A VERY CHINESE TIME
Home to the forbidden city, this is the capital city of China.
Beijing
What does the Italian word, “espresso” translate to?
Pressed out
Celebrated on February 14th, flower sales peak due to this holiday.
Valentine’s Day
This mountain in Japan is actually an active volcano, although its last eruption occurred in the early 1700s.
Mount Fuji
During this phase change, a liquid absorbs enough energy to become a gas.
Evaporation
The world’s longest manmade structure, this is sometimes falsely believed to be visible from space.
Great Wall of China
What South Asian country produces the most bananas per year?
India
Lest We Forget.
Remembrance Day
O.J. Simpsons was accused (and later acquitted) of murdering someone in this city.
Los Angeles
Harry Potter phases through a solid brick barrier at King’s Cross at this platform number.
Platform 9 3/4
According to the Chinese Calendar, we are currently in the Year of this zodiac sign.
Year of the Horse
This is the active ingredient in chili peppers that gives them their spicy taste.
Capsaicin
This North American holiday traces its modern form to 17th-century harvest celebrations, but its national observance was standardized much later in the United States.
Thanksgiving
This desert in northern Africa is the largest hot desert in the world.
Sahara Desert
This cycle is marked by 4 phases: the period, follicular phase, ovulation, and the luteal phase.
The Menstrual Cycle
Get ready to learn Chinese: The written character system is called this.
Hànzì
When trying to make chocolate flavored cookies, a baker accidentally made which well-loved cookie instead? (bonus points for baker’s name)
Chocolate Chip Cookies (Ruth Wakefield)
Also sometimes known as “Fat Tuesday”, this festival marks the end of Lent in many Christian traditions and refers to a period of indulgence before fasting begins.
Carnival (Mardi Gras season)
This lake between Canada and the United States contains enough freshwater to cover both countries in about a foot of water.
Lake Superior
Although there are many states of matter, these are the four observable ones.
Solid, Liquid, Gas and Plasma
Once called “White Gold”, this product was primarily produced in China and was sold through a 4,000 mile long network of trading routes.
Silk
This sweetener became globally dominant after European colonial expansion, with the production heavily tied to plantation economies in the Caribbean.
Sugar
This spring festival originates from pre-Christian European traditions celebrating the vernal equinox and is now symbolically associated with eggs and rebirth.
Easter
This country has the most neighboring countries in the world, sharing land borders with 14 nations.
China
Just before or just after a full moon is referred to as waning or waxing what?
Gibbous