Early Internet
This web browser, once Microsoft's default, dominated the Internet in the early 2000s.
What is Internet Explorer?
This space shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after launch in 1986.
What is Challenger?
The Melbourne Cup is run over this distance, making it one of Australia's premier staying races.
What is 3,200 metres?
The ancient "Silk Road" made this green gemstone from Myanmar especially valuable to Chinese emperors.
What is jade?
This New York borough is the largest by land area.
What is Queens?
Before Facebook, many people personalised their online profiles on this social networking site.
What is MySpace?
This dirigible burst into flames while attempting to land in New Jersey in 1937.
What is the Hindenburg?
This horse's 1930 Melbourne Cup victory helped make him Australia's most famous racehorse.
Who is Phar Lap?
The purple variety of quartz is known by this name.
What is amethyst?
This island is home to Wall Street, Central Park, and Times Square.
What is Manhattan?
Before Google, this search engine was one of the web's most popular and was named after a spider's web.
What is WebCrawler?
This supersonic passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Paris in 2000, ending commercial service a few years later.
What is Concorde?
Horses must carry different weights in the Melbourne Cup under this type of racing format.
What is a handicap race?
This gemstone displays a "play of color," flashing multiple colors as it is moved in the light.
What is opal?
Before becoming New York, the city was known by this Dutch name.
What is New Amsterdam?
This website was the go-to place for downloading MP3 music before being shut down in 2001.
What is Napster?
This 1977 runway collision in the Canary Islands remains the deadliest accident in aviation history.
What is the Tenerife airport disaster?
This New Zealand-bred mare won three consecutive Melbourne Cups from 2003 to 2005.
Who is Makybe Diva?
Diamonds are composed almost entirely of this single chemical element.
What is carbon?
This iconic bridge, completed in 1883, was the world's longest suspension bridge at the time.
What is the Brooklyn Bridge?
This screeching device announced to the whole house that you were about to go online.
What is a dial-up modem?
In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over this Scottish town.
What is Lockerbie?
In 2015, this jockey silenced critics by becoming the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup.
Who is Michelle Payne?
This famous blue diamond was once thought to be cursed, though it has never actually been stolen from its current home at the Smithsonian.
What is the Hope Diamond?
New York State's capital city is this city, not New York City.
What is Albany?