Food
Word Origins
Potpourri
100

This fast-food chain founded in 1940 has more than 40,000 locations worldwide.

What is McDonald's?

100

The name for this fruit came before the name of the color in English.

What is "orange?"

100

This superhero is known as "The Man of Steel."

Who is Superman?

200

For those with a certain genetic mutation, cilantro will taste like this.

What is soap?

200

This salutation of parting is a contraction of the phrase "God be with ye."

What is "good-bye?"

200

This phrase, coined after an episode of Happy Days, describes when a show starts to decline in quality. 

What is "jumping the shark?"

300

This animal can be fatal to eat if prepared incorrectly, so only qualified chefs who have trained for at least three years are allowed to prepare the dish.

What is fugu or pufferfish?

300

The name for this insect may have come from the misconception that it ate uncovered dairy products.

What is a butterfly?

300

Once the most downloaded free game on the App Store, this game was taken down as its developer said it was too addictive. 

What is "Flappy Bird?"

400

This vegetable was the first food grown in space.

What are spring onions?

400

This word for laughing originated from Lewis Carrol's The Jabberwocky and combined the words chuckling and snorting.

What is chortling?

400

The Zodiac sign of someone born on this day. 

What is Cancer?

500

This country grows 4,000 different varieties of potato, more than any other country in the world.

What is Peru?

500
A political district shaped like a salamander inspired the creation of this word.

What is "gerrymandering?"

500

In 1932, Brazil's Olympic team had to sell bags of this crop while sailing to Los Angeles in order to pay for the trip. 

What is coffee?