U.S. Cities
This Hollywood features dog racing & a beach boardwalk.
What is Florida?
Used as early as 230 B.C., the 1st successful electric one was developed by the Otis Bros. in 1889.
What is an elevator?
Herbs anise & fennel resemble the flavor of this common black candy.
What is licorice?
“Tinsel Town”.
What is Hollywood?
Even in the wild, this largest of apes takes a midday nap.
What is a gorilla?
Columbia, capital of this southern state, had no paved roads until 1908.
What is South Carolina?
Begun by Appius Claudius as a public work in 312 B.C., it’s one of the roads that lead to Rome.
What is the Appian Way?
When it was 1st introduced into England from France, it was called “butterine”.
What is margarine?
Unable to speak.
What is speechless?
Name for both Chinese gooseberry & people of New Zealand comes from this bird.
What is a kiwi?
During WWI, Germany torpedoed U.S. ships within sight of this, Virginia’s largest resort.
What is Virginia Beach?
Type of well named for the French region of Artois where 1 was 1st drilled in 1126.
What is the Artesian Well?
Not a fabric but a cake that’s a cross between an angel & a sponge.
What is chiffon?
Soft white Italian cheese often used as a pizza topping.
What is mozzarella?
According to New York’s Bronx Zoo, it’s “the most dangerous animal in the world”.
What is man?
“Home” of the Air Force Academy, it has over 300 days of sunshine yearly.
What is Colorado Springs?
This 15th c. artist built fortresses, bridges, harbors & locks.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
From the Romanian word for “to preserve”, it’s served hot with mustard on rye.
What is pastrami?
An informal gathering with folk music and sometimes dancing.
What is a hootenanny?
Cat-like animal raised for the secretions it produces which are used to make perfumes.
What is a civet?
Ice cream cones & iced tea were both introduced at this Missouri city’s 1904 world’s fair.
What is St. Louis?
A 1984 survey found an additional 2,500 miles to this barrier, then totaling 6,200 miles long, but today it is over 13,000 miles long.
What is the Great Wall of China?
Named for an English dr. who recommended meat as cure-all, it’s a hamburger without a bun.
What is a Salisbury steak?
Borrowed from Anglo-French, “to make straight, direct, guide”.
What is address?
The only 2 venomous species of lizards, Gila monsters & beaded lizard, are native to this continent.
What is North America?