Businesses
Idioms
California Cities
Literary Devices
Movies
100

The slogan "The snack that smiles back" is used to market these orange crackers.

What are Goldfish?

100

 If you're "fit as" one of these instruments, you're doing great.

What is a fiddle?

100

This is the city where the iconic Golden Gate Bridge is located.

What is San Francisco?

100

Greek for "exaggeration" gives us this device, an intentionally exaggerated figure of speech.

What is a hyperbole?

100

 In the "Wizard of Oz" this character sings "If I Only Had A Brain".

Who is the Scarecrow?

200

This retail store's marketing consists of the colors blue and yellow, in addition to the slogan "Save money. Live better." 

What is Walmart?

200

In the theater, it shines light on an actor, so "to be in" it is to bask in the full glare of the public's attention

What is the spotlight?
200

This city starts with an A and is the place Disneyland is located.

What is Anaheim?

200

The tongue twister “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers” is an example of this device.

What is alliteration?

200

This movie, released in 1982, is about a boy and a friendly alien who he carries on his bike. 

What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?

300

This is a Japanese video game and card game about catching and training made up animals. Its slogan is "Gotta catch ’em all!".

What is Pokémon?

300

If you're a little crazy or foolish, you're "off your" this piece of furniture.

What is a rocker?

300

This city starts with a M. It is famous for its bay and marine life.

What is Monterey?

300

This device uses words or phrases to hint at later events.

What is foreshadowing?

300

In "Guardians of the Galaxy", Vin Diesel employed numerous ways to express this 3 word phrase.

What is "I am Groot"?

400

This company that also makes Pine-Sol has a popular brand of disinfecting wipes.

What are Clorox?

400

If something triggers a strong emotional response, it might "strike" one of these harmonic note combos.

What is a chord?

400

This Southern California city is home to a UC and a famous boardwalk.

What is Santa Cruz?

400

Italian for "stopping place" gives us this word for a part of a poem.

What is a stanza?

400

In 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch voiced this Seussian title guy who wasn't as into Christmas as the Whos were.

What is the Grinch?

500

In 1901 the Saturday Evening Post ran the first ad of this tire company that featured its trademark wingfoot.

What is Goodyear?

500

Playing this stringed instrument means to take a subordinate role.

What is second fiddle?

500

This city starts with a G and produces over 50% of California's garlic.

What is Gilroy?

500

The origin of the name for this device comes from the Greek Byzantine period, C.E. 527 to 565, during the reign of emperor Justinian. It starts with an A.

What is anecdote?

500

In 2006, the first "High School Musical" gave this actor his breakout role.

Who is Zach Efron?