Inventions and technology
Robert Frank Borkenstein applied for a trademark on May 13th, 1958, for the band name of a gadget which estimated blood alcohol content in a person's breath
Breathalyzer
What are those huge masses that break off from Earth's mantle and float around the mantle called?
Tectonic Plates
What animal "Never Forgets"?
Elephants
After WWII, Germany was split into four areas on influence. Three of them would unify between 1947 and 1949, but East Germany remained separate until 1990 when Germany was finally reunified. What symbol was brought down as a mark of reunification?
The Berlin Wall
"Can I have That?" was the original catchphrase for this iconic tuber toy full of wardrobe possibilities and different facial features that kids could change whenever they were looking for a change. What is the name of this famous toy born in 1952?
What technology, which changed the face of home entertainment, emerged the victor in a format war during the late 1970s and early 1980s?
VHS
What essential vitamin, synthesized in mammals by exposure to sunlight, is a steroid?
Vitamin D
After being stung by a jellyfish, which sour household product may help to reduce the venom's effect?
Vinegar
Which British politician made the famous 'Iron Curtain' Speech on March 5th 1946?
Winston Churchill
Who was the first celebrity to have a doll made in her likeness, which was distributed to the masses with record sales in the 1930s and 1940s?
Shirley Temple
1901: An electric motor spins a turbine to move air, creating a low-pressure system that sucks more air in as it tries to create an equilibrium (carrying debris with it)
Vacuum cleaner.
Which branch of science deals with electricity, heat and magnetism?
Physics
What kind of animal is a roadrunner?
Bird
in a 1776 letter, what future First Lady of the US urged her husband John, to "Remember the ladies" when fighting for American Independence from Britain?
Abigail Adams
Which product was made in 1956 by Noah and Joseph McVicker? the function of the compound was to serve as a children's toy and substitute for modeling clay?
Play-Doh
1907: Someone patens a machine consisting of "perforated cylinder" (drum) that is "rotatably mounted" within a water-filled tub, with blades to shift the contents. The electric motor turns the drum, and the clutch shifts the drum's rotation every eight rotations
The cells in the human body reproduce and divide in a process called what?
Mitosis
Alligators are native to two countries. The US and what other country?
China
According to legend, Delaware gets the nickname "Diamond State" because it was once called "a jewel among the states" by which early US President?
Thomas Jefferson
Originally created in ancient Greece, this iconic toy can sleep, walk, go around the world, be looped, or rocked like a baby. Which infinitely versatile toy, popularized in the 1920s and 1960s, still exists today in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes?
Yo-Yo
Wilson Greatbatch in 1958 was a researcher at Cornell University. He was tinkering with a device when her reached into a box and pulled out the wrong transistor. This mistake contributed to the development of what life-saving medical device?
Implantable heart pacemaker
What bodily function can result in an emission that may travel at up to 100mph
A Sneeze
in the avian population, what bird has the largest brain in proportion to its body?
Hummingbird
From 1776 to 1783, Thomas Paine wrote a series of pamphlets about the revolution, known as the "The American ________" fill in the one word "C" blank, a time of intense difficulty and danger.
The American Crisis
What is the name of the popular military action figure that was a 'real American hero' and a hit starting in the 1964 holiday season?
G.I Joe