Transportation
This type of heavy boat is pushed or pulled by tugboats and carries bulk goods like coal or grain on rivers
What is a barge?
Appointed by President Clinton in 1997, she became the first female U.S. Secretary of State
Who is Madeleine Albright?
This festive Asian celebration marks the start of a new year based on the lunar calendar
What is the Chinese New Year?
This strong, twilled cotton fabric is the primary material used to make blue jeans
What is denim?
This long bone is the longest and strongest bone in the human body
What is the femur?
This strategic, man-made waterway in Egypt opened in 1869, connecting the Mediterranean Sea directly to the Red Sea
What is the Suez Canal?
Ruling for 44 years during her namesake "Golden Age," this Tudor monarch famously declared, "I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king."
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
This creamy holiday drink is traditionally blended with milk, sugar, and beaten eggs
What is eggnog?
This type of double-breasted raincoat was originally designed for British soldiers during World War I by Burberry
What is a trench coat?
This tough, fibrous tissue connects skeletal muscles to bones
What is a tendon?
This French-British supersonic airliner flew passengers across the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound until 2003
What is the Concorde?
During the Hundred Years' War, this teenage peasant girl led French armies to critical victories before being captured and burned at the stake
Who is Joan of Arc?
In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, people traditionally travel to this morning Christmas Eve service on roller skates
What is Mass?
This pattern of diamonds or lozenges, popular on sweaters and socks, originated in Scotland
What is argyle?
These tiny blood vessels connect arteries to veins to exchange nutrients
What are capillaries?
This massive, hydrogen-filled German airship met a catastrophic end in New Jersey in 1937, ending the airship era
What is the Hindenburg?
A key leader of the women's rights movement, she co-organized the Seneca Falls Convention and wrote the Declaration of Sentiments
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
This specific physical element is traditionally smashed directly into a couple's faces at a Japanese wedding reception
What is a wedding cake?
This classic style of slip-on shoe, originally worn by Norwegian milkmen, became an Ivy League staple
What is loafer?
This butterfly-shaped gland in the neck regulates metabolism
What is the thyroid?
This is the term for the speed a rocket must reach to break free from a planet's gravitational pull
What is Velocity?
Considered the world's first computer programmer, this 19th-century mathematician wrote an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s mechanical computer
Who is Ada Lovelace?
This massive annual festival held in Munich, Germany, actually begins in September despite its name
What is Oktoberfest?
This athletic silhouette, characterized by massive foam inserts in jackets, dominated 1980s corporate fashion
What are shoulder pads?
This sticky fluid traps dust and bacteria in respiratory pathways
What is mucus?