Fact Check
Family Traditions
Could they have meet
Shakespearean Bangers
Homonyms
100

This fruit, the Durian, famous for smelling like a dumpster fire, is banned on many public trains in Japan.

Japan — it's banned on many trains in Singapore & other Southeast Asian countries.

100

In this country, families celebrate Christmas by eating KFC buckets because the holiday chicken ads became wildly successful in the 1970s.
Hint: Its writing system includes characters, not letters.

Japan

100

Albert Einstein – Charlie Chaplin – Elvis Presley

Correct Pair: Einstein & Chaplin
Why: They met at the City Lights premiere in 1931.

100

Prithee stayeth

I wanteth thee, I needeth thee, oh god

taketh not

these quite quaint things yond I've did get

Answer: “Beautiful Things” Benson Boone

100

A country of 3 million people, large animals, and painful cries.

Wales, Whales, Wails

200

Honey never spoils; archaeologists found jars in an ancient Mayan tomb that were still edible

Mayan — the edible honey was found in Egyptian tombs.

200

Every New Year’s Eve, families in this country eat 12 grapes at midnight, one for each chime of the clock, supposedly for good luck.
Hint: Home of flamenco dancing and paella.

Spain

200

Ariana Grande – Jim Carrey – Billie Eilish

Correct Pair: Grande & Carrey
Why: Ariana Grande met Carrey while guest-starring on Kidding in 2019.

200

And anon that gent's thinkin' 'bout me ev'ry night, oh

is't yond sweet? i guesseth so

sayeth thee can't catch but a wink, baby, i knoweth

yond's yond me espresso

moveth t up, down, hath left, right, oh

switcheth t up liketh nintendo

sayeth thee can't catch but a wink, baby, i knoweth

yond's yond me espresso

Answer: "Espresso" Sabrina Carpenter

200

1,000 meters, a social group, and an Adam Sandler movie.

Click, Clique, Click

300

The blue whale’s heart is so large, a grown adult can walk through its arteries.

walk — a child could crawl, but adults cannot walk

300

In this country, families celebrate a holiday by wearing creepy carved masks and chasing away evil spirits in the streets.
Hint: Alpine mountains and famous for The Sound of Music.

Austria

300

Discovered in 1928, this groundbreaking substance revolutionized medicine by combatting bacterial infections

Penicillin

300

Singeth us a song, thou art the piano sir

singeth us a song tonight

well, we're all in the humor f'r a melody

and thee've did get us feelin' good now

Answer: "Piano Man" Billy Joel

300

A gun, a slice, and a symbol you make with your fingers

Piece, Piece, and Peace

400

The immortal jellyfish can reverse its aging by shedding its tentacles and becoming a polyp again, a process discovered in 1952.

1952 — it was discovered in the 1990s.

400

In this nation, when a child loses a tooth, families do NOT use a tooth fairy — instead their “tooth mouse” sneaks in at night to collect it.
Hint: This country is famous for the Eiffel Tower

France

400

Keanu Reeves – Lady Gaga – Timothée Chalamet

Correct Pair: Reeves & Gaga
Why: They met at multiple Hollywood and fashion events (notably 2019–2022).

400

Bid me wherefore

ain't nothin' but a heartache

bid me wherefore

ain't nothing but a misprision

bid me wherefore

i nev'r wanna heareth thee sayeth

i wanteth t yond way

Answer: "I want it that way" Backstreet Boys
400

A false god, a paused state, and a Monty Python member.

Idol, Idle, Idle

500

Human fingernails grow three times faster at night due to increased blood pressure during sleep

Night — they grow faster during the day.

500

In this country, families have a tradition where the youngest member must crawl under the table during New Year’s dinner for “good fortune of movement.”
Hint: Nordic country famous for LEGO.

Denmark

500

Emma Stone – Andrew Garfield – Margot Robbie

Correct Pair: Stone & Garfield
Why: They co-starred in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012–2014).

500

Mama, just hath killed a sir

putteth a caliver 'gainst his headeth, did pull mine own trigg'r, anon that gent's dead

mama, life hadst just begun

but anon i've gone and thrown t all hence

mama, ooh, didn't cullionly to maketh thee caterwauling

if 't be true i'm not backeth again this timeth tom'rrow

carryeth on, carryeth on as if 't be true nothing very much matt'rs

Answer: "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen

500

Something that’s 8 bits, something my cat does, and something that you quickly grab.

Byte, Bite, Bite(to eat)