Spicy
It's the lipophilic compound found in peppers that makes them spciy.
Capsaicin
This sunny Californian city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics
Los Angeles
With more than 13 million people, it's the only major city in the world that straddles 2 continents
Istanbul
A 1999 psychological thriller about Jane Austen's first novel
The Sixth Sense and Sensibility
Elon Musk named his car company after this Serbian inventor
Nikola Tesla
She gave birth to a Beatle—her son John wrote "Julia" about her after her tragic death in 1958
Julia Lennon
The 2 part movie adaptation of this classic sci-fi series had Timotheé Chalomet and Zendaya shaped by the mystical powers of the spice
Dune
The Olympics are named after the first city in which they were held, Olympia, which was in turn named after this Greek mountain
Mount Olympus
Although Pope Francis died in Vatican City, he was buried in this country—the first one to do so since Pope Leo XIII in 1903
Italy
ABBA song recorded in honor of the U.K.'s longest-reigning monarch
Dancing Queen Elizabeth II
Thomas Edison
This mother is the only woman named in the Quran, and revered in Christianity similarly
Mary
This spice from the stigma of the crocus flower is the most expensive in the world
Saffron
In 1988, a four-man bobsled team from this tropical country made their historic debut at the Calgary, Alberta Games
Jamaica
In this country's tricolor, the green represents Catholicism, the white represents peace, and the orange represents Protestantism
Ireland
Golf short game practice area served up in the title of a Dr. Seuss book
Putting Green Eggs and Ham
This founding father never patented his inventions—including the lightning rod and bifocal glasses—believing ideas should serve the public good
Benjamin Franklin
This mother of nine became the first First Lady of the United States, even though the title didn’t exist yet
Martha Washington
This icy Bronx born artist with fiery red hair lit up the charts with Munch
Ice Spice
Paris and London have each hosted the Olympic Games this many times
Three
The U.S. controlled this embattled Japanese island until 1968
Iwo Jima
An absorbent, yellow, porous and fictional sea creature whose fibs are easily detected by his flaming slacks
Spongebob Squarepants on fire
Long before helicopters existed, this Renaissance man sketched one—and a robot, a tank, and a scuba suit, too.
Leonardo da Vinci
This Nobel Peace Prize-winning "mother" founded the missionaries of charity in Calcutta
Mother Teresa
This British girl group told you what they really really want in 1996
Spice Girls
Leni Riefenstahl
The iconic Faisal Mosque in this capital city is one of the largest in the world
Islamabad
Walt Whitman poem about a Marvel character known as "The First Avenger"
O Captain! My Captain! America
Though he’s best known for inventing the telephone, this Scottish-born innovator also worked on devices to help the deaf—including his own wife and mother
Alexander Graham Bell
This mother's husband was struck deaf and mute until their son, John the Baptist, was born
Elizabeth