'38
The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act banned oppressive child labor, set the work week at 44 hours & established this, at 25 cents an hour
minimum wage
All those things that enhance the buoyancy of your vessel
what ever floats your boat
Eggs & milk are whisked up, bread is dipped & fried until golden brown et voila! Enjoy this dish
French Toast
Hydra & Zakynthos are 2 of the around 200 inhabited islands of this European nation
Greece
As the proverb says, this is "thicker than water", normally by at least 3 to 4 times
Blood
In 1938 DuPont chemist Roy Plunkett accidentally discovered this, now used as a coating for nonstick cookware
Teflon
Present another with the very blouse one has on
give them the shirt off your back
Emmentaler, my dear Watson! Wheels of this 2-word product roll in between 165 & 265 pounds
Swiss Cheese
With about 15 million people, it's Canada's most populous province
Ontario
Some people refer to this element as quicksilver
Mercury
On October 31, 1938 the New York Times reported, "Radio listeners in panic" after a broadcast of this H.G. Wells story
The War of the Worlds
Illumination bulbs are electrified, yet the house remains empty
the lights are on but no body is home
Taken from the loin, this "international" breakfast meat traditionally comes in cylindrical form
Canadian Bacon
Term for the line of latitude approximately 23 1/2 degrees north of the equator
Tropic of Cancer
Products from this brand include school glue, glow in the dark glue & pre-made slime called "Gue"
Elmer's
This organization was founded in 1938 to find a cure for infantile paralysis, also called polio
March of the Dimes
Propel by oar one's personal dugout
paddle your own canoe
This food, usually spicy, originated in a cold western city in New York
Buffalo wings
It's from Chinese for "fragrant harbor" & in the 1840s it was ceded to the British
Hong Kong
Nearly 80 years later, this sunken battleship is still leaking oil in Pearl Harbor
the USS Arizona
German name for the night of Nov. 9, when Jews & their property were attacked across Germany
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
Satan provides employment on behalf of the indolent
idle hands are a devils plaything
A "Chicago style" hot dog uses beef named for this world capital
Vienna (Sausage)
Built in the 14th century, Sankore Mosque is found in this historic city of Mali
Timbuktu
While this substance is the chief source of natural rubber, the kind used in certain paints is synthetic
Latex