The Metric System
American Dreams
An "F" in History
Holidays and Observances
Top Gods
100
32,000 ounces make a short one; 3,274 more make a metric one.
What is a ton?
100
His famous "I Have a Dream" speech ends, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!".
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
This car company once used characters from the comic strip Peanuts in commercials for its Falcon.
What is Ford?
100
This symbol of Halloween may have originated in Medieval Scotland & was originally carved from a large turnip
What is a jack-o-lantern?
100
Zeus had the juice as the top god of this civilization.
What are the Greeks?
200
Metric cowboys wear 37.85-liter hats instead of these.
What is a 10- gallon hat?
200
Patrick Henry said, "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me" this "or give me death!".
What is liberty?
200
In June of 1752, this man famously flew a kite in a thunderstorm as part of an electricity experiment.
Who is Ben Franklin?
200
On June 28, 1894 President Grover Cleveland signed an act making the first Monday in September this holiday.
What is Labor Day?
200
Jupiter jammed as the king deity of these ancient people.
What are the Romans?
300
That grain of salt you're taking is just .0648 of this basic metric unit.
What is a gram?
300
The Declaration of Independence says one of our rights is the "pursuit of" this.
What is happiness?
300
Name of the famous nursing pioneer known as "The Lady with the Lamp".
Who is Florence Nightingale?
300
National Humor Month begins on this date, often with a joke-telling contest.
What is April 1?
300
Amen to Ammon, the ram-headed ruler of heaven for this ancient civilization
What are the Egyptians?
400
The measure abbreviated cu yd equals .765 of this.
What is a cubic meter?
400
In May 1961, he vowed to land a man on the moon & return him safely to Earth by the end of the decade.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
400
Don't slip as you name this Austrian doctor who founded the therapeutic method of psychoanalysis.
What is Freud?
400
The folk song "Sivivon, Sov, Sov, Sov" or "Dreidel, Spin, Spin, Spin", is traditionally sung during this Jewish holiday.
What is Hanukkah?
400
Quetzalcoatl did double duty as the top god of both the Toltecs & these people.
What is the Aztecs?
500
"The acre" anagrams to this measure, 2.47 acres.
What is a hectare?
500
The first of FDR's "Four Freedoms" was freedom of this "and expression".
What is speech?
500
This Spanish king married Queen Isabella in 1469 & sent Columbus off to America in 1492.
Who is King Ferdinand?
500
Canada's version of this holiday is the 2nd Monday in October; the U.S. usually celebrates it 46 days later.
What is Thanksgiving?
500
He is the head of the Aesir gods. He is the Norse god of war, poetry, wisdom, and death.
Who is Odin?
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