OLD JOBS
This person delivered letters and packages before email—and sometimes on horseback.
What is a mail carrier (or postman)?
In this J.K. Rowling series, young witches and wizards attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
What is Harry Potter?
In 1835, this U.S. President survived the first known assassination attempt—and beat his attacker with a cane.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This province is famous for its maple syrup and the city of Montreal.
What is Quebec?
Called “The Sunshine State,” this state is famous for its beaches and oranges.
What is Florida?
This job involved making shoes by hand, long before factory production took over.
What is a cobbler?
In this epic fantasy series by J.R.R. Tolkien, a hobbit must destroy a powerful ring.
What is The Lord of the Rings?
In ancient Egypt, servants were sometimes coated in this sticky substance to attract flies away from the pharaoh.
What is honey?
This province is home to Canada’s capital city, Ottawa
What is Ontario?
The "Land of the Pharaohs"
What is Egypt?
Common before calculators, this person did math all day—usually for banks or businesses.
What is a bookkeeper (or accountant)?
This classic novel by George Orwell features a dystopian world ruled by Big Brother
What is 1984?
This U.S. Founding Father once tried to electrocute a turkey to see if it made the meat taste better
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This province is the smallest and is made up of several islands in the Atlantic Ocean
What is Prince Edward Island?
Known as “The Emerald Isle,” this country is famous for its green landscapes and folklore
What is Ireland?
Horse-mounted messengers may seem old-fashioned, but this famous delivery service ran until 1861.
What is the Pony Express?
This novel by Mary Shelley is often considered the first science fiction book—and features a scientist who brings a creature to life.
What is Frankenstein?
In 1952, the U.K. government issued a warning after this everyday substance caused thousands of deaths during a deadly fog
What is air pollution (or smog)?
This territory is famous for the Northwest Passage and has the city of Yellowknife.
What is the Northwest Territories?
The "Land of the Inca"
What is Peru?
Used well into the 1980s in some areas, this person connected phone calls by plugging wires into a switchboard.
What is a telephone operator (or switchboard operator)?
Scout Finch tells the story of growing up in the racially divided South in this Harper Lee novel
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
During the Great Emu War of 1932, Australian soldiers attempted to control this native animal with machine guns—unsuccessfully.
What are emus?
This Canadian territory is famous for the Klondike Gold Rush and shares a border with Alaska
What is Yukon?
Called “The Venice of the North,” this city is famous for its canals and bridges.
What is Amsterdam?