Retro Recipes
This powdered gelatin product was a mainstay of 1960s aspics, like the iconic Perfection Salad.
Answer: What is Jell-O? The 1964 edition of The Joy of Cooking devoted an entire chapter to Jell-O salads, but the popularity of gelatin aspics declined by the mid-1970s
This camera company produced its first disposable cameras in 1987.
Answer: What is Kodak? The camera was designed for tourists who wanted to take vacation photos, but it had widespread appeal due to its convenience and affordability
This is the most popular ice cream flavor in the world.
Answer: What is vanilla? However, some countries claim other flavors as their favorite. For example, Australians prefer licorice-flavored ice cream, while Americans proclaim chocolate is the best.
This phrase is used to describe a person who is realistic and practical.
Answer: What is down-to-earth? Down-to-earth is often used to describe a person of wealth who appears unaffected by it.
During a hurricane, an eerie calm occurs when you are in this part of the storm.
Answer: What is eye? You might even see sunlight during the eye
This ooey-gooey, dippable cheese became a popular favorite after it was featured in the Switzerland exhibit of the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
Answer: What is fondue? The Swiss traditionally eat this treat with crusty bread and a side of wine or tea
Apple first introduced this computer in 1984 and changed the future of personal computing for good.
What is the Macintosh? Mac computers are still popular today, but they look little like the original clunky and low-resolution Macintosh
They are the three basic ingredients of ice cream sundaes.
Answer: What are ice cream, sauce, and whipped cream? The fourth, optional ingredient is a maraschino cherry on top of the whipped cream
This word is a temporary end to hostilities in war.
Answer: What is cease-fire? The term can also be a military order to the soldiers to hold their fire.
This shaking occurs before a tsunami.
Answer: What is earthquake? If the earthquake is far out to sea, you might not feel it on land. Tsunami waves can travel at 500 miles per hour
During the 1960s, Swedish meatballs became a wildly popular appetizer, and the most popular gravy choice was this canned soup.
Answer: What is cream of mushroom? During the 1960s, Scandinavian design and food were very popular
This portable music player from Sony was first introduced in June 1980, meaning people could take a stereo with them anywhere.
Answer: What is the Walkman? This battery-operated personal cassette player remained popular throughout the decade, with the company branching out into CDs and MP3s as well.
During the summer of 1790, this U.S. president spent $200 on ice cream, which is about $5,000 in today’s dollars.
Answer: Who is George Washington
When someone has had way too much to drink, we say they are “four sheets to” this.
Answer: What is the wind? The phrase is believed to come from nautical terminology in which the sheets being referred to are ropes that control the sail. If four of them are loose, or to the wind, the boat will be unsteady, like someone who is intoxicated
If, during a storm, you hear from your safe space what sounds like the roar of an approaching train, assume one of these has touched down.
Answer: What is tornado? The sound has also been described as the roar of a grizzly bear
This Hormel canned meat product gained popularity during the 1960s as a breakfast side dish and in sandwiches.
Answer: What is Spam? The meat product became a staple for troops serving in World War II, and its popularity spread across the globe
In 1989, this company released its now-iconic Game Boy, a handheld video gaming device.
Answer: What is Nintendo? One of the earliest (and best-selling) Game Boy games was Tetris
This is another name for Italian ice cream.
Answer: What is gelato? Gelato is creamier and denser ice cream. It uses more milk, less butterfat, and less air than ice cream
Moving this is doing everything possible to make something happen.
Answer: What is heaven and earth? When you make an extraordinary effort to make something happen, you are said to be moving heaven and earth.
This is the common or slang name for a tornado.
Answer: What is twister? Tornadoes have been described as “pillars of twisting air” that can travel at around 200 miles per hour
Sales of this donut-shaped cake pan soared in the late 1960s and early ’70s, after the “Tunnel of Fudge” cake recipe won second place in the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-Off.
Answer: What is the Bundt pan? The pan was invented in the 1950s, but sales were dismal until Ella Helfrich devised her Tunnel of Fudge recipe using a Bundt pan.
On December 2, 1982, a dentist named Barney Clark became the first person to receive the Jarvik 7, a permanent replacement for this internal organ.
Answer: What is the heart? The Jarvik 7 represented a huge step forward in artificial heart technology. Today, artificial hearts can support a patient for months or even years
Ice cream originated in this country.
Answer: What is China? It was invented in the seventh century
You’ll have more energy if you get a second one of these. A
Answer: What is wind? It’s a renewed energy, often associated with an endurance task. For example, marathon runners can get a second wind, or college students pulling all-nighters before exams can get a second wind
This causes the calm before a storm.
Answer: What is (partial) vacuum? When warm surface air pulls cold air from the higher atmosphere, it creates a partial vacuum, which creates the calm before the storm.