Life in the 1950s
Many households received fresh milk in glass bottles delivered directly to their homes by this worker.
Who is the milkman?
This planet is so hot that its average surface temperature exceeds that of Mercury, even though it's farther from the Sun.
What is Venus?
This weather term describes the amount of water vapour present in the air
What is humidity?
This Scottish-born inventor received a U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Before disposable diapers became popular, babies commonly wore diapers made from this reusable material.
What is cloth?
This large land animal cannot jump in the same way most other mammals can
What is an elephant?
This devastating 2005 hurricane caused widespread destruction in New Orleans
What is Hurricane Katrina?
This inventor created the first commercially successful electric can opener in 1931.
Who is Preston West?
This television show featured a masked hero and his horse, Silver.
What is The Lone Ranger?
In 1932, Australian soldiers were sent to deal with large numbers of these flightless birds.
What are emus?
This 1954 hurricane caused severe flooding in Toronto and surrounding communities.
What is Hurricane Hazel?
This Scottish scientist discovered penicillin in 1928
Who is Alexander Fleming?
The singer group had a 1954 hit with Sh-Boom, an early rock and roll classic
Who are The Chords?
This vegetable was once considered poisonous by some Europeans because it belongs to the nightshade family
What is a tomato?
Lightning can heat the surrounding air to temperatures approaching 30,000 degrees on this temperature scale
What is Celsius?
This Scottish engineer greatly improved the steam engine during the 18th century
Who is James Watt?
In 1955, this American woman became a symbol of the civil rights movement after refusing to give up her bus seat
Who is Rosa Parks?
This part of the human body continues to change shape with age because of cartilage and tissue change.
What is the nose?
This rare winter phenomenon creates rotating columns of snow resembling miniature tornadoes.
What is a snow devil?
This inventor developed the first practical alternating-current induction motor in 1887
Who is Nikola Tesla?