Food Origins
French fries are believed to have originated in this European country.
What is Belgium?
Before erasers, people commonly used this food to erase pencil marks.
What is bread?
The cardboard tube inside a roll of toilet paper is called this.
What is a core?
This ancient civilization-built Machu Picchu high in the Andes.
What is the Inca Empire?
The word "salary" comes from payment made with this.
What is salt?
Vanilla comes from the pods of this type of flowering plant.
What is an orchid?
The cardboard sleeve around a hot coffee cup is commonly known by this nickname.
What is a coffee collar or Java Jacket?
The bend in the middle of a spoon's handle is called this.
What is a crank?
The city of Constantinople was renamed this in 1930.
What is Istanbul?
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two Greek letters.
What are alpha and beta?
This sandwich called the Reuben is most commonly credited to this Nebraska city.
What is Omaha?
The little pocket inside the front pocket of most jeans was originally designed to hold this item.
What is a pocket watch?
The small metal piece that closes a keychain is called this.
What is a split ring?
This U.S. state was once an independent republic for nearly 10 years.
What is Texas?
The word "panic" comes from the name of this Greek god associated with causing sudden fear.
Who is Pan?
This blue cheese gets its name from a village in southern France where it has been aged in natural limestone.
What is Roquefort?
The metal ring that holds a pencil eraser is called this.
What is a ferrule?
The small hole at the end of a tape measure is designed to hook onto this.
What is a nail or screw?
The Hundred Years' War actually lasted this many years.
What is 116 years?
The word "vaccine" comes from the Latin word for this animal because early smallpox prevention used material from it.
What is a cow?
This nut is actually the seed of a fruit that grows beneath a fleshy "apple"
What is a cashew?
The groove around the edge of a coin is known by this term.
What is reeding?
The little fabric loop sewn inside many coats and jackets is called this.
What is a locker loop?
The Magna Carta was signed in this year.
What is 1215?
The word "quarantine" comes from the Italian word for this number of days.
What is 40?