On the Fly
This fly's name is due to their signature glowing rear end; if you see one at night, it'll be hard to miss.
What is a firefly?
There are nine of these in a baseball game, unless the ninth one ends in a tie.
What is an inning?
If you ever take a visit to Bikini Bottom, you might see Spongebob hanging out with his best friend, who is actually this kind of animal.
What is a starfish?
Rome is the capital city of this country, famous not just for Rome but also delicious cuisine.
What is Italy?
Aside from its other faults, the lack of this number made the Roman numeral system essentially unusable for most mathematics.
What are fruit flies?
If you hit a home run with all the bases loaded, you've just achieved this.
What is a grand slam?
While watching the 1999 movie Galaxy Quest, you'd find it hard not to notice all the ways it makes fun of this iconic TV show.
What is Star Trek?
Even though they look similar, the cucumber and this vegetable do not belong to the same family of plants.
What is zucchini?
Use the time that you have while you can, because some species of this type of fly only live adult lives of five minutes.
What is a mayfly?
New York has two baseball teams in the MLB; one is the Red Sox's greatest rival, and the other one is this.
What is the New York Mets?
Even though the name suggests that it's being fired from a gun, this nighttime occurrence is actually a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere.
What is a shooting star?
The fact that Romans built many, many, many roads leading out of Rome led to this common saying.
What is "All roads lead to Rome"?
In 2019, she was in The Greatest Showman, and most recently she co-starred in Dune.
Who is Zendaya?
This fly, whose name comes from an animal it doesn't resemble at all, can be as small as a housefly or as large as a bumblebee.
What is a horsefly?
You'll watch people fight in a boxing ring, you'll see tackles and interceptions in a football field, but you'll go to this sports venue to see a baseball game.
What is a baseball diamond?
If you ever take a visit to Israel (in better times, hopefully), you might see this six-pointed star featured prominently on the Israeli flag.
What is the Star of David?
What is Vatican City?
If you choose to embark on this career path, you'll find yourself studying animals frequently, both wild and in captivity.
What is a zoologist?
This fly was one of the first winged insects to evolve, and it gets its name from a fantastical creature.
What is a dragonfly?
When on defense, 1B stands for the first baseman, LF stands for left field, and SS stands for this.
What is the short stop?
You're the "first star I see tonight" in this 1983 Madonna hit.
What is Lucky Star?
Rome was the first millionaire city, which doesn't mean it had a million dollars, but means that it was the first to have a million of this.
What are people?
Soon to become an embryo, this is the scientific word for a fertilized egg.
What is a zygote?