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Roman emperor Trajan made Dacia a Roman province, hence this country's very Roman name |
Romania
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Enjoy that muesli--I'll be having this Quaker Oats cereal that debuted in 1963 along with its sailing man mascot |
Cap'n Crunch
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Paper container for more paper |
an envelope
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Organometallic compounds are defined by the presence of a bond between a metal & this element |
carbon
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We're not sure which is the slowest but this thick sticky syrup can be made from carob or dates as well as from sugar cane |
molasses
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Tonya Harding's movie mom & Anna Faris' TV "Mom" |
[Ken says "ANN-uh" instead of the correct "AWN-uh".]
Allison Janney
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Winston Churchill gave the speech that mentioned this ideological barrier that separated Eastern Europe |
(Ed: What is the Berlin Wall?)
the Iron Curtain
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Nothing better than one of these classic donuts that shares its name with a venerable whiskey cocktail |
an old-fashioned
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A formal hearing with a big shot, or a group of spectators |
audience
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The lipids, which include fats & oils, are organic compounds that don't appreciably interact with this |
water
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In Exodus he says, "I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue" |
Moses
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BrĂ¼no & Borat |
(Angela: Who is...)
Sacha Baron Cohen
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Now written in the Latin alphabet, Moldova's language used to be written in this alphabet named for a 9th century priest |
(Angela: Uh, let's make it a True Daily Double.) (Ken: $400 then? You can wager up to $1,000.) (Angela: Uh, yeah, okay, $1,000.) (Ken: All right, that's the maximum in this round.) ... (Ken: Yes, named for St. Cyril.)
Cyrillic
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A traditional Japanese breakfast might include this soup made with the same-named soybean paste as well as tofu & scallions |
miso
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This adjective can mean related to debate or related to legal issues, like how somebody died |
forensic
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The human body produces this vitamin when a sterol in the skin absorbs radiation |
vitamin D
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Of the 4 swim strokes used in the Olympics, this one with a body part in its name is the slowest |
the breaststroke
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Danny Tanner on 2 TV series |
(Ken: The late [*], yes.)
Bob Saget
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The Alma River entered history when Russia lost an 1854 battle there during this war |
the Crimean War
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How about a spot of this? Espresso with a thin foam of steamed milk, from Italian for "spotted" |
a macchiato
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Located near a coast, like some oil rigs |
offshore
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Relative atomic mass is another name for this |
atomic weight
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We all know it, exercise can boost a slow this, the rate at which the body expends energy & burns calories |
metabolism
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The title roles in "Blue Jasmine" & "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" |
(Ed: [No response])
Cate Blanchett
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Bulgaria is one of many countries on this peninsula that won freedom by breaking the cruel Ottoman yoke |
the Balkan Peninsula
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This Hawaiian dish with a rhyming name is white rice topped with hamburger, a fried egg & gravy |
(Ken: Delicious, yes.)
loco moco
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Not bad, not great, just sufficient, from Latin for "equal" |
(Karla: What is mediocre?)
adequate
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Acids & bases are among these current conductors; using a solid instead of a liquid one reduces the risk of fire in batteries |
electrolytes
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The planet farthest from the Sun, it takes this ice giant 165 years to orbit it |
Neptune
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Marty Kaan on "House of Lies" & Rhodey, also known as War Machine in the Avengers movies |
Don Cheadle
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