PLANES
THIS CANADIAN SMALL TOWN AND ITS ASSOCIATED AIRPORT ROSE TO FAME AFTER BEING PORTRAYED IN THE BROADWAY HIT "COME FROM AWAY".
WHAT IS GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND?
ACCORDING TO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, THE WORLDS LONGEST ONE OF THESE INVOLVED 119,986 PEOPLE IN MIAMI'S LITTLE HAVANA IN 1988.
WHAT IS A CONGA LINE?
THIS PUBLIC-OWNED AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY PRODUCES ITS ENTIRE FLEET EXCLUSIVELY OUT OF FACILITIES LOCATED IN MARANELLO, ITALY.
WHAT IS FERRARI?
WHAT IS SURFING?
TO BEND OR GIVE AWAY UNDER PRESSURE OR STRAIN.
WHAT IS BUCKLE?
THIS AVIATOR, THE FIRST FEMALE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A TRANS-ATLANTIC SOLO FLIGHT, TRAGICALLY DISAPPEARED EN ROUTE TO HOWLAND ISLAND IN JULY 1937 AT THE AGE OF 39.
WHO IS AMELIA EARHART?
THIS AGATHA CHRISTIE NOVEL, SET ABOARD THE TITLE TRAIN, INTRODUCED US TO LITERARY DETECTIVE HERCULE POIROT.
WHAT IS MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS?
THIS AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURER EMPLOYS OVER 10,000 PEOPLE AT ITS FACTORY IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA.
WHAT IS TESLA?
COLLOQUIAL TERM FOR OUTDOOR ADVENTURE TRAVEL INVOLVING LUXURIOUS ACCOMODATIONS AND FACILITIES.
WHAT IS GLAMPING?
TOP-GRAIN CATTLE LEATHER THAT HAS BEEN SANDED OR BUFFED ON THE GRAIN SIDE, PRODUCING A VELVET-LIKE SURFACE.
WHAT IS NUBUCK LEATHER?
THIS MECHANICAL AERODYNAMIC FORCE IS PRODUCED BY MOTION OF AN AIRPLANE THROUGH THE AIR.
WHAT IS LIFT?
THE WORLD'S STEEPEST FUNICULAR RAILWAY, WHICH CAN CLIMB A 110% GRADIENT, BEGAN OPERATING IN 2017 IN THIS ALPINE COUNTRY.
WHAT IS SWITZERLAND?
THIS ANIMATED BLOCKBUSTER WAS VETERAN ACTOR PAUL NEWMAN'S LAST (AND HIGHEST GROSSING) FEATURE FILM, RELEASED JUST PRIOR TO HIS DEATH IN 2008.
WHAT IS CARS?
THIS "LAST GREAT RACE ON EARTH" STATES THAT COMPETITORS "MUSH"T TRAVEL FROM ANCHORAGE TO NOME WITH A TEAM OF NO MORE THAN 14 DOGS, 5 OF WHICH MUST BE ON THE TOWLINE AT THE FINISH.
WHAT IS THE IDITAROD?
BRUTUS IS THE OFFICIAL MASCOT OF THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL POWERHOUSE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, WHO HOLD THIS TEAM NAME.
WHAT IS BUCKEYES?
THIS AIRPLANE, ONE OF ONLY TWO SUPERSONIC AIRPLANES TO HAVE FLOWN COMMERCIALLY, HAD IT'S MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM PARIS TO RIO DE JANEIRO IN MAY 1976.
WHAT IS THE CONCORDE?
WHILE THE BEIJING SUBWAY SYSTEM IS THE WORLD'S BUSIEST AND LONGEST METRO SYSTEM, THIS CITY'S SUBWAY SYSTEM HAS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF STATIONS.
WHAT IS NEW YORK CITY?
THE 2013 HYUNDAI TUCSON FCEV WAS THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED VEHICLE USING THIS ALTERNATIVE FUEL TECHNOLOGY. THE TOYOTA MIRAI FOLLOWED SOON AFTER IN 2015.
WHAT IS HYDROGEN (OR HYDROGEN FUEL CELL)?
PROPER HANDLING AND SEWING OF BIRCH BARK REVOLUTIONIZED THE QUALITY, WEIGHT AND DURABILITY OF THIS USEFUL METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION, USED PRIMARILY DURING IN CANADA'S FUR TRADE YEARS.
WHAT IS THE CANOE?
AN ANGLICIZED ALTERATION OF THE SPANISH WORD VAQUERO, OFTEN USED IN REFERENCE TO "A MAN WHO DEALS WITH COWS".
WHAT IS BUCKAROO?
THIS AIRLINE FLIES THE LONGEST DIRECT FLIGHT IN THE WORLD TO NEWARK AIRPORT, WITH A FLIGHT TIME OF 18.5 HOURS, AND TRAVELLING A TOTAL OF 9534 MILES FROM ITS POINT OF ORIGIN.
WHAT IS SINGAPORE AIRLINES?
THIS 12-MINUTE LONG 1903 FILM IS LARGELY CONSIDERED THE FIRST ACTION FILM, THE FIRST AMERICAN-MADE WESTERN FILM, AND THE FIRST FILM TO SHOW TWO SCENES OCCURRING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS.
WHAT IS THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY?
THE DESIGN OF THIS, THE WORLD'S ONLY ENTIRELY CAR-FREE CITY, WAS UNINTENTIONAL; IT WAS FOUNDED OVER 1500 YEARS AGO, WELL BEFORE THE INVENTION OF THE AUTOMOBILE.
WHAT IS VENICE, ITALY?
THE CAPPADOCIA REGION OF TURKEY IS THE MOST POPULAR LOCATION IN THE WORLD FOR THIS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
WHAT IS HOT AIR BALLOONING?
A TRUNCATED ISOCAHEDRON THAT RESEMBLES A SOCCER BALL, IT HAS THE MOLECULAR FORMULA C60.
WHAT IS BUCKMINSTERFULLERINE OR BUCKYBALLS?