NORTH AMERICAN UNESCO
The following excerpt from the poem "The New Colossus" appears on this site:
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."
What is the Statue of Liberty?
It was a gift to the United States from France in 1876 to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of America's independence.
This cozy item often comes out of the closet when the weather starts to chill.
What is a sweater?
Ingrid Berman plays Ilsa Lund in this 1942 blockbuster.
What is Casablanca?
Conrad Veidt, who played Major Heinrich Strasser, earned the most money for the film at $25,000 for five weeks of work.
Mandarin, navel, and blood.
What are oranges?
Oranges are the world's largest fruit crop.
This word describes animals that sleep through the winter.
What is hibernation?
This popular soft drink was once a medication.
What is Coke (or Coca-Cola)?
The original formula included cocaine as one of its ingredients.
This site is the home of Thomas Jefferson.
What is Monticello?
Jefferson was the third U.S. president, a Founding Father, and the architect who designed Monticello.
This warm drink, often spiced with cinnamon, is a staple at fall festivals.
What is apple cider?
Audrey Hepburn plays Eliza Doolittle in this 1964 screen adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
What is My Fair Lady?
McIntosh, Gala, and Granny Smith.
What are apples?
Washington State grows more than half the apples produced in the United States.
This son of a former U.S. president founded the political magazine George.
Who is John F. Kennedy Jr.?
He was the publisher until his death in an airplane crash.
This treat began life as an accidentally frozen beverage.
What is popsicle?
In 1905, pre-teen Frank Epperson made a homemade soda drink out of water and a powder. He left it on the porch one winter night. The next day, it was frozen with a stir stick in it.
This national and state park is home to the tallest trees in the world.
What is Redwood National and State Park?
The park is located north of San Francisco adjacent to the Pacific Ocean.
These cozy fires were once popular gathering spots for roasting marshmallows and singing songs.
What are bonfires?
Julie Christie plays Lara in this 1965 historical romance.
What is Dr. Zhivago?
Meyer, Eureka, and Lisbon.
What are lemons?
Lemons and limes are similar in taste and nutrition, but lemons are slightly sweeter.
This legendary Benedictine monk invented champagne.
Who is Dom Perignon?
The champagne is produced by Moët & Chandon.
Spencer Silver, a 3M chemist, was working with adhesives when he accidentally created a low-tack adhesive that is used in these notes.
What are Post-It Notes?
Ten years after Silver accidentally invented the adhesive, 3M scientist Art Fry used it to invent the Post-It Note.
The historic, ancient portion of the French-Canadian capital is known as this.
What is Old Québec?
It is remarkably well preserved, complete with bastions, gates, and defensive structures.
In the fall, kids once made these simple decorations by stuffing old clothes with straw.
What are scarecrows?
Debbie Reynolds plays Kathy Seldon, a chorus girl, in this 1952 romantic musical.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
White, pink, and star ruby.
What are grapefruits?
Did you know that many grapefruit varieties, such as pomelos, are a cross between oranges and grapefruits?
This is the largest freshwater lake by surface in the United States and in the world.
What is Lake Superior?
When working on refrigerants, DuPont chemist Roy J. Plunkett accidentally made this non-stick substance.
What is Teflon?
The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks encompass seven contiguous national parks.
This one was Canada's first national park and the third oldest in the world.
What is Banff National Park? It houses seven national historic sites.
This old-fashioned fall dessert uses bread soaked in milk, sugar, and spices, then baked to a warm comfort-food perfection.
What is bread pudding?
Katharine Hepburn plays Tracy Lord in this 1940 film about her entanglement with several men on the eve of her wedding.
What is The Philadelphia Story?
Key, Persian, and kaffir.
What are limes?
The kaffir lime has a unique peel that is described as pebbly or warty.
The Sea of Tranquility is located here.
What is on the moon?
It's where Apollo 11 landed.
Wilson Greatbatch was working on a device to record heartbeats when he accidentally invented this device to regulate heartbeats.
What is pacemaker?
A Mexican sanctuary houses this huge gray mammal, along with seals, sea lions, and endangered species of turtles.
What is whale?
The site is the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino.
These tiny cabbages are in season in the fall.
What are Brussels sprouts?
Marilyn Monroe plays Sugar Kane Kowalczyk in this 1959 film, also starring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
What is Some Like It Hot?
Peaches, apricots, and plums.
What are clingstones?
They are called clingstones because the meat clings to the pits.
He said, "I got a couple of admirals together and they formed the CIA."
Who is President Harry Truman?
He was later quoted as having said, "I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in '47, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo."
A U.S. Naval engineer was trying to use springs to keep sensitive equipment from bouncing around on ships.
He dropped one of the springs and watched it "walk down," thereby accidentally inventing this once-popular toy.
What is Slinky?
More than 300 million units have been sold.