Greek and Latin Roots
Gladius is the Latin word for sword, where we get this man who is trained to fight with weapons against other men or wild animals in an arena.
What is Gladiator?
Spanning 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica, this historic route known as a place to get your kicks, is famous for small-town America nostalgia, neon signs, and pop culture.
What is Route 66?
The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of this city is notable for having the country's largest concentration of Somali-Americans. Its represented by Ilhan Omar, the U.S.'s first and only Somali-American representative.
What is Minneapolis?
In this, his Massachusetts hometown, you can visit the Dr Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, where you can interact with Horton, The Grinch and Seuss himself.
What is Springfield, MA?
This horseradish plant grows naturally along stream beds in mountain river valleys in Japan.
What is Wasabi?
If you like Ike, you probably known that this is his middle name.
What is David?
This sporting event took place for the first in 1903. The winner was a chimney sweep named Maurice Garin.
What is the Tour De France?
There was an Old Lady who swallowed a fly. And then a spider. And then a bunch of other animals that get progressive larger until she ends with this animal.
What is a horse?
The root word chron comes from the Greek chronos meaning this.
What is Time?
Established in 1913 as the first coast-to-coast automobile road, this road named for the 16th president runs from New York to San Francisco.
What is Lincoln Highway?
These filmmaking brothers were born in Minnesota and have been nominated for 13 Academy Awards together, including a handful of wins for "No Country for Old Men."
Who are Joel and Ethan Coen?
Before he was Dr Seuss, Theodore Geisel was a student at this Ivy League University in New Hampshire.
What is Dartmouth?
This wise Jedi master had a stronger connection to the force that almost anyone, only Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi have a stronger link
Who is Yoda?
Of the first ten presidents, only two have a middle name on record; William Henry Harrison and this one, #6, whose middle name was a nod to his maternal great grandfather.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
Before joining the Beatles and replacing Pete Best, he was in a band called Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.
Who is Ringo Starr?
The Alphabet Song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and this children's song about livestock all share the same melody.
What is Baa Baa Black Sheep?
Once upon a time, Ancient Romans had a 10 month calendar. Based on its Latin root, October was this numbered month on that calendar.
What is the 8th?
This iconic 527-mile scenic highway stretches from the New Brunswick border in Fort Kent through Maine, primarily hugging the rocky Atlantic coastline all the way to Key West.
What is Route 1?
Although the statue is located more than 60 miles from its company headquarters, the city of Blue Earth, MN is home to a 55-foot tall statue of this verdant vegetable mascot
Who is the Jolly Green Giant?
He was the first person to win this prize, given out for Journalism, letters and music, for writing children's books.
What is the Pulitzer Prize?
This strong, anise-flavored spirit is made from wormwood, anise, and fennel. Its nicknamed "The Green Fairy" for its color and historical association with artists.
What is Absinthe?
His real first name is Hiram, the mythological hero he's known by is actually his middle name. When he joined West Point, the two names were transcribed backwards.
Who is Ulysses S Grant? (S is just part of a nickname, given to him when he joined the army, 'cuz US is so much more American . . .)
This phrase means "bountiful (or nourishing) mother" in Latin.
What is Alma Mater?
This novelty song was written and composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston. It contains lyrics that make no sense as written, but are near homophones of meaningful phrases, specifically about what horses and deer may eat.
What is Mairzy Doats?
The Latin roots Somn and Ambulare give us the word SOMNAMBULATE which means this.
What is Sleepwalking?
Blue Ridge Parkway winds 469 miles through these two states in the Appalachian Mountains, known as "America's Favorite Drive".
What are North Carolina and Virginia?
The Frost is the team representing Minnesota in the PWHL, which stands for this.
What is Professional Women's Hockey League?
Whenever he had writers block, he would go into a secret room filled with hundreds of these fashion accessories, and decide which one his character would wear.
What are hats?
These are not actually green due to pigment, but rather an optical illusion caused by a low amount of brown pigment (melanin) combined with a yellowish pigment called lipochrome and are only possessed by about 2% of the population .
What are green eyes?
Another president that uses his middle name as a first name, his first name was Stephen. He was the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms. Let's never mention the second one.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
Who knew these were eponymous? This projectile consists of a case provided with a powder charge and a large number of usually lead balls and that is exploded in flight. They were named after the British Lieutenant General who invented it.
What is Shrapnel?
Do you know the Muffin man? He lives on this street.
What is Drury Lane?
Add this Greek prefix to -Anthrope, -Andry, or -Ogyny to explicitly express hatred.
The Road to Hāna is a scenic 64-mile drive on on this Hawaiian island, stretching from Kahului/Paia to the remote town of Hāna in the east.
What is Maui?
At 5 am on December 12, 2010, the Metrodome roof collapsed under the snow of a typical Minnesota blizzard, making the field unplayable in a game between the Vikings and this NFC East team
Who are the NY Giants?
Dr Seuss invented this O term that scientists have adopted as the name of a non-Newtonian fluid made of corn starch and water.
What is OOBLECK?
This melon is known for its smooth green flesh as well as its rind.
What is Honeydew?
Our 19th president, President Hayes was named for his father, Rutherford as well as his mother Sophia, her maiden name was his middle name, which starts with this letter.
What is B (Birchard)?
The Fosbury Flop is a revolutionary technique in this track and field event, where the athlete crosses the bar head-first, backwards, while arching their back. It debuted in 1967 and maximizes efficiency by allowing the jumper's center of mass to pass under the bar while their body passes over it.