Peanuts
This state leads the United States in peanut production, with 49 percent of the nation's peanut acreage and output.
What is Georgia?
Known for its sting, this herb has long been appreciated for its medicinal value, and rarely its culinary uses (if the shoots are picked young and prepared properly, it tastes of spinach and can be used as such). Found across the globe, its burning sensation is said to be countered by dock, giving rise to the antiquated children’s playground saying “dock in, _____ out.”
What is stinging nettle (or nettle)?
This body part of a traditional nutcracker really was used to crack nuts.
What is the jaw?
Coffee was discovered in this country by goatherds after they noticed their goats getting energetic.
What is Ethiopia?
This animal has stripes on its skin as well as its fur.
What is a tiger?
Peanuts have a variety of industrial end uses. Nitroglycerin, insecticides, lubricating oil, leather dressings, furniture polish, varnish and _____ are all made from peanut oil.
What is paint?
This herb (sometimes considered a small tree) was a favorite of indigenous peoples across North America as a medical plant, with a decoction of the bark used to make poultices. Its high tannins and other astringent properties make it well-suited to topical applications treating the skin, and it remains popular for eyewashes and eye treatments. Despite the name, it has little to do with the occult and spell craft– the first part of its name is derived from an old English word meaning “pliant”.
What is witch hazel?
Traditional nutcrackers originated in this country.
What is Germany?
This country consumes the most coffee per person, at 26 lbs per person annually.
What is Finland?
This bird’s eye is bigger than its brain.
What is an ostrich?
The United States Department of Agriculture tests every truckload of raw peanuts for aflatoxin; any containing aflatoxin levels of more than __ parts per billion are destroyed.
What is 15?
This herb has long been prized as medicine – its botanical name derives from the Latin word meaning “to cure”. It's a staple culinary herb in the Mediterranean, and specific varieties are used in North America in the indigenous practice of “smudging”.
What is sage?
Traditionally nutcrackers were thought to scare these away.
What are evil spirits?
This country produces the most coffee overall.
What is Brazil?
The name for a group of camels.
What is a caravan?
Developed in the US in the 1890s, ____ ____ became well known after the Beech-Nut company began selling it at the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904.
What is peanut butter?
This ancient herb was found in the Egyptian pyramids, was valuable to the ancient Greeks and Romans, and remains a prized culinary flavor today. A cross between the common spearmint and the less common water mint, it is valued for its ability to soothe the stomach and, of course, as a candy flavoring during the holidays.
What is peppermint?
The first fancy traditional nutcrackers were carved in this century.
What is the 17th?
This is the most popular coffee plant variety by volume -- the "top-quality" stuff.
What is Arabica?
This is the name for the underside of a horse’s hoof.
What is a frog?
The peanut belongs to the botanical family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), commonly known as the _____ or pea family.
What is legume?
A true bitter and powerful tonic, this infamous herb was once used as a flavoring in vermouth (which is named for the German word for this herb) and, more famously, absinthe -- where it allegedly caused hallucinations and similar effects. This was due to Thujone, a nerve stimulant that has little impact in low doses but is toxic in high doses, which is present in this plant and was inadvertently concentrated in the essential oils extracted and used for flavoring the green beverage in 19th century France.
What is wormwood?
King Nutcrackers, Nightwatchmen Nutcrackers and Forest Warden Nutcrackers represented powerful people in Germany. This was the job of the Forest Warden Nutcrackers.
What is catching local poachers?
(bonus fact - these poachers were usually the poor, hungry ore miners who carved the Nutcrackers)
The word "Cappuccino" comes from its resemblance in color to the robes of this religious order.
Who are the Capuchin monks?
This is the main way cats show that they trust someone.
What is by head butting?