U.S. History
This first capital of the United States was only temporary, before the government moved it to Philadelphia and then Washington, D.C.
What is New York City?
This U.S. Holiday is celebrated on a Thursday in November.
What is Thanksgiving?
In this U.S. state, it is illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket.
What is Alabama?
This Italian scientist is credited with discovering the four largest moons on Jupiter without using a telescope.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
What is Coca-Cola?
In 1820, this compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave states while Maine entered as a free state, temporarily easing tensions between North and South.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This holiday marks the arrival of spring in many Asian countries.
What is Lunar New Year?
In this U.S. state, it is illegal for a donkey to sleep in a bathtub.
What is Arizona?
This accidental discovery in 1928 led to the first widely used antibiotic.
What is penicillin?
This British snack, first sold in 1927, is a chocolate-covered biscuit topped with an orange-flavored jelly.
What are Jaffa Cakes?
This American inventory proposed the idea of daylight savings time in 1784, long before it was implemented.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
In this country, a holiday called "Golden Week" combines four national holidays in early October, giving citizens a full week off work.
What is Japan?
What is Thailand?
This is a well known Japanese automobile manufacturer, founded in 1937, that has spread to countries around the world.
What is Toyota?
During the Cold War, this U.S. program was responsible for secretly funding cultural projects, like abstract art and literature, to counter Soviet forces.
What is the CIA's cultural propaganda program?
This holiday is celebrated in India and Nepal marks the victory of good over evil.
What is Holi?
In this country, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 P.M. in apartment building.
What is Switzerland?
Benjamin Franklin discovered in the 18th century that electricity could be stored in this object.
What is a jar?
TThis Italian fashion house, founded in 1921 in Florence, is famous for its luxury leather goods.
What is Gucci?
In 1859, this abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry in an attempt to start a slave uprising.
Who is John Brown?
"Night of the Radishes" is celebrated in Mexico on what day?
What is December 23rd?
In this country, is it illegal to forget your wife's birthday.
What is Samoa?
This 19th century chemist accidentally discovered a gas that would later be used to make explosives.
Who is Alfred Nobel?
This Swiss company, founded in 1865, is renowned for its high-end watches.
What is Rolex?