LITERALLY STUPID ANSWERS
Shortly after "imbalance" in the dictionary is this noun denoting one who is stupid & inane
an imbecile
Pizza al funghi is generously sprinkled with this popular topping.
Mushrooms
This stir-fry staple may be crunchy, but it’s not a nut. It’s a marsh vegetable.
Water chestnut
1939 Movie: The W of O
The Wizard of Oz
This comedian, whose film debut was in 1992’s A League of Their Own, spent one tumultuous year on The View, which included enduring brutal attacks from Donald Trump after she criticized his handling of a Miss USA dispute.
Rosie O’Donnell
It was also called a fool's cap
a dunce cap
Some people can’t tolerate this protein in pizza dough that enables it to be tossed and stretched.
Gluten
This is the Chinese name for Chinese cabbage.
Bok Choy
1951 Novel: The C in the R
The Catcher in the Rye
In 1989, this previously much honored player was penalized with permanent ineligibility from baseball amid accusations that he gambled on games.
Pete Rose
Archie Bunker called Edith this, also an ornamental typographical character
dingbat
This chain of pizza restaurants/family amusement centers is named after its mouse mascot.
Chuck E. Cheese
This province in southwest China gives its name to the hot pepper grown in the region, as well as to the hot and spicy food made with that pepper that is popular around the world.
Szechuan
1944 Song: TL is YL
“This Land is Your Land“
Name the character who sings this song about herself from the movie Funny Girl: “Even Jake the plumber, he’s the man I adore, he had the nerve to tell me he’s been married before.”
Second-hand Rose
Synonyms for this one-word rhyme include lamebrain, dodo, yo-yo & dum-dum
nitwit
This 1988 movie starring Julia Roberts tells the coming-of-age story of two Portuguese-American sisters and their friend who are all waitresses at a pizza place in Connecticut.
Mystic Pizza
The name of this high protein food made from soy milk is translated literally from the phrase Dō (bean) + Foo (curdled).
Tofu
1939 Novel: The G of W
The Grapes of Wrath
In Citizen Kane, what was Charles Foster Kane’s famous dying word … and what did it mean?
Kane’s dying word was “Rosebud,” which referred to the sled that eight-year-old Kane was playing with on the day he was taken from his home and mother.
Lucy was quite fond of deriding Charlie Brown with this 9-letter term for a less-than-intelligent person
blockhead
This is one of the simplest types of pizza – dough topped with tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil.
Pizza Margherita
This carb is the “mein” in lo mein and chow mein.
Noodles
1991 Movie: The S of the L
The Silence of the Lambs
Discovered in the Nile Delta in 1799, this ancient artifact contains a decree written in ancient Greek and two Egyptian languages. It became a key clue in deciphering hieroglyphs.
The Rosetta Stone