Urban Flora
Fish & Chips
Take the "El" train
Little Swiss Village
Christianity
100

Visitors of Golden Gate Park can dine under this species of mega-flora native to Northern California at the park's Hoover Picnic Area.

What are redwoods or sequoias?

100

This sly, smooth-voiced cheetah began starring in commercials and eventually became Cheetos' official mascot in 1986

Who is Chester Cheetah?

100

It was out in this West Texas town where Marty Robins fell in love with a Mexican girl

What is El Paso?

100

The compact Swiss city of Lucerne is situated between Lake Lucerne and this towering mountain range

What are the Alps?

100

This church's Easter Holiday will be celebrated on Sunday, May 2nd in 2021.  Save your appetite for tsoureki (red eggs), kotosouvlaki (skewered chicken), and of course split roasted lamb

What is Greek Orthodox?

200

An ancient White Pine Tree is a popular tourist attraction on the grounds of the Jogyesa Temple in this Asian capital.

What is Seoul? 

200

Vietnamese cuisine uses salted & fermented anchovies, mackerel & scabbard to produce the versatile ingredient nuoc mam; known as this in the west

What is fish sauce?

200

Stortini pasta, better known as this, is a popular component of mac & cheese.

What is elbow macaroni?

200

The town of Zug, Switzerland is famous for its Zuger liqueur cake.  The cake's pan is lined with this tart, pitted fruit - chriesi in the local language.

What are cherries?

200

A little over a quarter of Glasgwegians are Roman Catholic and a little under a quarter of the Scottish city's residents are followers of this Christian religion

What is Protestant?

300

The branches of a traveler's palm tree offer a shaded refuge to visitors of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum in this South Florida city

What is Key West?

300

These stackable chips were developed in 1956 to address customer complaints of broken, greasy, and stale bagged chips.

What are pringles?

300

"Where do they all come from?" lamented Paul McCartney concerning all the lonely people from this song off of 1966's Revolver.

What is Eleanor Rigby?

300

The A1 Motorway terminates in this city, the second largest in Switzerland

What is Geneva?

300

Founded by Vladimir the Great in 988 AD, this religion has over 38,000 parishes worldwide

What is Russian Orthodox?

400

Suburban Reykjavik, Iceland is home to Europe's only crop of this fruiting tree grown in geothermally heated greenhouses

What are banana trees?

400

More than 1/2 of Lake Baikal's 65 native fish species, including the black & white grayling, are endemic to the large freshwater lake located in this country

What is Russia?

400

Since 2005 this American Christmas tradition tells the story of a magic messenger who watches over a household and reports its children's behavior directly to Santa in the North Pole

What is Elf on a Shelf?

400

Zurich is home to brands Monte Blanc, Omega, and Piaget - all producers of this historic Swiss export.

What are watches?

400

This slight New England state is home to the highest percentage of Catholic residents in the US.

What is Rhode Island?

500

Every June the Jacaranda Tree displays its vibrant purple blooms to the streets of this southernmost South American capital city

What is Buenos Aires?

500

Rare flavors of this chip brand include black garlic, 3rd degree burn scorchin' habanero, and a Tapatio Hot Sauce brand collaboration

What is Doritos?

500

This American crime novelist authored 1987's The Black Dhalia, 1990's L.A. Confidential, and 2014's Perfidia.

Who is James Ellroy?

500

Picturesque Schaffhausen, Switzerland straddles this powerhouse central European river. Upstream you'll find Strasbourg, Mainz, and Cologne. 

What is the Rhine River?

500

The Coptic Christian Church is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt but was founded in 50 AD by St Mark in this nearby Medeterrian port city

What is Alexandria?