Lakes and Rivers
This river, the largest in the world by volume, starts in Peru but mostly flows through Brazil on its way to the Atlantic Ocean. It also shares its name with a popular online retailer.
What is the Amazon river?
There isn’t a single bridge crossing the Amazon River. This might seem strange but if you were to visit you would understand why. There are virtually no permanent settlements right on the banks of the river so bridges are not necessary. Instead people use small boats to cross the river.
He was the first black person to become the President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
Obama is one of eight presidents that are left-handed. Other left handed presidents are James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.
Noun.
Any part of or the entirety of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface
What is Ocean?
The worlds oceans covers 71% of the Earth's surface, has an average depth of 12,100 feet, and is home to 94% of all life on Earth, including millions of animal species.
If you're in the city that never sleeps, you'd be in this city.
What is New York City?
More than 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. 4 in 10 households speak a language other than English.
This is the only President to be elected unanimously.
Who is George Washington?
Although several universities and other educational institutions bear his name, Washington did not attend college. He is the only major founding father without a college education. He left school at the age of 15 because his family could not afford his college education. As a result, he was self-taught in many fields.
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What is The Twilight Zone?
Rod Serling wanted Richard Egan to do the narration because of his rich, deep voice. However, due to strict studio contracts of the time, Egan was unable. Serling said, "It's Richard Egan or no one. It's Richard Egan, or I'll do the thing myself", which is exactly what happened.
If you are looking at the Great Pyramid of Giza, you are not far from this river, the longest in the world.
What is the Nile River?
The Nile is often associated with Egypt, but in fact, it flows through 11 countries: Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt.
Once a preacher in Montgomery, Alabama, this civil rights activist delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech in 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
Martin Luther King had his first experience of segregation at just six years old, when he was told he wasn’t allowed to play with his white friend anymore – his friend’s father wouldn’t allow it.
Noun:
A connected line of railroad cars with or without a locomotive.
Verb:
To teach so as to make fit, qualified, or proficient.
What is Train?
The word "train" comes from a French verb that means "to draw" or "to drag".
The city of brotherly love is also known as this
What is Philadelphia?
Philadelphia holds the historic honor of being the birthplace of the United States Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress convened at the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall, to draft and sign this iconic document.
This president was paralyzed by polio.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The public never knew the full extent of his disability, however, in part because the media rarely mentioned it. At Roosevelt’s request, most images from the time show him seated in an open car or standing at a podium. When the occasional photographer did try to catch him in his wheelchair, Secret Service agents reportedly tore the film out of their cameras.
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What is Gilligan's Island?
Alan Hale Jr., who plays the skipper, was on location in Utah filming a movie when he got a call to come back to Los Angeles to do a test for the series. He rode a horse to a nearby highway, hitchhiked to Las Vegas and flew to L.A. to test with Bob Denver.
This river that runs through the Grand Canyon is named after the state in which the river originates.
What is the Colorado River?
The river originates in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and flows into the Gulf of California in Mexico. The Colorado River basin covers about 260,000 square miles, which is about 8% of the continental United States.
Sometimes called the Conductor of Freedom, this woman helped rescue over 70 enslaved people using a network of safe houses collectively referred to as The Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Harriet earned the nickname "Moses" after the prophet Moses in the Bible who led his people to freedom. In all of her journeys along the underground railroad, she "never lost a single passenger."
Verb:
To move on one's hands and knees
What is Crawl?
The word "crawl" has multiple meanings, including a swimming stroke, lettering that moves across a screen, and an enclosure in shallow water. A common piece of advice is that one "must crawl, then walk, and then run."
Though it often feels like Denver could be called the windy city, it actually refers to this midwestern city.
What is Chicago?
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed one-third of the city and left more than 100,000 homeless. Its initial spark remains unknown.
Lyndon B. Johnson served as Vice President under this President.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Johnson was indeed from humble origins. He was born on August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas. The Johnson family had been in the area for generations, but Johnson’s father had financial problems, and the future President grew up under difficult circumstances. As Senator and President, Johnson had a chance to translate his sympathy for the less fortunate into real social policy laws.
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What is M*A*S*H*?
Klinger often mentions a restaurant in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio called Tony Packo's, specializing in Hungarian hot dogs. This is a real restaurant on Toledo's east side that is still popular with many who live in Toledo and the surrounding area.
Before his writing career, Mark Twain worked as a riverboat pilot on this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
The Mississippi River is 2,341 miles long, it flows through 10 states, and its considered to be the 4th largest river in the world.
This tennis legend was the first, and the only black man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open, among his other tennis feats.
Who is Arthur Ashe?
The new stadium in Queens, New York, where the US Open is played, is called Arthur Ashe Stadium and opened in August 1997.
Noun:
What is Canoe?
Ancient Polynesian navigators used outrigger canoes and double-hulled canoes to travel across vast distances the Pacific Ocean. These canoes were used for thousands of years to settle islands in the Polynesian Triangle, and evidence of their travels extends out as far as South America.
Motor City is also called this.
What is Detroit?
Detroit earned the nickname “Motor City” due to its historic role as the automotive capital of the world. Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company in Detroit in 1903, and the city became synonymous with automobile manufacturing.
President Grant served as a General in the U.S. Army during this war.
What is the Civil War?
After spending a decade in the army and serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War, Grant resigned his post in 1854 and spent the next seven years flopping as a farmer, real estate agent and rent collector. He once had to eke out a living by selling firewood on St. Louis street corners, and when the Civil War erupted, he was toiling away in obscurity at his family’s Galena, Illinois leather business.
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What is Cheers?
This is the only sitcom in the history of television to place in first and last place in the ratings during its run. It placed seventy-seventh in the ratings, last place, on the first night it aired, and it was in first place in the ratings for the ninth season.
Of the five great lakes(Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario and Erie), this one is the largest.
What is Lake Superior?
The Edmund Fitzgerald, famously sung about by Gordon Lightfoot, sank in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975 and is still the largest ship to sink on the Great Lakes.
This civil rights activist best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott, when she refused to give up her seat on a bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Because of her protest, Rosa Parks is known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”
Noun:
A visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (such as water or ice) suspended in the atmosphere of a planet (such as the earth) or moon
What is Cloud?
There are many types of clouds, but the 4 main kinds are Cumulus, Cirrus, Stratus, and Nimbus.
In the City by the Bay, both the Bay and the City share this name.
What is San Francisco?
The iconic Levi’s jeans, a staple in many wardrobes worldwide, were invented in San Francisco by Levi Strauss. Originally designed for Gold Rush miners, they quickly became a fashion sensation.
This is how many terms Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as President.
What is Four?
FDR won all his elections in a landslide. During his first presidential race in 1932, with the Great Depression at its height, he defeated unpopular incumbent Herbert Hoover by an electoral vote tally of 472-59. He then vanquished Kansas Governor Alf Landon in 1936 (523 electoral votes to eight), businessman Wendell Willkie in 1940 (449 electoral votes to 82) and New York Governor Thomas Dewey in 1944 (432 electoral votes to 99), winning at least 53.4 percent of the popular vote each time.
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What is Seinfeld?
Head writer and showrunner Larry David famously instituted a policy of "no hugging, no learning," meaning that the show must avoid sentimentality and moral lessons, and the characters must never learn or grow from their wrongdoings.
Native Americans who lived around this large body of water in the southwest referred to it as Teittse Paa, meaning “bad water”.
What is the Great Salt Lake?
The Great Salt Lake is too salty to support fish, however, brine shrimp and brine flies thrive in the lake.
Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, this famous boxer was born Cassius Clay, but changed his name to his upon converting to Islam
Who is Mohammad Ali?
The man for whom he is named, Cassius Marcellus Clay was an abolitionist, military officer and politician.
Noun:
A bound collection of maps often including illustrations, informative tables, or textual matter
What is Atlas?
The term "atlas" comes from the Greek myth of Atlas, a Titan forced to hold up the heavens, and was first used in the 16th century by a mapmaker who depicted the god Atlas holding a globe on the cover of his map collection
The Big Easy refers to this coastal southern city
What is New Orleans?
New Orleans is widely regarded as the birthplace of jazz. Notable jazz musicians from the city include legends like Louis Armstrong and Buddy Bolden. Jazz emerged from the fusion of traditional African and Caribbean sounds with American gospel and marching band music.
This President was shot in the chest before giving a speech in 1912, then proceeded to give his almost hour long speech before seeking serious medical attention.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
His opening comments to the gathered crowd were, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose."
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What is The Jeffersons?
CBS never gave this show a proper series finale. The cast, bitter that they never got a chance to say goodbye, reunited years later for a stage play based on the sitcom. Sherman Hemsley said he found out the show was cancelled by reading about it in the newspaper.