Dr. Shapiro's Question of the Day V by ShapiroA

"While I was riding my bicycle, a bee got trapped behind my aviator glasses." This horrifying piece of very short fiction happens to include the names of 3 famous brands of what item?

What kind of soup is easily found in California's state capital, and what other meal can you make from the "leftovers"? (Two answers required.)

It's in Durham, NC, it's 11'8" tall*, and it's called "The Can Opener". According to 11foot8.com, it has "earned a reputation for its unrelenting enforcement of the laws of physics". What is it?

(* This should actually be in the past tense, as the thing in question was recently altered and is now 12'4".)

Name these four things with an etymological commonality: a pink lunchmeat; a stripey ice cream; a thin cookie made of almonds; a country in South America. (Four answers required.)

It once opened Windows; waves, bangs, and braids; upturned sod; 1 y 1. These are all possible crossword clues with what answer in common?

"Distracted by a pyjamaed child waving from the second storey of the tower block, I ploughed into the kerb and couldn't manoeuvre in time to stop my tyre from striking a garbage bin. I lost my licence and had to write a big cheque to keep from going to gaol."

With which word above would a British editor be most likely to find fault?

Which supermarket sounds like a good place to find bagels, macaroni, pitted olives, saltines, Life Savers, lotus root, and Swiss cheese?

Before Ira Gessel was a famous mathematician -- OK, famous in my world -- he founded CEPTIA, the Committee to End ___ _______ in America. According to this movement, what once-common urban amenity (manufactured by the Nik-O-Lok Company, among others) had to go? Alas, there was little relief, as its elimination merely left a void, discommoding many.

If family business owners are MOM/POP, and a recollection of strongly seasoned food is a PEPPERY MEMORY, then where might creatures from The Last Jedi undergo an autopsy?

According to a rule followed by many entomologists (if not by dictionaries or journalists), 'house fly' is 2 words but 'butterfly' is 1. Per the same rule, is it honeybee or honey bee? ladybug or lady bug? dragonfly or dragon fly? stinkbug or stink bug? (Four answers required.)

On what type of object in Dr. Shapiro's household does the following text appear: "L'assenza di 'clic-clac' e' indice di sicurezza."

What 8-letter word can be made from (all) the letters of two countries that each lie about 1000 miles from the Red Sea, one to the west-southwest and one to the east-northeast?