Judy Garland was born in tiny Grand Rapids, 500-plus miles from Kansas in what state?
The Coen brothers set "Fargo" and "A Serious Man" in what home state that Joel calls "Siberia with family restaurants"?
Now a museum, Prince's Paisley Park is a stone's throw from about a dozen lakes in what Upper Midwest state?
Its extent has shifted often, but when first used around 800 CE, what region name applied only to the vicinity of modern-day Burgos, Spain?
In the famous duo Ferdinand and Isabella, he was the king of Aragon, and she was the queen of what monarchy that covered most of Iberia?
"Land of Castles" is the literal definition of what region—now paired with Léon—that makes a world-famous olive-oil soap?
Shiro-, aka-, and awase- are the most common flavors (or actually colors) of what popular seasoning?
Soybeans, salt, and a rice-borne fungus called koji are the main ingredients in what umami-enhancing condiment?
You can't ingest it by osmosis, but OSMOSIS is one of the longest words you can spell using only the letters in what Japanese paste?
What father of electromagnetism was 18 when his dad was guillotined by the Jacobins during the French Revolution?
The namesake of the SI unit for electric current, who has his name inscribed on that big lightning rod that is the Eiffel Tower?
He never did any livestock drug testing, at least not that we know of, but what French scientist's last name anagrams to RAM PEE?
Appearing in three books, the "gay and martial" Reepicheep is the leader of the Talking Mice of what country?
Title character Prince Caspian belongs to the royal family of what kingdom?
The Pevensie children were playing in a wardrobe the first time they stumbled into the war between a lion and witch in what land?