What was the material used to make chalkboards?
What is Slate
For the busy person who flies to destinations for work trips, this mode of commercial transportation hearkens back to a slower time.
What is train travel.
This was the first form of mass communication after the newspaper.
What is radio
Remarked in 1976: "To me, the presidency and the vice presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.
Who is Gerald Ford.
This is the study of the stars and other heavenly bodies beyond Earth.
What is astronomy?
What is the name of the organization comprising parents, teachers, and school staff that is designed to promote parental participation in schools?
What is the PTA (Parent-Teacher Association)
Some people want to travel to all seven of these major areas across the globe.
What are continents.
This appliance can be found in most kitchens in North America. It causes the water molecules in food to vibrate, heating them up quickly.
What is a microwave
In his speech following a disaster in 1986, he said, "The future doesn't belong to the faint hearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them.
This galaxy includes our own solar system.
What is the Milky Way
What is the name of the dance where the girl invites the boy to be their date?
What is Sadie Hawkins Dance
You can soar high above the ground in the “bucket” of one of these.
What is a hot air balloon.
Western Union used to be in the business of sending telegrams. Today its business is this...
What is money transfer
He said, "A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do."
Who is Richard Nixon.
This determines the color of a star.
What is its temperature.
What school subject underwent a major shift during the Cold War and the launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, by the Soviet Union?
What is science.
If you run a 26.2-mile race, you are participating in this.
What is a marathon.
Before we had bleach, we used this blue product, which is still widely available, to whiten laundry.
What is Mrs. Stewart's Liquid Bluing
This president said he would move America toward "an endless enduring dream and a thousand points of light."
The sun is the source of these two common forms of energy
What are light and heat.
What was the nickname given to the group of Black students in Arkansas who enrolled in a formerly all-white high school?
What is the Little Rock Nine
This dangerous activity, as we know it, dates back to France in the late 18th century and involves jumping from a very great height.
What is skydiving.
These ubiquitous square codes store information and are often “decoded” with a smartphone.
What are QR codes.
A humorous take on leadership from this man: "Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you, and nobody's listening."
Who is Bill Clinton.
Name both major gases that make up the sun.
What are hydrogen and helium.