Food Around the World
This Italian dish’s name means “little worms,” though it’s actually just pasta.
What is spaghetti?
The reason you see lightning before thunder is because this travels faster than sound.
What is light?
This country is home to the Eiffel Tower.
What is France?
This household appliance uses a magnetron to heat food.
What is a microwave?
This everyday writing tool was invented after someone noticed how well a newspaper printing roller spread ink.
What is a ballpoint pen.
This spicy Korean fermented cabbage dish is a staple of Korean cuisine.
What is kimchi?
This force keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
The Amazon rainforest is mostly located in this South American country.
What is Brazil?
This common tech term refers to storing data on remote servers instead of your device.
What is the cloud?
This (previously) common office supply was created when a frustrated typist began using white tempera paint to cover mistakes on early typewriters.
What is correction fluid (Liquid Paper). Will accept White Out.
The national dish of Canada, poutine, is made of fries, gravy, and this ingredient.
What is cheese curds?
This gas makes up about 78% of the air you breathe.
What is nitrogen?
This desert is the largest hot desert in the world.
What is the Sahara?
This everyday device uses tiny vibrating crystals to keep extremely accurate time.
What is a quartz watch?
This invention, now found in nearly every car, was inspired by a woman who grew tired of wiping snow off her windshield by hand.
What are windshield wipers.
This Middle Eastern dip is made from chickpeas, tahini, lemon, and garlic.
What is hummus?
Your phone’s battery uses this type of rechargeable chemistry (a type of battery).
What is lithium-ion?
Mount Kilimanjaro is found on this continent.
What is Africa?
This type of energy powers solar panels.
What is photovoltaic energy?
This everyday fastening device was invented by a Norwegian engineer and patented in 1901, though many people mistakenly credit it to the wrong country. (Hint: Common in offices with paper.)
What is the paperclip.
This popular Southeast Asian street food consists of skewered, grilled meat served with a peanut dipping sauce.
What is satay?
Humans have this many pairs of chromosomes.
What are 23?
This city is known as “The City of a Hundred Spires.”
What is Prague?
This tiny component on a computer chip contains billions of transistors.
What is a microprocessor?
This common household item was originally made from leftover wallpaper scraps and used to seal food jars.
What is masking tape.