The Internet
This is the world’s top search engine.
What is Google? It’s the most popular and largest search engine. There were many search engines before Google, but none ever became as comprehensive as Google. The first engine was called Archie, and it searched files on FTP, or file transfer protocol sites.
These jeans fell well below the waist.
What are hip-huggers? The trend took off in the 1960s and lasted through the mid-1970s.
Green olives are often stuffed with this type of pepper
What are Pimentos? Pimentos come from a variety of mild, sweet chili peppers called cherry peppers
You used to find these on every street corner, but the cell phone has rendered them obslete
What is the payphone?
Generic name for Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc.
Answer: What is social media (or social networks)? Before social media, people interacted on bulletin boards and forums. Forums are still in use today, and they often focus on one area of interest.
A pinup poster of this Charlie’s Angel in a red swimsuit is the best-selling poster of all-time.
Who is Farrah Fawcett? The swimsuit is hanging in the Smithsonian Institution.
People often eat this vegetable by scraping the leaves between their front teeth
What is artichoke? According the Emily Post, " Artichokes are always eaten with the fingers; a leaf at a time is pulled off and the edible end dipped in the sauce, and then bitten off." Once you've eaten the meat from the large leaves, use a knife to remove the remaining leaves and choke. Then cut the heart into small pieces before eating.
Today we have voicemail, but in the past we used these devices to record phone messages then we missed a call.
What is an answering machine?
Before the internet was popular, we used to use online services. You probably received many CDs for a free trial membership from this one through the mail.
What is AOL? The service was a graphical front-end to the internet.
This ring changes colors to reflect the wearer’s emotions.
What is mood? Bonwit Teller in New York City was the first store to sell them. It is believed that the color changes are due to atmospheric temperature and have no connection to the wearer’s emotions.
Wasabi is a Japanese condiment that is similar to this condiment, often served with prime rib in the United States
What is horseradish?
Before the smartphone, we played music on iPods. Before digital music, we listened to CDs on the Sony Discman, and before the Discman, we listened to cassettes on this Sony personal player.
What is the Walkman
This is the portion of the internet that houses a collection of linked sites and pages that we visit.
What is World Wide Web (or WWW)? That’s what the www in a website address stands for, and it came online in 1991.
This handcrafted wall art is made of twine or rope and tied with knots to make intricate designs.
What is macramé? Sometimes the designs incorporated beads. Macramé has ancient roots and has recently become trendy again.
If you eat a Roma, cherry, or beefsteak variety, you are eating this summer vegetable
What is a tomato
Today, we don't see too many of these thick books whit white pages in the front and yellow pages in the back
Website addresses are known by this three-letter acronym.
What is URL? It stands for uniform resource locator. Website addresses usually begin with http://www or https://www.
These hip posters glow neon in a dark room under this type of light.
What is black light? The bulb looks purple, and it reacts with phosphors in the paint to give the neon effect. The posters were called black-light posters.
When you were a child, you probably ate this breakfast cereal that snapped, crackled, and popped
What is Rice Krispies
This 1950's radio replaced the vacuum-tube radio and was the first portable music device
What is the transistor radio?