Technology Through Time
In 1903, the Wright Brothers invented this machine, which revolutionized travel.
What is the airplane?
A marine fish that looks exactly like floating seaweed, using its appearance to blend into its environment and avoid predators.
What is a Leafy Seadragon?
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a _____ in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a _________ cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even _____
And offers comin' over the phone
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone
Glen Campbell - 1975
These are the colors of the Greek flag.
What are Blue and White?
The average Giant Tortoise will live this long.
What is 150 years?
Is this the real life? Is this just _______?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the _____ and see
I'm just a poor ____, I need no sympathy (Ooh, poor boy)
Because I'm easy _____, easy ___, little high, little ___
Any way the wind blows (Ooh, the wind blows)
Doesn't really matter to me, to me
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy (Ooh, poor boy)
Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low
Any way the wind blows (Ooh, the wind blows)
Doesn't really matter to me, to me
This is the capital of Greece.
What is Athens?
This small green or red fruit, now grown worldwide, originally comes from the Middle East and Mediterranean region.
What are grapes?
This Chinese cooking technique involves quickly frying food in a hot pan while stirring constantly
What is stir-frying?
This revolutionary product, released in 2007, reshaped mobile communications and technology.
What is the iPhone?
These arboreal frogs have translucent skin on their bellies, making their organs visible.
What is a Glass Frog?
Just stop
'Cause I really love you
____, I'll be thinking of you
Look in my heart
And let love keep us together
Just stop
'Cause I really love you
Stop, I'll be thinking of you
Look in my heart
And let love keep us together
Captain & Tennille ‧ 1975
This fruit was named after a place in South America, even though many people think it comes from Hawaii.
What is the pineapple?
Feta cheese is one of the most recognized Greek cheeses and comes from this animal.
What are sheep?
This man is commonly credited with creating the first printing press.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
A deep-sea, pink-skinned shark with a long snout and jaws that snap forward to capture prey.
What is a Goblin Shark?
So, when you're near me, darling, can't you hear me? _ _ __.
The love you gave me, nothing else ___ save me, S.O.S.
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on?
When you're ____, though I try, how can I carry on?
So, when you're near me, darling, can't you hear me? S.O.S.
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me, S.O.S.
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on?
When you're gone, though I try, how can I carry on?
ABBA - 1975
Athens has more of than any other city in the world.
What are Theaters?
This root vegetable was one of the first foods eaten by humans and comes from Africa.
What is the yam?
This is the most popularly consumed fruit in the world.
What are Bananas?
This man (or these men) invented the zipper.
Who is Elias Howe (1851) and Whitcomb Judson (1893) (their designs were unreliable, cumbersome, and prone to breaking.) Or Gideon Sundback who perfected the design while working for the Universal Fastener Company in Hoboken, New Jersey.
A "walking fish" (actually an amphibian) that retains larval features like external gills throughout its life and can regenerate limbs, spinal cords, and parts of its heart and brain.
What is an Axolotl?
Oh, __ a little dance, make _ little love
Get ____ tonight, get down _______
Do a little _____, make a little _____
Get down _______, get ____ tonight
Oh, do a little dance, make a little love
Get down tonight, get down tonight
Do a little dance, make a little love
Get down tonight, get down tonight
KC and the Sunshine Band - 1975
There are around 6,000 Greek islands. This many of them are inhabited.
What is 227?
This is the age of the oldest beer recipe.
What is roughly 4,000 years old?
This physicist and astronaut became the first African American woman to travel into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?