Phobias?!
Mexican or adopted
Gossip or True?
Mr. C's poetry
To be or not to be
100

The fear of being buried alive!

Taphophobia
100

This grain was given by an ant to an indigenous emperor. It was grown in Mexico.

Corn is Mexican.

100

If you mix these two colors, you get green. Blue and yellow.

True!

100

The ancient, weary, weather-beaten, towering, majestic, battle-scarred, alpha, gray, African, tusked, solitary, wrinkled, old elephant slowly walked toward the watering hole.

Correct!

100

He is the lord of the upside down.

Vecna

200

The fear of zombies!

Kinemortophobia

200

This ritual tradition is a major cultural phenomena and is a local patron saint festivity.

Día de los Muertos is Mexican.

200

If you drink a tea made of honey, lemon, onion and garlic you can prevent getting COVID.

False!

200

The magical, sparkling, tiny, fluffy, star-speckled, glowing, mischievous, pink, winged, lavender-scented, hyperactive, bouncy, daydreaming danced across the rainbow.

Incorrect! It's missing the subject!

200

He is a carrot with a wig and suit.

DJT

300

The fear of the Ocean!

Thalassophobia

300

These things are hung and broken during birthdays and Christmas.

Piñatas. They are NOT Mexican. They are Chinese.

300

Sharks are older than trees.

True! Sharks have existed for roughly 400 to 450 million years. Trees did not evolve on Earth until about 350 to 390 million years ago. 

300

Bob the bloated, gassy, cramped, rumbling, spastic, inflamed, unpredictable, sluggish, hyper-reactive, painful, backed-up, sensitive, distressed was my neighbor. 

Incorrect! The subject is at the beginning!

300

He was known to have been accompanied by two women. One on each side.

Pancho Villa

400

The fear of the rain!

Ombrophobia

400

The refreshing, milky agua fresca made with rice and cinnamon.

Horchata. NOT MEXICAN. It is actually from ancient Egypt and North Africa, where it was made using chufa (tiger nuts). The Moors introduced it to Spain, and the Spanish later brought the concept to Mexico.

400

Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.

True! Teaching at Oxford existed in some form by 1096, and the university was well-established by 1249. The Aztec Empire wasn't founded until the rise of the Triple Alliance around 1428.

400

The barking, standard-issue, silent-but-deadly, trouser-coughing, air-baking, low-flying, crop-dusting, sonic, room-clearing, paint-peeling, methane-scented, cheek-flapping, accidental air-biscuit escaped during the quietest moment of the movie.

Correct! XD

400

He was short. He loved wearing blue. He was very smart. He exiled to two different islands during his life: the Mediterranean island of Elba and the remote Atlantic island of Saint Helena.

Napoleón Bonaparte

500

The fear of doing work at school, home or job!

Ergophobia

500

The crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth sweet (most famously made by the De la Rosa brand) peanut treat.

Mazapán / Marzipan. It's NOT Mexican (Origin: Europe): It was made 1,000 years ago in the Middle East and Spain. The European version uses almond paste, but because almonds were expensive in Mexico, it was adapted into a peanut-based form.



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500

Woolly mammoths weren't alive when the Pyramids were built.

False. They WERE alive then. The Great Pyramid of Giza was completed around 2560 BC. A small, isolated population of woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean until roughly 1650 BC.

500

The belched, chest-coughing, throat-clearing, rumbling, gut-gargling, soda-fueled, thunderous, vapor-trailing, frog-croaking, garlic-scented, window-rattling, unexpected, involuntary belly-burp echoed through the crowded elevator.

Correct! XD

500

He has openly admitted to not wearing deodorant or cologne for over 30 years because he prefers his natural scent. Some co-stars note he showers multiple times a day and simply smells like "granola and good living."

Matthew McConaughey