Natural and Unnatural Disasters
This 2005 hurricane was only the 6th deadliest in U.S. history
What is Katrina?
Grandmas love calling kids by this nickname that can also describe the weather
What is sonny?
This many centimeters fit into a meter
What is 100?
In the mid-20th century, many futurists believed that by the year 2000, cars would do this
What is fly?
This beloved pet of former U.S. president Andrew Jackson had to be removed from his funeral due to its excessively foul language
What is a parrot
A 1906 earthquake in this U.S. city killed an estimated 3000 people and caused approximately $235,000,000 in damages
What is San Francisco?
A gallon contains this many quarts
What is 4?
In 1932, Albert Einstein claimed, "There is not the slightest indication" that this type of energy would ever be obtainable
What is nuclear?
Ketchup was not originally used as a condiment; instead, it was used as this
What is medicine?
In 2017, the roof of a Russian warehouse collapsed, causing a flood of this breakfast drink that overwhelmed the nearby town
What is juice?
There are this many grams in a kilogram
What is 1000?
In 1933, Dr. Thomas Hall Shastid predicted that human evolution would cause us to have this number of eyes to better accommodate close-range tasks
What is one?
In 1835, a newspaper in New York tricked thousands of readers by publishing fake stories claiming that a famous astronomer had discovered that bat-winged flying people, mini-zebras, and these mythical creatures were living on the moon
What are unicorns?
In 2011, a tsunami in Tōhoku, Japan caused a meltdown at this nuclear energy plant
What is Fukushima?
There are this many feet in a mile
What is 5280?
In 2006, a New York Times tech columnist boldly stated that Apple would "probably never" release one of these devices
What is a cell phone?
The shortest war in history (the Anglo-Zanzibar War) lasted less than one of these units of time
What is an hour
In 2014, this international passenger flight vanished suddenly from radar, never to be seen again
What is Malaysian Airline Flight 370?
There are this many centimeters in an inch
What is 2.54?
A 1903 Literary Digest editorial argued that these now-common devices would "never, of course, come into as common use as the bicycle"
What are cars?
In 1919, a vat containing 2.3 million gallons of this sticky ingredient burst, flooding the streets of Boston and killing 21 people
What is molasses?