Rabbithole - Hints & Answers - Sep 9, 2026

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Today's puzzle by Drew Goins for The Atlantic.

1

Dihydrogen monoxide—two hydrogen atoms with one oxygen atom—very technically refers to what substance with a much more common name?

2

The diminutive suffix -ka helps give what liquor its name, which means “little water” in Russian?

3

Smirnoff got a big sales boost in 1962 when what covert movie character drank a vodka martini—shaken, not stirred?

4

The term Bondmania—describing the James Bond craze of the 1960s—derived from a similar word for the frenzy surrounding what British musical export?

5

In 1966, John Lennon controversially said the Beatles were more popular than what figure, who was “all right” even if his disciples were “thick”?

6

What religion that developed in the 1930s incorporates a version of Jesus, often depicted wearing dreadlocks?

7

Rastafarianism also reveres Haile Selassie, who led what African country for 44 years—including through a war with Italy?

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