American History
Founded in 1607, this Virginia site was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
What is Jamestown?
This organelle is frequently referred to as the "powerhouse of the cell."
What is the mitochondrion?
This iconic iron lattice tower was originally built as the entrance arch for the 1889 World's Fair.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This city is home to two NBA franchises.
What is Los Angeles?
Costco's food court famously sells a hot dog and soda combo for this exact price.
What is $1.50?
Which city was the USA's first World Fair?
What is Chicago (1893)
It is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
This white marble mausoleum was commissioned by emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the winner of this annual championship game.
What is the Super Bowl?
This is the name of Costco's highly successful in-house private label brand.
What is Kirkland Signature?
This 1820 compromise admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
It is the fourth state of matter, naturally occurring in stars and lightning.
What is plasma?
This 15th-century Incan citadel is situated high on a mountain ridge above the Sacred Valley in Peru.
What is Machu Picchu?
In professional baseball, a "grand slam" scores this many runs.
What is four?
Costco famously sells these 3-pound cooked birds for $4.99 in the back of the store, frequently taking a loss on them.
What is rotisserie chicken?
He is the only U.S. President to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
This is the boundary around a black hole beyond which no light or other radiation can escape.
What is the event horizon?
Famous for its rock-cut architecture, this "Rose City" in Jordan is accessed by walking through a narrow gorge called the Siq.
What is Petra?
With 100 points in a single 1962 game, this Philadelphia Warrior set a still-standing NBA scoring record.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
The very first Costco warehouse opened in 1983 in this Pacific Northwest city.
What is Seattle?
Marjorie Robb, who died in Boston in 1992 (age 103), Barbara Dainton, Millvina Dean, and Lillian Asplund, achieved notoriety for being among the last living survivors of what?
What is The sinking of the Titanic (1912)
This apparent change in the frequency of a wave caused by relative motion between the source and observer is named for an Austrian physicist.
What is the Doppler effect?
King Ludwig II of Bavaria built this 19th-century hilltop palace, which famously served as the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.
What is Neuschwanstein Castle?
They are the only franchise in NFL history to complete an entire regular season and postseason undefeated, capped off with a Super Bowl victory.
Who are the 1972 Miami Dolphins?
In 1993, Costco merged with this pioneer of the warehouse club retail model, originally founded by Sol Price.
What is Price Club?