You Can’t Shop There Anymore
Last Name Origins
Dairy
Dutch: Funny English
East Asian Capitals
100

Once America’s dominant video rental chain, this company became synonymous with late fees before streaming killed it.


Blockbuster

100

This last name comes from the people who would grind up grain.

Miller

100

This dairy product is made by churning cream until fat separates from liquid.

Butter

100

Melk

Milk

100

This capital city of Japan is the largest metropolitan area in the world.


Tokyo

200

This grocery store, while still around, used to be well known for late night and 24/7 shopping. It is another tragic victim of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Walmart

200

If your last name is Reed, then your ancestor probably had this distinctive feature.

Red Hair

200

This is the fatty liquid that rises to the top of fresh milk.

Cream

200

Huis

House

200

Beijing is the capital of this country.


China

300

This store, which was very popular with children, had a mascot called Geoffrey the Giraffe.

Toys ‘R Us

300

Leonardo da Vinci’s last name indicates that he is…

Hint: He had this last name because he wasn’t from a high-born family.

From the town of Vinci.

300

The sugar found in milk.

Lactose

300

Dank je.

Thank you.

300

This capital city lies just south of the DMZ separating North and South Korea.

Seoul

400

Back in the late 1800s, these catalogs could let customers buy just about anything, even homes. Their standalone stores were very popular until the late 2010s.

Sears

400

Mc in a Scottish name or O in an Irish name both mean…

Son of…/descendent of…

400

Whole milk is ___% milk fat.

3.25

400

Goedemorgen


Good Morning

400

This country’s capital (Taipei) claims to have the real government of China, while China’s government claims that the island belongs to it.

Taiwan

500

This electronics retailer was famous for selling batteries, cables, and obscure adapters you suddenly needed at the last minute.

RadioShack

500

Someone with the last name Chandler had ancestors that did this.

Make Candles
500

What is pasteurization?

Boiling milk to quickly kill all of the bacteria.

500

Dit is mijn huis.

This is my house.

500

Pyongyang is the residence of this dictator.

Kim Jong Un

600

This famous website for selling items used to have standalone stores that failed miserably.

eBay

600

The last name “Cooper” comes from someone who would make…

 Barrels

600

What is homogenization?

Blending the milk so that the fat becomes tiny pieces that won’t settle out.

600

De student drinkt water in de klas.

The student drinks water in the class.

600

Manila is the capital of this archipelago.

Philippines

700

Parisians was a department store headquartered in this city. Most of them turned into Belks by 2007.

There was one in the Parkway Mall and in the Hoover Galleria.

Birmingham, Alabama

700

This name probably had an ancestor that lived near or in a valley.

Dale

700

Rennet, which is added to milk to curdle it for cheese, is traditionally obtained from where?

The stomach of a baby cow or goat.

700

De kat zit op de tafel.

The cat sits on the table.

700

Even though Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon is the larger of the two, this city functions as the capital of Vietnam.

Hanoi