Global Cuisine
Sushi comes from this country.
What is Japan?
This event on September 11, 2001 changed American history.
What are the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
The opposite of light.
What is heavy or what is darkness?
This invention by Eli Whitney in 1793 made separating seeds from cotton much faster.
Name one of the neighborhoods that is part of Five Points.
What is Hayes Barton, Bloomsbury, Georgetown, Vanguard Park, or Roanoke Park?
Tacos and guacamole are dishes from this country.
What is Mexico?
If you are visiting Washington state in September, you can attend a festival honoring this fruit.
What is apple?
Many farms with apple orchards will allow you to pick your own apples.
The opposite of fast.
What is slow?
This everyday item was first patented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis in 1873.
What are blue jeans?
Before Raleigh became the capital in 1792, this coastal city was North Carolina's capital.
What is New Bern?
Croissants and escargot are specialties of this country.
What is France?
These awards for television programming are held in September.
What are the Emmy Awards?
The first Emmy ceremony was in 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
The opposite of 'expand'.
What is 'shrink'?
In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi sent the first transatlantic message using this invention.
What is the radio?
The main reason Raleigh became the capital of North Carolina. (At least according to the historian who visited yesterday.)
What is a tavern/pub?
Paella, a rice dish with seafood or meat, comes from this country.
What is Spain?
The U.S. Constitution was signed on September 17 of this year.
What is 1787?
These two opposite Chinese symbols represent perfect, harmonic balance.
What are yin and yang?
The yin-yang concept forms the foundation of much of Chinese philosophy.
Jonas Salk developed the first vaccine for this disease.
What is polio?
The State Capitol building in Raleigh is located on this street, which shares its name with a U.S. president.
This traditional Italian pizza features mozzarella cheese, tomato slices, and basil leaves.
What is Margherita?
It was named in honor of Queen Margherita of Savoy upon her visit to Naples in 1889, but the pizza was made as early as 1866.
Around 3 p.m. every weekday, you are likely to encounter stop-and-go traffic in the city, the suburbs, and on country roads due to this vehicle.
What is a school bus?
In most states, you must stop when a school bus is stopped, even if you’re on the other side of the road, to allow students to cross the road safely.
One occurs at a temperature of 212ºF (100ºC) and the other at 32º F (0ºC).
What are boiling and freezing?
Other factors may affect the actual temperature at which boiling and freezing occur, such as altitude or the presence of salt in the water.
This German inventor created the first practical printing press in the 1400s.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This Raleigh museum, one of the first of its kind in the U.S., is famous for its dinosaur fossils and natural exhibits.
What is the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences?