CRITICAL INVENTION
This radiation-based form of cooking was introduced in the 1970s to prioritize cooking speed, energy saving and ease of cleaning.
Microwave
This hefty handheld bone-in bird was debuted at Walt Disney world as a must have in the late 1980's.
Turkey Legs
Named after his long-tailed rat, "Ben" was written by this Motown, pop artist at the age of 14.
Micheal Jackson
In the jungle of Nool Samahri plays this miscreant marsupial macropod that left a morose yet memorable taste in the mouths of many other magnanimous members and creatures of the audience.
Sour Kangaroo
The birthplace of jazz and the reminiscent home of Samahri's college experience.
Harlem
This northern Italian invention was first seen in 1286 as reading stones made from polished crystals to expand from the simple magnifying glass and the prevention of eyesight loss.
Glasses
This star shaped dough is often deep fried, covered in a cinnamon, sugar mix and eaten with a warm dulce de leche sauce.
Churros
"I will always love you", a song best known for Whitney Houston's iconic cover was originally written and performed by this famous female country artist.
Dolly Parton
This jazzy tango of a musical is one of the best examples of Bob Fosse's iconic choreography, flouting us through the other wife's gruesome realities of the prison system in the 1924.
Chicago
This Canadian metropolis holds the majority of the nation's population.
Toronto
While the first signs of this invention came in 1672 through Ferdinand Verbiest, the patent for this modern carriage didn't come until 1886 from Karl Benz. It was later made accessible to the average American by Henry Ford's assembly line techniques.
Automobile/Car
This drink known for preventing scurvy in the 1700's was more popularly commercialized in the 1900s as breakfast beverage.
Orange juice
All the "Chiquitita's" took a chance on this 70's Swedish pop group, most known by younger generations for their 2008 jukebox movie musical.
(Extra points for name of the movie)
ABBA
(Mamma Mia!)
This band of young boys seize the day through this upbeat musical based on the true story of the 1899 Strike in New York.
Newsies
Home of Americas first department store and the nation's most buoyant lakes this state was the setting of our family's summer hiking trips of 2023.
Utah
While taking center stage this bright beam holding 50 times more power than a normal candle was first installed on a Boston stage in 1882.
The Spotlight
In Japan during the Edo period (1603-1867) this fishy cylinder-shaped food is known for its fresh flavors although it didn't become popular in America until the 1960's.
Sushi
This 2007 film shares a title with the 1969 song from the Beatles hit album LET IT BE.
Across the universe
Samahri has played a loud obnoxious blue dressed faux psychiatrist and her purple shirted friend in this award-winning musical based on the popular children's newspaper comic.
(Extra points for names of characters)
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown!
(Schroeder & Lucy)
With over 300 days of sunshine a year this rocky city sits exactly one mile above sea level holding over 700 thousand people and 6 different sports teams.
Denver
This protective tool adorns the heads of roughly 10% of the world's population, protecting hair styles from cornrows to loose-beach curls every night and is often made from silk.
The Bonnet
A combination of warm water, eggs, milk, vanilla, flour, melted butter, sugar, yeast and oil for frying will make this puffy pastry often served while going down the bayou.
Beignets
The Hawaiian way to say "Merry Christmas to you" was a popular cover sung by Elvis Presley in 1957 but was written by R. Alex Anderson in 1949.
Mele Kalikimaka
This corny comedy features a series of vegetable-based jokes that caught the ear of a young actress who lived in a field of dreams.
Shucked
Samahri took "the tube" straight over the pond into her only round of quarantining in this posh country. Some would call it a Royal mess.
England