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What is Pizza
This is a popular food from Italy, and is a great example of Creolization.
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What is Peter-Pan
This Scottish tale based in London, England was first a play named "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" in 1904.
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What is a piano?
This stringed/key instrument began in Italy in 1709 and related to the harpsichord. This is now widely used in musical concerts, orchestras, bands, churches, theater around the world.
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What is Cinco de Mayo
This originally foreign holiday is celebrated in the US but not in its country of origin.
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What is Spanglish?
Hispanic Americans and Puerto Ricans speak this combination of English and Spanish most of the time.
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What is Japan
In this Asian island country, it is normal to put eel & squid on their pizza.
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Cinderella
One of the earliest record of this fairy tale was in the 1st century BC about a Greco-Egyptian girl in which an eagle stole her shoe and dropped it in the King's lap. He in turn sent men to seek who the shoe belonged to and married her
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What is a flute?
In China about 3,000 years ago, this woodwind instrument was turned sideways to play. Now it's in every orchestra.
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What is Valentine's Day
This holiday originally commemorated the death of Roman martyr St. Valentine.
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What is Arabic?
Some words that are used on a daily basis like coffee, cotton, and hashish have an interesting origin from this middle eastern language?
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What is a Hot-Dog/Wiener
People from Wien, Austria claim to be the originators of this American baseball beloved meal.
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Snow White & the Seven Dwarves
This German fairy take is known around the world published in 1812. Though there is many variations, they all keep the element as the magic mirror, poisoned apple, glass coffin, and evil queen and dwarfs.
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What is a drum?
This percussion instrument can be dated back to Neolithic cultures in China 5500 BC. Now it's has many sizes and in every culture around the world.
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Who is Santa Claus
This popular holiday character has its roots in a 4th century Greek bishop who secretly left coins in people's shoes.
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What is Latin or French?
The majority of the romantic terms embedded in the English language are derived from this language?
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What is Sushi
Going out to get this raw Asian food is becoming a popular social event for young adults in America.
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Sleeping Beauty
In the original tale from France, a young woman is put to sleep for 100 years. A king seeing her asleep, rapes her. After nine months she gives birth to two children. One of the children wakes her by sucking on her finger.
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What is a guitar?
In 40 AD, the Romans came into Spain with this stringed instrument with a wooden sounding box. In the 8th century AD, the Moors entered Spain and adopted the instrument. Now it's in every rock band.
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What is New Years Eve
This holiday is celebrated in many countries by wearing red underwear, dropping a ball, and wearing bright clothes with polka dots.
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What is Coca-Cola?
Language is used as a means of cultural communication and at times words, and even brands, from different culture acquire global meaning. This soft drink company was successful with this generalization
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What is Jamaican Jerk Chicken
This kind of "mean" chicken is a spicy dish, hailing from Jamaica.
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Little Mermaid
This Danish tale, a mermaid sees the Prince marry a princess and she despairs. She is offered a knife with which to stab the prince to death, but rather than do that she jumps into the sea and dies by turning to froth.
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What is a ukulele?
This instrument originated in Portugal and was brought over the Hawaii in 1879. The Hawaiian natives soon adopted this instrument into all their island music.
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What is Halloween
This holiday was for remembering the dead, including saints, martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers but is now celebrated by asking for candy.
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What is Creole?
In Haiti, the combination of French, English, and indigenous words formed together to form this official language?
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