Let's Talk About Cake
A classic New York one of these uses cream cheese & Graham cracker crust; it should be cooked in a water bath too
What is cheesecake?
A 1925 Geneva protocol forbade the use of bacteriological weapons or this stuff in war
What is (poison) gas?
An improvement in a hotel room or airline seat
What is an upgrade?
The 7-spotted type of this beetle was brought to North America in the mid-20th c. to control aphids & other plant-eating pests
What is a ladybug?
This oxymoronic dress code for the office usually means dressier than jeans but less formal than a suit & tie
What is business casual?
The name of this ring-shaped cake pan is a trademark of Nordic Ware, which added a "T" to a German word
What is bundt?
Newton's first law, which says a body at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an outside force, is also called the law of this
What is inertia?
A good place to pitch a tent
What is a campground?
Grown together, "The 3 Sisters" of pre-Columbian Native American farming were beans, squash & this
What is corn?
This 3-named French fashion designer popularized a trouser suit for women, appropriate for days & "Yves"
Who is Yves Saint Laurent?
King cake is a tradition of this holiday & is often decorated in purple, gold & green, the holiday's traditional colors
What is Mardi Gras?
The first 5 books of the Old Testament are called simply "The Law" or, in Hebrew, this
What is the Torah?
This cork-firing child's toy makes a particular sound
What is a pop-gun?
The mold Phytophthora infestans caused this mid-19th c. farming disaster that resulted in a million deaths
What is the Irish Potato Famine?
A fashion house that qualifies for this French designation must design made-to-order clothes for private clients
What is haute couture?
This cake became a little cheaper & a lot more vivid when Adams Extract suggested using its red food color in the recipe
What is red velvet cake?
A 1968 U.N. agreement requires states to rescue & assist these people & "promptly return them to their launching state"
What are astronauts?
Many a Victorian tale featured one of these young women employed in a retail store
What is a shopgirl?
In 1889 William Murchland forever changed the dairy industry by inventing a vacuum type of this apparatus
What is a milking machine?
Meow! The feline name of this style alluded to it being a training heel for girls not ready for an adult woman's high heels
What is a kitten heel?
Literally French for "melting", it's a creamy, sugary paste used in cake- & candy-making
What is fondant?
The 2018 Genocide & Atrocities Prevention Act is named for this Holocaust survivor & Nobel Peace Prize winner
Who is Elie Wiesel?
Ahoy, mateys! Scurry aloft & haul in these sails high, high up on the masts
What are topgallants?
This British agronomist perfected the seed drill in 1701
Who is (Jethro) Tull?
An English duke is honored in the name of this style of knotting a tie; the thicker knot shows off the pattern of the tie
What is the Windsor knot?