Common Chemicals
Sodium Chloride
What is salt?
Reconstruction of this city’s Notre-Dame cathedral was finished 5 years after it caught fire.
What is Paris?
Between small and large.
What is medium?
The plural of “cactus.”
What are cacti?
This country’s flag features a red maple leaf.
What is Canada?
Sodium Bicarbonate
What is baking soda?
According to legend, this sword was given to a young Arthur by a Lady of the Lake.
What is Excalibur?
Polite address for a woman.
What is madam?
The plural of “phenomenon.”
What are phenomena?
The only country whose territory lies on two continents (Asia and Europe) and is famous for Istanbul.
What is Turkey?
Nitrous Oxide
What is laughing gas?
From the Latin word for “air,” it’s a self-contained operatic musical piece for one voice.
What is Aria?
The belief in only one god.
What is monotheism?
The plural of the Latin word bacterium, a microscopic organism.
What are bacteria?
Known as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes,” it shares a border with Russia.
What is Finland?
Acetic Acid
What is vinegar?
Daniel Craig made his first appearance as James Bond in this 2006 film.
What is Casino Royale?
To wound or injure (someone) so that part of the body is permanently damaged.
What is to maim?
The plural of “criterion.”
What are criteria?
Its capital, Addis Ababa, sits at over 7,500 feet above sea level.
What is Ethiopia?
Sodium hypochlorite
What is bleach?
This 1883 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson was originally titled “The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys.”
What is Treasure Island?
A large, violent whirlpool.
What is a maelstrom?
The plural of “ox.”
What are oxen?
This country is home to the ancient city of Petra and the Wadi Rum desert.
What is Jordan?