Blake + Admiral Nelson
If you buy a pair of TOMS, who gets the second pair for FREE?
a child in need of shoes
What do people cut down farms to make? Why?
- FARMS
- money
What is an entrepreneur?
a person who starts a company
What is the name of the charity Scott Harrison started to help people get clean water for free?
Water
Jerry Lemelson would file a _______ each time he made a new invention.
patent
What country did Admiral Nelson fight against?
France (Napoleon Bonaparte)
What did Arianna Huffington's newspaper teach people?
- USA government should help poor people become equal to rich people
- USA government should respect all people
- all people need free education, money for hospitals, help to buy a house
- USA government should be peaceful and not fight in wars
What planet does Elon Musk want to send people to live on? What company did he make to help him achieve this dream?
- Mars
- SpaceX
What did Scott Harrison realize was causing people to get sick?
DIRTY WATER
Why did Jerry always wake up Howard in the middle of the night?
- share his marvelous ideas with him
- have Howard witness that Jerry came up with this idea/invention first
What country did Blake go to and get inspired to start TOMS?
Argentina
What did Dr. Willie Smits study that helped him save the rainforests of Indonesia?
forestry and microbiology
What did Jeffrey Hollender create to help people read more books?
audiobooks on CDs
What did the microloan bank do?
help people get loans and build credit
What did the Chinese bosses do to Trac's husband? Why?
- Trac's husband
- teach people what would happen if they rebelled
How many siblings did Admiral Nelson have?
10
What does Arianna Huffington's company Thrive Global do?
help people focus on sleep
What type of car does Elon Musk make? Why?
electric
help the environment OR use less gas/oil OR reduce pollution OR help Earth
What do you call the extra money banks expect you to pay back?
interest
List 3 inventions Jerry Lemelson made.
- velcro dart board
- universal robot
- monster print putty
- WWII airplane defense systems
- word processors
- music player/cassette tape player
How do we know that Admiral Nelson was a good leader?
- died bravely
- knighted for bravery
- was a sailor even though he got seasick
- never gave up
- lost an arm + eye, but kept on fighting
How many zones did Willie's rainforest have? What were they?
Zone 1: sugar palm trees (protect the inner zones from fires)
Zone 2: normal rainforest plants to provide food for orangutans
Zone 3: Forest School (teach young or injured orangutans how to survive in the wild)
What was the purpose of the magazines Jeffrey Hollender created?
help people know which cleaning products are safe for the user and Earth
What is one way to clean dirty water? What is it getting rid of from the water?
- sanitize/filter the water
- dirt, animal products, germs, etc.
How did Trac and Nhi help save Vietnam from the Chinese bosses?
- killed a tiger to prove their bravery
- led an army against the Chinese bosses
- used elephants to fight
- proved women are strong and can fight