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100
The percentage of humans that are right-handed
About 90%
100
A food that is still edible after 3,000 years
Honey!
Archaeologists have actually uncovered 3,000-year-old pots of honey that were, remarkably, intact — and still edible — in ancient Egyptian royal tombs.
100
The most famous female aviator of all time who had her own clothing line
Amelia Earhart!
Created and wore her own practical clothing growing up, she struggled to find women's clothes for flying and ultimately released her very own Amelia Fashions clothing line (what an icon!)
100
The year when the countertop microwave hit the market
1967
100
The year cursive was omitted from the Common Core education standards
2010
200
The president who named the White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Upon its completion in 1800, the building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was known as the President’s Palace.
Its name was then officially changed to the Executive Mansion in 1810 to avoid regal undertones.
The informal moniker arose because the building’s white-gray color made it stand out from the many nearby structures predominantly made of red brick.
200
The natural color of farmed salmon
Gray(ish)
Wild salmon get their pink-orange color from krill and other small crustaceans they eat.
However, since farmed fish are raised on manufactured feed in ocean net pens, they don't get that color.
Instead, farmers now add a naturally occurring pigment to their fish feed so customers will still buy their fish! (yay!) (ew!)
200
What did the super long pointy shoes signify in Medieval times?
Social status
200
The state of America's first suburb
(multiple correct answers)
You get points if you name one out of the four on this list.
Ohio, New Jersey, Illinois, New York
200
The number of fingerprint sets added to the FBI database every day
9,000
300
The percent of the total population who served in WWII (as of the end of the war in 1945)
12%
About 16.1 million U.S. citizens
Around 39% of U.S. service members were volunteers, while the remaining 61% were draftees.
300
The natural color of orange peels when grown in a tropical climate (like Florida)
Green!
Higher temperatures prevent chlorophyll breakdown.
The citrus expansion to California (with cooler nights) helped shaped consumer expectations.
Florida and other locations had to compete and now add Red No. 2 to the peel. :/
300
Clackers (a.k.a. Clankers or Ker-Bangers) was a toy consisting of two polymer balls attached to either end of a string. When swung, these two balls collided with each other, creating the satisfying clacking sound that gave them their name. They became very popular among American kids in what decade?
1960s
However, the balls had a tendency to shatter after prolonged or overly forceful contact, sending sharp plastic shrapnel flying like tiny glass grenades.
They were ultimately banned in 1985.
300
The year that the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice recommended the creation of a nationwide number for reporting emergencies (911)
1967
The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The United Kingdom had been using its universal emergency number, 999, since 1937 (it was the first country in the world to roll out such a system).
300
The year that the $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills were last printed
1945
They were last in circulation until 1969, when the Department of Treasury officially discontinued them due to lack of use.
400
How many times the Vice President succeeded to the presidency in U.S. history
9
1. John Tyler after William Harrison died just 31 days after taking office
2. Millard Fillmore as a member of the Whig Party
3. Andrew Johnson after Abraham Lincoln's assassination
4. Chester A. Arthur after James Garfield died
5. Theodore Roosevelt after William McKinley died
6. Calvin Coolidge after Warren Harding died
7. Harry Truman after Franklin D. Roosevelt died
8. Lyndon B. Johnson after John F. Kennedy died
9. Gerald Ford after Nixon resigned
400
Food people used to think was healthy (multiple correct answers!)
1. Margarine (seen as a healthy vegetable oil based alternative to butter, a saturated fat warned against by public health messaging in relation to heart disease)
2. Fruit juice (although some still contains vitamins, the juicing process removes most of the fiber found in whole fruit, leaving behind sugars)
3. Powdered drink mixes (associated with the U.S. space program as a convenient way to get vitamins, when they're mostly composed of sugars and carbs)
4. Cereal (marketed as a balanced breakfast, but really just sugar)
5. Granola (packaging emphasized whole ingredients but as it entered the mainstream, commercial versions began to include added sugar, oils and sweeteners)
6. Low fat yogurt (when fat is removed, it is replaced with added sugars to maintain flavor)
7. White bread (people thought removing bran and germ made it easier to digest, but it also removes fiber and other beneficial nutrients)
400
William Potts was a Detroit police officer credited with designing the first three-way colored traffic light in this decade
1920s
The Federal Highway Administration officially standardized red, yellow and green as the required colors for all traffic lights in the U.S. in 1935
400
How much a Model-T car cost when it first hit the market in 1908
You get points if you're within $100 of this amount.
You get double points if you can guess (also within $100 range) of how much that would be in today's economy.
$825
About $17K today
400
10 bizarre things the Sears catalog sold
1. electric belts
2. tombstones
3. bees
4. heroin
5. wolf teeth extractors
6. otter traps
7. asbestos cookware
8. six-month bookkeeping course
9. 100 pound bags of crushed oyster shells
10. vapor bath cabinets
https://historyfacts.com/us-history/article/10-bizarre-things-the-sears-catalog-sold/
500
The only president with a Ph.D.
Woodrow Wilson
500
Popular food or drink that came from the military (multiple correct answers!)
1. M&Ms
2. Cheetos
3. Instant coffee
4. Minute Maid
5. TV Dinners
6. Spam
500
The first world's fair, known as the Great Exhibition, took place in London in what year?
1851
500
The max speed (in mph) of the first practical gas car
10 mph
500
Duct tape, super glue and mass-produced penicillin are all examples of inventions that came out of this war
World War II