is (Haruki) Murakami
One of the Arabian Nights begins with a proud king who's not so proud when this heavenly being appears to him
2010-11 floods in Australia were exacerbated by this Pacific Ocean weather phenomenon with a feminine name
What is El Nina?