In The 1940's
This landmark sculpture depicting four presidents was completed in 1941.
What is Mount Rushmore? The four U.S. presidents carved into the side of the mountain are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.
In the 1950s, drive-in restaurant servers came to your car using this mode of transportation.
What are roller skates? Named carhops, the servers were all the rage throughout the 1950s. Sonic still uses carhops at some of its 3,500 restaurants.
What is Ontario?
This number is associated with bad luck.
What is 13? We’re told to watch out for Friday the 13th, but it’s just another day on the calendar.
The dog days occur during this season.
What is summer? These days are a period of intense heat, something we often dream about in January
This pen replaced the fountain pen in 1945.
What is the ballpoint pen? Gimbels introduced them at its flagship store in New York City. The first ballpoint pens sold for $12.50, which is the equivalent of $221 today. You don’t have to pay even 221 cents today if you buy in bulk.
North America's most fundamental criminal law concept, dating to ancient Rome, presumes this until proven otherwise.
What is innocence? The Roman law translated reads, “The burden of proof lies with who declares, not who denies.” This led to England’s common law and eventually became law in the United States.
The town of Pictou is located in this Atlantic province.
What is Nova Scotia?
To “86” something is to do this.
What is to kill or end it? For example, “Let’s 86 that idea we discussed at the meeting.”
Someone who shares a living space with another person is often called this.
What is roommate? Due to today’s economic conditions, many young adults share apartments and houses with roommates to defray costs.
This prestigious global film festival was launched in 1946.
What is the Cannes Film Festival? The inaugural film festival was scheduled for 1939 in Cannes, France, but World War II caused its delay.
This is the northern hemisphere’s largest island.
What is Greenland? To put Greenland’s size into perspective, its land mass is 21 times larger than Iceland’s, and Australia’s land mass is four times that of Greenland’s.
The Saskatchewan river flows into this lake.
What is Lake Winnipeg?
This is the biblical number for wholeness or perfection.
What is three? This is exemplified by the three persons of the Holy Trinity and Jesus’ resurrection on the third day.
This is the name for the rules that govern all aspects of written and oral communication, such as correct subject-verb agreement.
What is grammar? Word processing programs have incorporated built-in spelling and grammar checkers for decades.
This company began production of Italian sports cars in 1947.
What is Ferrari?
This classic novel by J. D. Salinger tells the story of Holden Caulfield’s life after he is expelled from prep school.
What is The Catcher in the Rye? Caulfield narrates the book. Over the decades, the book has been both required high school reading and censored for being too risqué.
This type of forest covers nearly 60 per cent of Canada.
What is the boreal forest? Nearly three-quarters of Canada's total forest area is boreal forest.
This number symbolizes infinity or infinite wisdom.
What is eight? Turn the number on its side, and you’ll see the infinity symbol.
This bird holds the distinction of being the only bird that can fly backward.
What is hummingbird? It can also hover and fly upside down, but it cannot walk.
Forrest Mars Sr. partnered with Bruce Murrie in 1941 to create these candies for the military.
What are M&M’s? Mars was inspired in the 1930s when he saw Spanish soldiers eating chocolate candies with hard shells, which prevented them from melting. M&M stands for Mars and Murrie
This is the name of the largest artery in the human body.
What is the Aorta? The aorta distributes oxygenated blood through the entire body through the circulatory system.
He was the longest serving Prime Minister.
Who is Makenzie King? William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canada's longest-serving prime minister, holding office for a total of 21 years and 154 days over three non-consecutive terms
Prime numbers have only these two factors.
What is 1 and themselves?
Mixing this smelly cleaning fluid with bleach is dangerous.
What is ammonia? The mixture causes a chemical vapor that can burn your throat and cause respiratory damage. In extreme cases, the fumes can be life-threatening.