MOUNTAINS
According to a Japanese proverb, "He who climbs" this mountain "once is a wise man, he who climbs it twice is a fool"
Mount Fuji
Bavarois, a creamy custard, refers to a region in this country
Germany
Big Blue is the nickname of this Fortune 500 company
IBM
Ulysses' angry tirades
Grant's Rants
In this novel & the TV series based on it, Beth Harmon pictures a chessboard on the ceiling above her in bed at night
the Queens Gambit
Ben Nevis in this country is the highest mountain of the British Isles
Scotland
"À la meunière" is cooking in the tradition of this worker's wife; she would have had access to a bunch of flour
A Miller's Life
The emoji seen here is commonly used in place of this exclamation of astonishment that actually goes back to the early 1900s
OMG
Gerald's bladed weapons
Ford's Swords
A nonfiction book subtitled "The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" inspired this HBO series
Boardwalk Empire
Bring a chair and enjoy the view of this famous mountain that overlooks Cape Town
Table Mountain
From a French word meaning "to scrape" we get this term for a preparation of breadcrumbs & cheese
The electric i4 is one of its ultimate driving machines
BMW
Eisenhower's scares
Dwight's Frights
Tony Hale plays the rich benefactor who recruits a group of gifted orphans to take part in this "Mysterious" society
The Mysterious Benedict Society
These 2 highest mountains of Hawaii with similar names differ in height by just over 100 feet
Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea
A silent "X" comes at the end of this sautéed vegetable mix seen here, thought to be named for a duke whose cook popularized it
a mirepoix
Garmin is a leader in this technology that keeps you on track, wherever you go
GPS
Jimmy's official founding documents
Carter's Charters
John Cusack & Zoe Kravitz played the record store owner in the film & TV adaptations of this novel by Nick Hornby
High Fidelity
Referring to its shape, this peak on which Brazil's Christ the Redeemer Statue stands has a name meaning "hunchback"
Mount Corcovado
Place your steak in a sealed bag in heated water & you're cooking like the pros via this "under vacuum" method
Sous Vide
Managed by Caltech for NASA, this facility was originally created in the 1930s for rocket research
the JPL
William Howard's vertical gold mine passages
Taft's Shafts
This 2021 miniseries based on a Beth Macy book goes from big pharma boardrooms to the struggles of opioid addicts
Dopesick