NEW WORLD FOODS
WAS THIS REALLY A FAVORITE OF FRANKLIN
WHAT IS A TURKEY
The story that Franklin proposed the turkey as the national symbol began to circulate in American newspapers around the time of the country’s centennial and are based on a January 26, 1784, letter in which he panned the eagle and extolled the virtues of the gobbler to his daughter.
AS OF 2019, THIS NOT SORRY TREAT IS THE MOST POPULAR IN THE U.S.
WHAT IS REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP
In 1923, The H.B. Reese Candy Company was established in the basement of Reese's home in Hershey, Pennsylvania.[4] Reese had originally worked at a Hershey dairy farm, and from the start he used Hershey Chocolate in his confections. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups were his most popular candy, and Reese eventually discontinued his other lines.
AS OF 2009, THESE CONTAINED 84% OF THE SURFACE FRESHWATER IN NORTH AMERICA
WHAT ARE THE GREAT LAKES
Are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River. They comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Hydrologically, there are only four lakes, because Lakes Michigan and Huron join at the Straits of Mackinac.
FROM WHAT BOGART MOVIE DID THE FOLLOWING LINE COME FROM, "HERE"S LOOKING AT YOU KID."
WHAT IS CASABLANCA 1942
Exceeding expectations, Casablanca went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
WHAT APOLLO MISSION NUMBER FIRST LAND MEN ON THE MOON
APOLLO 11 July 1969
July 1969. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong, who was followed 19 minutes later by Buzz Aldrin, while Michael Collins orbited above.
THIS VEGETABLE TRACES IT'S ROOT TO PRESENT DAY SOUTHERN PERU
WHAT IS THE POTATO
Potatoes were introduced to Europe from the Americas in the second half of the 16th century by the Spanish. Today they are a staple food in many parts of the world and an integral part of much of the world's food supply. As of 2014, potatoes were the world's fourth-largest food crop after maize (corn), wheat, and rice.
WHAT TWO BARS HAVE THE SAME PACKAGING AND LOGO DESIGN, HOWEVER THE MILK CHOCOLATE VERSION HAS A BLUE SCHEME AND THE DARK CHOCOLATE WRAPPER IS IN RED
WHAT ARE ALMOND JOY AND MOUNDS
The Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company was founded by six Armenian immigrants including Peter Paul Halajian and Max Freedman in 1919, introducing the Mounds bar in 1920, which became a hit with the U.S. military during World War II, who by 1944 purchased 80% of their production for use in rations. The Almond Joy bar was introduced in 1946.
HALF OF THE CANADIAN PROVINCES ADJOIN THIS GULF
WHAT IS THE GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec.
BIRTH CITY OF BOGART
NEW YORK
(December 25, 1899)
Bogart was born on Christmas Day 1899 in New York City. In his youth the family lived in an Upper West Side apartment, and had a cottage on a 55-acre estate on Canandaigua Lake in upstate New York.
NASA'S HEADQUARTERS LOCATION
WHAT IS WASHINGTON D.C.
The building is owned by South Korean investment firm Hana Asset Management and leased to NASA through 2028.
THIS FRUIT CAN BE FOUND IN VARIOUS COLORS SUCH AS, GREEN, RED, YELLOW, ORANGE AND PURPLE
WHAT IS THE BELL PEPPER
The name pepper was given by Europeans when Christopher Columbus brought the plant back to Europe. At that time, black pepper, from the unrelated plant Piper nigrum originating from India, was a highly prized condiment. The name pepper was applied to all known spices with a hot and pungent taste and was therefore extended to genus Capsicum.
THE EUROPEAN VERSION OF THIS BAR WILL FLOAT IN A BOWL OF MILK, WHILE THE MORE DENSER AMERICAN VERSION DOES NOT
WHAT IS MILKY WAY
THE AMERICAN VERSION HAS A CARAMEL TOPPING WHILE THE GLOBAL MILKY WAY BAR IS IDENTICAL TO THE 3 MUSKETEERS BAR.
WHAT IS THE SECOND LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD
WHAT IS THE AMAZON
At 3,980 miles in length. It is, however, the world's largest river by volume. Containing 20 percent of the earth's fresh water. The Nile river is the longest river in the world at 4,135 miles
SAM SPADE'S OCCUPATION IN THE MOVIE "THE MALTESE FALCON
WHAT IS A PRIVATE DETECTIVE
The Maltese Falcon, is the only full-length novel in which Spade appears. The character, however, is widely cited as a crystallizing figure in the development of hard-boiled private detective fiction.
WHAT WAS THE WORLD'S FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT
SPUTNIK 1
NASA's rival the Soviet Union launched the satellite on October 4, 1957. The US launched their first the Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958.
THIS RED BERRY HAS BECOME AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT IN ITALIAN COOKING
WHAT IS THE TOMATO
In Europe, the tomato was initially grown as an ornamental plant. It was regarded with suspicion as a food because botanists recognized it as a relative of the poisonous belladonna and deadly nightshade. This was exacerbated by the interaction of the tomato's acidic juice with pewter plates. The leaves and immature fruit contains tomatine, which in large quantities would be toxic. However, the ripe fruit contains no tomatine.
THIS BAR WAS INFAMOUSLY FEATURED DURING A POOL PARTY SCENE IN THE 1980 MOVIE CADDYSHACK
WHAT IS BABY RUTH
Although the name of the candy bar sounds like the name of the famous baseball player Babe Ruth, the Curtiss Candy Company traditionally claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland. The candy maker, located on the same street as Wrigley Field, named the bar "Baby Ruth" in 1921, as Babe Ruth's fame was on the rise, 24 years after Cleveland had left the White House, and 17 years after his daughter, Ruth, had died. The company did not negotiate an endorsement deal with Ruth, and many saw the company's story about the origin of the name to be a devious way to avoid having to pay the baseball player any royalties.
THIS RIVER FLOWS FROM THE COTTIAN ALPS TO THE ADRIATIC SEA
WHAT IS THE PO
Leonardo da Vinci designed several canals to help flow the water around the city of Milan
HOW MANY OSCARS DID BOGART WIN
ONE
African Queen, 1951 (Won)
Casablanca, 1943 (Nominated)
The Caine Mutiny, 1954 (Nominated)
FIRST AMERICAN ASTRONAUT IN SPACE
ALAN SHEPARD
5 May 1961, aboard Freedom 7 on a 15-minute ballistic (suborbital) flight. John Glenn was the first American in Orbit. 20 Feb. 1962.
THIS NUT, IN VARIOUS ASPECTS, IS INCLUDED IN STATE SYMBOLS OF ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS, BUT ODDLY NOT GEORGIA
WHAT IS A PECAN
Pecans were one of the most recently domesticated major crops. Although wild pecans were well known among native and colonial Americans as a delicacy, the commercial growing of pecans in the United States did not begin until the 1880s.
In 1890 THIS TREAT WAS FIRST CREATED IN BERN, SWITZERLAND, AND CONTAINS MILK CHOCOLATE, NOUGAT, ALMONDS AND HONEY
WHAT IS TOBLERONE
The triangular shape of the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps is commonly believed to have given Theodor Tobler his inspiration for the shape of Toblerone.
THIS IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST INLAND BODY OF WATER
WHAT IS THE CASPIAN SEA
The Caspian long has been famous for its sturgeon, a fish prized for its caviar, and the sea accounts for the great bulk of the world catch. During the long period (1929–77) of water-level decline and consequent drying of the most favorable spawning grounds, the sturgeon population fell considerably.
FROM WHAT MOVIE DID BREAKING BAD CREATOR USE THE CHARACTER FRED C. DOBBS AS A KEY INFLUENCE FOR THE ROLE OF WALTER WHITE
THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE
(1946)
WHO WAS THE STANDING PRESIDENT WHEN NASA WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED
WHO IS DWIGHT EISENHOWER
NASA was established in July 29TH 1958, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The new agency was to have a distinctly civilian orientation, encouraging peaceful applications in space science.