Classic Cars
($100) Volkswagen manufactured this car that is also known as the Bug.
What is Beetle? The car was popular during the 1960s and 1970s. It was retired in 1979 and re-emerged in 1998. That run lasted until 2019.
We referred to people in the 1950s who were establishment types or old-fashioned by this four-sided shape.
Answer: What is square? It was not cool or hip to be a square.
Generic word for shoes with a rubber sole worn while walking or running.
Answer: What are sneakers?
) It’s a good thing this holiday cake has an expiration date of three or four years, because almost no one eats it.
Answer: What is fruitcake? Keep it in a bag to keep it fresh.
It is the popular place in the kitchen for people to put a magnet.
Answer: What is on the refrigerator? More than 80 percent of people use magnets to attach things to their refrigerators.
Introduced in 1964 at the New York World’s Fair, this iconic Ford sportscar is one of the company’s all-time best sellers. The car is also known as a “muscle car.”
What is Mustang? The Mustang is one of the best-selling cars of any auto company
This highly teased, big-hair style was popular in the 1960s.
Answer: What is bouffant? It was largely inspired by First Lady Jackie Kennedy.
Minimal foot covering, sometimes called a thong, worn during the summer or at the beach.
Answer: What is flip-flop? They’re usually made of rubber and offer no foot support.
This yummy, gooey, golden condiment, sometimes served in tea, has no expiration date.
Answer: What is honey? Smithsonian Magazine reports, “A slew of factors—its acidity, its lack of water and the presence of hydrogen peroxide—work in perfect harmony, allowing the sticky treat to last forever.”
Ancient mariners used these magnetic items for navigation, and hikers can use them today when GPS is not available.
Answer: What are compasses?
This van, also known as the “Bus,” is reminiscent of the hippie era and was produced by this German auto company.
What is Volkswagen? The vans were often covered in flowers and peace signs.
This 1960s to early-1970s pants and jeans fad, with wide bottoms, was part of every teen’s wardrobe.
Answer: What are bell-bottoms? We have wide-legged pants today, but they’re nothing like the grossly exaggerated bottoms of the 1960s and 1970s.
Dressy, laced shoe men wear with business or dressy attire.
Answer: What is oxford? The oxford hails from England in 1800. One of the defining characteristics of some oxfords is their holes on the vamp of the shoe.
When baking, it’s best not to use these two leavening agents after their expiration date.
Answer: What are baking soda and baking powder? If you keep them too long, your baked goods might not rise properly.
This is the direction the long end of the compass needle points toward.
Answer: What is magnetic north (or N)? Magnets cause the needles to point to the north point on the compass. The short end of the needle points toward the south even in the southern hemisphere.
Ronny and the Daytonas as well as the Beach Boys sang about this three-letter Pontiac classic, the first muscle car.
Answer: What is GTO? The tune was “Little GTO.” Pontiac was the first to market a mid-sized auto with a big-auto engine.
This object was sold as a pet that wouldn‘t eat, drink, make noise, or need to be potty trained in the 1970s.
Answer: What is pet rock? California entrepreneur Gary Dahl sold over a million pet rocks for only $3.95 a piece.
Term for the highest, thinnest heels.
Answer: What is stiletto? Short-heeled shoes with a thin heel are called kitten heels.
While these bags used in a morning beverage don’t have a stated expiration date, they remain fresh for only a couple of years.
Answer: What are teabags? If you keep them longer than a couple of years, they are best kept in the freezer. They don’t go bad, but they do lose potency.
Every magnet has two of these, just like Earth does.
Answer: What are poles? A horseshoe magnet’s two poles are close to each other, which gives it more magnetic strength.
This feline-inspired sportscar first hit the streets in 1954.
Answer: What is Jaguar? Sir William Lyons founded the company that produced the Jaguar. He once said, “The car is the closest thing we will ever create to something that is alive.”
This 2001 invention, a motorized personal transport device, was going to transform human transportation.
Answer: What is Segway (human transporter)? Bloomberg reported, “Instead of becoming a mass-market last-mile mover, the Segway became a slapstick prop in aughties comedies.”
Generic word for women’s heeled shoes.
Answer: What are pumps?
This liquid eye makeup has an expiration date of three months.
What is mascara? You could risk an eye infection from the bacteria that accumulates on mascara that’s kept too long.
It’s a piece of medical equipment used to scan and examine internal body structures.
Answer: What is MRI? MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging.