The Spice of Life
The use of this spice is believed to predate recorded history. It's earliest appearance is in ancient Egyptian embalming recipes.
What is cinnamon?
Mario made his first appearance in this 1981 video game. His goal was to avoid barrels being rolled through a construction site by a necktie-wearing gorilla.
What is Donkey Kong?
The first written reference to tea drinking dates to the third century AD, and comes from Hua Tuo, a physician from this country.
What is China?
The "field" variety of this vegetable is used to feed cows and produce fuel. This variety is meant for humans to eat.
Sweet corn.
This nation joined England in 1707, during the reign of Queen Anne, to become the Kingdom of Great Britain.
This common spice was so valuable that it was used as currency in parts of Europe from the middles ages through the 18th century.
What is black pepper?
Mario wasn't developed as an origial character. He was supposed to be this spinach-eating cartoon sailor, but Nintendo was unable to obtain the license.
What is Popeye?
The word "tea" came to English from Min Chinese via the Dutch. Most other cultures use this word.
What is 'cha" or "chai"?
They look similar, but white the sweet variety of this nut is extremely healthy, the bitter variety contains a deadly poison.
What are almonds?
This island became part of Greece in 1908, but is technically closer to Africa than Europe.
Crete
Cloves are mentioned in this 8th-century Indian epic.
What is the Ramayana?
Mario was originally named Jumpman, and was a carpenter on a construction site in this American city.
What is New York City?
In additional to caffeine, tea contains theobromine and theophylline, all part of this class of drugs.
What are stimulants?
This Muppet, a 9-foot tall hairy ogre, made his television debut in 1971.
Sweetums
Moresnet was a tiny country in Western Europe for over a century until it became part of this nation in 1920.
Belgium
Grains of Paradise, a peppery spice related to cardamom, is native to the western part of this continent.
What is Africa?
This character first appeared in Super Mario Land 2. His name is a combination of 'Mario' and 'Warui,' the Japanese word for 'evil.'
Who is Wario?
Tea grows best in tropical and subtropical climates, and can tolerate some marine climates, including this island in Canada.
What is Vancouver Island.
What is "Sweet Georgia Brown."
This short-lived republic was declared after the Hudson's Bay Company gave up Rupert's Land and before the government of Canada took control (1867).
Manitoba
Kari Podi, the Tamil term for many varieties of this common spice, just means "sauce powder."
What is curry powder?
These characters from Super Mario 64 were inspired by mythological beings known as the nurikabe, or 'wall ghost' that misdirect travellers at night.
What are Whomps?
What is Pu'er?
This artificial sweetener is made from saccharin everywhere except Canada, where it was once banned. Canadians can sprinkle cyclamate in their coffee instead.
What is Sweet & Low?
Now a major tourist attraction in Italy, this city was a powerful republic for more than a millenia.