Christmas Foods
They don't just unwrap presents in Mexico, but also this signature Christmas time dish which is made with masa dough and often steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf
What are Tamales?
This fermented cabbage goes great on a sandwich
What is Sauerkraut?
It follows dead in a race with no clear winner
In baseball you do this to avoid being thrown out as a runner; in meetings it means to follow up with a person
What is Touch Base?
2000: Long before they infested the streets of Austin, this manufacturer made metallic scooters with large rubber rollerblade style wheels
What are Razor Scooters?
Santa Clause was often depicted in black garb until the 1930s when this beverage company began depicting him in a red and white suit
What is Coca-Cola?
None of this whirlpool pastry for me - I'm dieting
What is Strudel?
In the book of Daniel Nebuchadnezzar tosses 3 men into this alliterative furnance
What is Fiery?
You can do this to change songs on a record or in business to generate a desired reaction or change the outcome
What is Move the Needle?
1989: The first eight-bit handheld videogame system to utilize cartridges and came packaged with Tetris
What is Nintendo Gameboy?
Not just a dance for fairies; this small, spherical candy is traditionally made of sugar mixed with dried fruit and rolled in nuts
What are Sugar Plums?
This little breed is a badger dog
What is Dachsund?
Like a passionate affair a zone of the Earth between the tropics is called this T word
What is Torrid?
In biology it's all the diverse organisms in a location; in business it's all parts of an industry
What is Ecosystem?
1980: You must be a square if you know this toy from a Hungarian inventor has been said to have 43 quintillion wrong answers and one correct one
What is a Rubik's Cube?
You've heard of a Christmas goose (and even that their feathers were used to make artificial trees), but in the Medieval ages wealthy lords would dine on this bird - adding it's colorful plumage back to accentuate their dishes
What is a Peacock?
In the mountains enjoy these noble white flowers
What is Edelweiss?
This word for updraft of warm is the Greek for heat
What is Thermal?
A printing term for an image that pushes past the margin is this edge more innovative than cutting edge
What is Bleeding Edge?
1975: Gary Dahl invented this gift after a discussion with friends gave him two revelations: people want pets that don’t need to be fed, cleaned, or tended to; and that people are stupid
What is a Pet Rock?
Thanks to a successful 1970s marketing campaign, an estimated 3.6 million Japanese families treat themselves to this finger-licking fast food restaurant during Christmas
What is KFC?
A book about the hero's formative years is this kind of education novel
What is Bildungsroman?
It can mean both crazy & pleasantly warm like a mild tropical climate
What is Balmy?
This adjective describes a mountain that can be climbed or a company that can handle increased sales or workload
What is Scalable?
1943: A spring with no tension
What is a Slinky?