North American World Heritage
The following excerpt from the poem "The New Colossus" appears on this site: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free."
What is the Statue of Liberty?
What fun it is to jump in a pile of these!
What are leaves?
Water boils at this temperature at sea level.
What is 212 degrees Fahrenheit?
Mandarin, navel, and blood.
What are oranges?
This popular soft drink was once a medication.
What is coke?
This site is the home of Thomas Jefferson.
What is Monticello?
It's refreshing to bob for these on a hot fall day.
What are apples?
This son of a former U.S. president founded the political magazine George.
Who is John F. Kennedy Jr?
McIntosh, Gala, and Granny Smith.
What are apples?
This treat began life as an accidentally frozen beverage.
What is a popsicle?
This national and state park is home to the tallest trees in the world.
What is Redwood National and State Park?
Small-town festivals offer these rides in the back of a truck.
What are hayrides?
This legendary Benedictine monk invented champagne.
Who is Dom Perignon?
White, pink, and star ruby.
What are grapefruits?
Spencer Silver, a 3M chemist, was working with adhesives when he accidentally created a low-tack adhesive that is used in these notes.
What are Post-It notes?
The historic, ancient portion of the French-Canadian capital is known as this.
What is Quebec?
Rows of pumpkins are called this.
What is a patch?
This is the largest freshwater lake by surface in the U.S. and in the world.
What is Lake Superior?
Key, Persian, and kaffir.
What are limes?
Wilson Greatbatch was working on a device to record heartbeats when he accidentally invented this device to regulate heartbeats.
What is a pacemaker?
A Mexican sanctuary houses this huge gray mammal along with seals, sea lions, and endangered species of turtles.
What is a whale?
It can take hours to find your way out of a maze of this crop.
What is corn?
The Sea of tranquility is located here.
What is on the moon?
Peaches, apricots, and plums.
What are clingstones?
A U.S. Naval engineer was trying to use springs to keep sensitive equipment from bouncing around on ships. He dropped one of the springs and watched it "walk down", thereby accidentally inventing this once popular toy.
What is a slinky?