Food & Drink
You can eat rice as a grain or ferment it to make this alcoholic drink, the national beverage of Japan
What is Sake?
Belle" & "Be Our Guest"
What is Beauty and the Beast?
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A carpet for a calico
What is a cat mat?
Slang for a tornado
What is twister?
Reed Richards' superhero quartet considered an organic omen of good luck
What is Fantastic 4-leaf clover?
This longtime opposition leader in Myanmar has been the de facto leader of the country since 2016
Who is Aung San Syuki?
This 2-word Italian term refers to pasta cooked not too hard or too soft, but still a little firm "to the tooth"
What is al dente?
"Son of Man" & "You'll Be in My Heart"
What is Tarzan?
A goofy young female horse
What is a silly filly?
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In a piece of jewelry, it's a single gem sitting all by its lonely, sparkly self
What is Solitaire?
Residential area of mobile homes where you can safely leave your car & catch a bus into town
What is a trailer park & ride?
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was established in 1954 as a Pacific version of this one
What is NATO?
Melt some Gruyere, add cornstarch, some spices & a little white wine in a caquelon & you get this.
What is Cheese Fondue?
Go the Distance" & "Oh Mighty Zeus"
What is Hercules?
An oversized oinker
What is a big pig?
The Moor of Venice
What is Othello?
Night sack for a snoozing Boy Scout that's the set of skills available to someone like a magician
What is a sleeping bag of tricks?
After he invaded Italy in 1797, Napoleon offered to extend the territory of this country that Italy surrounds
What is San Marino?
This French term means to turn solid food into a paste or thick liquid, & you'll find a setting for it on many a blender
What is puree?
"Bella Notte" & "The Siamese Cat Song"
An intellectually profound ewe
What is a deep sheep?
Part of the skull where the brain is
What is Cranium?
Celestial body of extremely intense gravity that scores an ace in golf
What is a black hole-in-one?
After this notorious czar died, several pretenders claiming to be his son tried to seize the throne
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
These units measure the heat of peppers; the Carolina reaper scores a scary 1.5 million
What is Scoville?
"I Wanna Be Like You" & "The Bare Necessities"
What is the jungle book?
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A stout baboon
What is a chunky monkey?
This part of a large ship functions as its command center (& hopefully it's not over troubled water)
What is bridge?
Current slang term for a scornful glance at the optometrist's test for visual acuity
What is a side eye exam?
The second of these conflicts ended in 1860 when British & French forces seized Beijing, gaining commercial & other concessions
What are the Opium Wars?