Food and Drink
Garbanzo beans commonly go by this name as well.
Chickpeas
Koalas have adapted their diet with an extra-long gut to break down poisons in these leaves & sleep 20 hours a day due to a lack of nutrition in the leaves.
Eucalyptus
Around 1542 explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered this island off L.A. & it's believed he's buried there too.
Catalina
This state's nae is from Chippewa words meaning "great water", after the lake with the same name.
Michigan
Sliced apples sautéed in butter are a classic filling for these French pancakes.
Crepes
The eastern gray kangaroo can cover 25 feet in a single leap, & they’re widespread in this, the country’s smallest state.
Tasmania
On Sept. 1, 1715 Louis XIV died in this city, site of a fabulous palace he built.
Versailles
The names of these 2 states honor a king and his father, who was executed in 1649.
North and South Carolina
Grown in Spain, Marcona is a variety of this nut.
Almonds
It’s the world’s largest burrowing animal & can make a destructive tunnel complex 650 feet long, so farmers don’t find it as cute as zoo-goers might.
A wombat
To marry Elizabeth, Prince Philip had to renounce claims to this southern European country's crown.
Greece
In 1817, Congress divided a territory that became these 2 states that are practically mirror images of each other.
Alabama & Mississippi
Koumiss is a fermented drink made from mare’s milk; this similar fermented milk also starts with a “K”
Kefir
This egg-laying mammal has no teeth with which to eat; its taxonomic name is Tachyglossidae, or “fast tongue.”
The echidna.
Published in 1783, his "American Spelling Book" preceded his famous dictionary by 45 years
Noah Webster
These are the 2 US states with only one consonant in their names.
Iowa & Ohio
Sakura cheese from Hokkaido is a soft cheese flavored with leaves from this fruit tree.
Cherry
When faced with danger, certain ducks, snakes & mammals do this, also called thanatosis.
Play dead
On September 17, 1862, this bloody battle in maryland ended the first Confederate invasion of the North.
Battle of Antietam
This state has the greatest difference between its highest and lowest points.
Alaska