When Phones Had Cords
These sat on top of TVs to get reception from the stations.
An item delivered by the post office and a man.
mail/male
These beloved dolls of the 1980s weren't bought; they were adopted, complete with a certificate for their new family.
Cabbage Patch dolls
This is the French word for "thank you."
merci
This actress played two memorable caretaking roles- a magical nanny with an umbrella and a postulant-turned-governess in Austria.
Julie Andrews
To make a copy of a handwritten or typed document, you slipped this between the sheets of paper.
carbon paper
To be wrong or make a mistake, and one who inherits.
err/heir
This popular doll from the 1960s and '70s inspired spinoffs like Chatty Baby and Singin' Chatty.
Chatty Cathy
Gracias means "thank you" in this language.
Spanish
This is the color of the brick road in The Wizard of Oz.
yellow
Cameras didn't have built-in flash capability; instead, you had to buy these if you needed more than room light.
flash bulbs
A type of business investment and the building in Washington, D.C., that houses the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
capital/Capitol
This line of colorful dolls, including Wisp and Starlite, was created by Hallmark in the 1980s and grew into an animated TV series and a 1985 movie.
Rainbow Brite dolls
You can say mahalo to thank someone on these islands.
Hawaiian Islands
King Kong climbs this building in the 1933 film King Kong.
Empire State Building
Before the 1980s, these one-way radio devices were primarily used by doctors.
Pagers
Something without embellishment and a form of rapid transit.
plain/plane
These dolls were invented when a father made his daughter a dollhouse inside an old makeup compact.
Polly Pockets
When in Portugal or this South American Country, Obrigado and obrigada mean "thank you."
Brazil
This Alfred Hitchcock classic thriller is set largely in a courtyard and stars James Stewart as a globetrotting photographer.
Rear Window
These wall or desk mounted devices could be found in schools and places of business and featured a detachable compartment and a hand crank.
pencil sharpener
Committee and guidance
council/counsel
Introduced in 1986 and still popular today, this line of dolls from historic eras, each with an accompanying book and backstory, includes Molly McIntire from the World War II era.
American Girl dolls
Danke means "thank you" in this language.
German
She plays opposite Cary Grant in His Girl Friday.
Rosalind Russell