Grab Bag
Chocolate
My Fair Lady
Gone With the Wind
Sewing
Black History
100
The Barbie doll was released in this decade.
What are the 1950s? The doll was released in 1959 and was the first mass-produced doll. Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
100
This lighter-colored chocolate is often found in candy bars.
What is milk chocolate? It contains more milk solids and milk fats than dark chocolate, and it’s sweeter than dark chocolate.
100
Who originally portrayed Eliza Doolittle in the Broadway show, from 1956 to 1958?
Julie Andrews. She was succeeded by Sally Ann Howes in February 1958.
100
In 2010, a handmade set of this popular real estate game sold for $146,500 to the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York.
What is Monopoly? The set was made in 1933 by Charles Darrow, the game’s creator.
100
This is the term for using long stitches to hold material together temporarily.
What is baste? You want to use the fewest number of stitches to hold the material in place, minimizing needle holes in the fabric.
100
February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) This American civil rights activist, best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, defied Jim Crow racial segregation laws, and sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement".
Rosa Parks
200
Eight squared equals this.
What is 64? A squared number is multiplied by itself. Eight times eight equals 64 and is written 8 X 8 = 64 or 8² = 64. The square root of 64 is eight, the number multiplied by itself.
200
his candy bar company shares its name with a planet.
What is Mars? The company produces Milky Way bars. Mars also sells Galaxy bars in the UK.
200
On what earlier play is My Fair Lady based?
Pygmalion. Broadway playbills and posters traditionally credit the earlier work by name.
200
This machine, with its peculiar odor, was found in every school office.
What is a mimeograph? You could smell the transfer solution for days after receiving handouts in class. You probably remember the purple print as well as the scent.
200
In the store, it’s a length of fabric wound around a cardboard tube; in nature, it’s a unit of lightning.
What is a bolt? Lengths of bolts vary widely based on manufacturer and fabric type, but many bolts contain between 30 and 100 yards of fabric.
200
(July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) This American civil rights lawyer and jurist served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.
Thurgood Marshall
300
Ben Franklin used a kite and a key to experiment with this.
What is electricity? Franklin attached a wire to the top of a silk kite and connected a key to a hemp string, which was attached to a silk string and hung from the kite. Standing in a shed door, he held the silk string. Thankfully, the kite escaped a lightning strike. When he noticed the hemp string standing upright, he moved his hand near the key and felt a spark.
300
This chocolate cake is named for a man with the same last name as a European country.
What is German chocolate cake? German chocolate cake was named after Samuel German, an American baker who created a special type of dark baking chocolate in 1852. German chocolate cake is layered and topped with coconut pecan frosting.
300
Who wrote Pygmalion?
George Bernard Shaw. Other works by the famed Irish playwright include Saint Joan and Caesar and Cleopatra.
300
The 1943 penny was not made of copper; it was made of this alternate metal.
What is steel? The wartime penny was coated with zinc.
300
When you purchase a mercerized sewing necessity, you are buying this.
What is a thread? Mercerized thread is a chemically treated cotton thread with enhanced strength and color durability.
300
August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) This American and human computer, was key in calculating orbital mechanics as a NASA employee, which were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
Katherine Johnson
400
The standard dinner fork and salad fork have this number of tines.
What is four? The salad fork is shorter than the dinner fork and is placed outside the dinner fork.
400
This essential small or built-in appliance was initially marketed as the Radarange and has a history entwined with a chocolate bar. .
What is a microwave? A Raytheon engineer who worked around radar equipment noticed that his chocolate bar had melted in his pocket. He went on to invent the microwave by discovering that radar emitted microwaves that could heat food. The first microwaves were around six feet tall, weighed 750 pounds, and were marketed to restaurants and labs.
400
In the 1956 Broadway run of the show, which character did Rex Harrison portray?
Professor Henry Higgins. Harrison reprised the role in the 1964 film version.
400
These large stores served as anchors in malls.
What are department stores? Most of the old department stores have either consolidated or gone out of business. Malls of the past are rare today, and many of them have been reconfigured into office space, residential buildings, and medical centers.
400
You’d be correct if you knew this term for the pretty side of the fabric that is seen when you wear the garment.
What is the right side? The wrong side does not include the features of the right side and faces inward.
400
(January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) This American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. He broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Jackie Robinson
500
Collectively, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are known as these.
What are Jewish High Holy Days? Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement.
500
This chocolate company opened a theme park in Pennsylvania.
What is Hershey? Hershey Park (now known as Hersheypark) opened in 1906 so that Hershey employees and their families would have a place to relax, boat, and picnic. Today, it’s a full-fledged theme park open to the public.
500
During a memorable musical number, Eliza and Professor Higgins sing about what weather phenomenon?
Rain. “The Rain in Spain” remains one of the work’s most popular tunes with its catchy lyrics.
500
These stand-up collars were popular in the 1970s.
What are Nehru collars? They were named after India’s Prime Minister Nehru. Today they are making an updated comeback in men’s shirts.
500
These structured folds are named after a box-shaped German musical instrument.
What are accordion pleats? This is an advanced technique, not suitable for those without patience. Some fabrics, such as polyester and satin, enable you to create permanent pleats.
500
February 10, 1927) This American singer was the first African-American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, becoming the first black singer to maintain a sustained relationship with the company.
Leontyne Price
600
“Sea cow” and “teddy bear of the sea” are nicknames for this marine animal.
What is a manatee? “Sea cow” is the nickname for the animals in the order Sirenia, which includes manatees, dugongs, and the now-extinct Steller’s sea cows. Manatees are the largest marine herbivores and typically weigh between 800 and 1,200 pounds.
600
This ingredient is missing from white chocolate.
What are cocoa solids? The cocoa solids are responsible for chocolate’s brown color. Cocoa butter is the primary ingredient that gives white chocolate its flavor.
600
What award did Rex Harrison receive for his role in the 1964 film?
The Academy Award for Best Actor. The film won eight Academy Awards total.
600
Car dashboards made of this material have all but disappeared.
What is wood? Like most things, wooden dashboards have been replaced with plastic. However, aftermarket wooden kits are available.
600
A gusset is either a diamond or this shape of fabric.
What is a triangle? A gusset is sewn into a tight-fitting area of clothing to relieve stress placed on the fabric; for example, into the upper arm area of some fitted dresses. The technique is rarely used today.
600
February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) In 1964, this Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat, was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Sidney Poitier