Pizza and Other Sizzling Words Quiz

Answer: An open city square

Piazza is a word used to describe an open city square, in which commonly two or more streets meet, allowing small businesses to sell their products there by taking advantage of the flow of people. These are common in Italy, but squares all over the world have their own names, sometimes similar (for example, a square in Spanish is called a "plaza").

Answer: Soda

Fizz when you open a soda is the result of carbonation. This process basically is explained by the fact that soda contains carbon dioxide, which is contained at a high pressure in the bottle or can. When you open the soda, you are releasing thousands of carbon dioxide molecules that used to be dissolved in the liquid, which is the source of the fizzy sound.

Answer: Puzzle

The first crossword puzzle was supposedly created in 1862, in the United States. One was published in "The New York Times" on that same year. However, Englishman Arthur Wynne is often credited as the inventor of the crossword puzzle, as the puzzle he published in 1913 in "The New York World" was very similar to crosswords today.

Answer: Cheese

Mozzarella cheese is an Italian cheese which is used in pizza, pasta, and salads, most notably the caprese salad, made of this cheese and fresh tomatoes with olive oil. Traditionally, the animal that produces the milk used to make the cheese is a buffalo, although cow milk is also used sometimes.

Answer: Dizziness

Eating too much of anything can lead to stomach and headaches, and you may eventually get dizzy from it. In that case, you should sit down and in more serious cases, visit a doctor. When a person is feeling dizzy, it's usually described as vertigo.

Answer: United States

Jazz music was invented in the United States, in the Southern part of it, by the start of the 20th century. This musical genre usually has some kind of improvisation. Jazz has changed over the years, and it has had so many important figures, some of them being Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington.

Answer: Blizzard

A blizzard is a snowstorm of great duration. One of the most famous blizzards happened in 1993; the Storm of the Century, also known as The Great Blizzard, made snow reach parts of the United States and Canada, after forming in the Gulf of Mexico. It killed many people, combined with tornadoes in Florida.

Answer: Judaism

In the Jewish religion, a hazzan is the person in charge of singing and leading the congregation in a temple during religious ceremonies. Some Jewish people follow a Kosher diet, which, among others, prohibits the mixture of cheese (or dairy in general) with meat, as it is considered unhealthy.

Answer: Taking photographs

A paparazzo (paparazzi in the plural) is a celebrity photographer, who usually sneaks into their personal lives and takes pictures of the artists often when they're not ready. Paparazzi are sometimes common people who sell their pictures to magazines, or actually employed by magazines.

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