PICTURE THIS INVENTION
AROUND THE YEAR
19TH CENTURY AMERICA
SCIENCE!
HISTORY PROBLEMS
NOODLES
400

RESURFACING THE ICE COULD TAKE A THREE-MAN CREW UP TO AN HOUR UNTIL THIS MAN CAME UP WITH HIS NAMESAKE MACHINE  <INSERT PICTURE>

WHO IS FRANK ZAMBONI?

400

UNLIKE CHRISTMAS, EASTER CHANGES ITS DATE YEARLY, BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THIS HEAVENLY BODY

WHAT IS THE MOON?

400

THIS 1803 TERRITORIAL ACQUISITION FROM FRANCE DOUBLED THE AREA OF THE UNITED STATES

WHAT IS THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE?

400

IT'S WHAT THE LETTER C STANDS FOR IN THE ABBREVIATION AC/DC

WHAT IS CURRENT?

400

SINCE VERMONT ENTERED THE UNION AS STATE NUMBER 14 IN 1891, THIS MANY MORE HAVE FOLLOWED IT

WHAT IS 36?

400

MIKI ARE ASIAN NOODLES MADE WITH THIS POULTRY PRODUCT

WHAT ARE EGGS?

800

IN 1814, LONDON TIMES EDITOR JOHN WALTER SNAPPED UP THE NEW DOUBLE-CYLINDER VERSION OF THIS <INSERT PICTURE>

WHAT IS A PRINTING PRESS?

800

JULY IS NAMED FOR THIS ANCIENT ROMAN WHO PRACTICED CALENDAR REFORM

WHO IS JULIUS CAESAR?

800

ON JULY 24, 1847, THIS MORMON LEADER AND HIS PARTY OF 143 REACHED THE GREAT SALT LAKE VALLEY

WHO IS BRIGHAM YOUNG?

800

IF YOU GOOGLE A GOOGOL, YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT IT HAS THIS MANY ZEROS

WHAT IS A HUNDRED?

800

IF NEWTON HAD 1 APPLE DROP ON HIS HEAD ON MONDAY, 3 ON TUESDAY, AND 5 ON WEDNESDAY, HE AVERAGED THIS NUMBER OF APPLES PER DAY

WHAT IS 3?

800

TOSHIKOSHI SOBA, OR "YEAR-CROSSING NOODLES", ARE TRADITIONALLY EATEN ON THIS NIGHT IN JAPAN

WHAT IS NEW YEAR'S EVE?

1200

IN 1793, THIS DEVICE CHANGED AN INDUSTRY BY SEPARATING THE SEEDS FROM THE FIBER  <INSERT PICTURE>

WHAT IS THE COTTON GIN?

1200

TO GET THE YEAR ON THIS CALENDAR, ADD 3,760 TO OUR YEAR (OR 3,761 IF IT'S AFTER ROSH HASHANAH)

WHAT IS THE JEWISH CALENDAR?

1200

ON OCTOBER 22, 1819, THE FIRST BOAT TRAVELED ON THIS CANAL, FROM ROME TO UTICA, NEW YORK

WHAT IS THE ERIE CANAL?

1200

THE MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY IS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE EARTH'S CRUST AND THIS LAYER

WHAT IS THE MANTLE?

1200

THE INCAN EMPIRE WAS SPLIT BETWEEN 2 SONS IN 1525; IF THERE HAD BEEN 5 SONS, EACH WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS PERCENT

WHAT IS 20%?

1200

YOU'LL FIND DANCING NOODLES ON THE WEBSITE OF REAL TORINO, WHICH MARKETS RIGATONI, SPAGHETTI, & OTHER TYPES OF THIS

WHAT IS PASTA?

1600

AROUND 1708, OBOE AND BASSOON MAKER JOHANN DENNER INVENTED THIS SINGLE REED INSTRUMENT <INSERT PICTURE>

WHAT IS THE CLARINET?

1600

THE ASTRONOMICAL YEAR BEGINS AT THE VERNAL EQUINOX, WHEN THE SUN CROSSES THIS LINE

WHAT IS THE EQUATOR?

1600

AT NOON ON APRIL 22, 1889, SETTLERS RUSHED TO CLAIM LAND IN THIS NEW TERRITORY: MANY ENTERED 'SOONER' THAN NOON

WHERE IS OKLAHOMA?

1600

THE TWO HEAVIEST ONES OF THESE PARTICLES, TOP AND BOTTOM, WERE ORIGINALLY CALLED TRUTH AND BEAUTY

WHAT ARE QUARKS?

1600

IF CLYDE THE CHALDEAN TURNED OUT 3 CUNEIFORM TABLETS AN HOUR, & WORKED 8 HOURS A DAY FOR 5 DAYS, HE MADE THIS MANY TABLETS

WHAT IS 120?

1600

IF YOUR TAKE-OUT PLACE MAKES LOUSY MEE KROB, FLY TO BANGKOK IN THIS COUNTY TO SAMPLE IT FROM THE SOURCE

WHERE IS THAILAND?

2000

EDWIN LAND, SEEN HERE WITH ONE OF HIS INNOVATIONS, FOUNDED THIS COMPANY IN 1937 <INSERT PICTURE>

WHAT IS POLAROID?

2000

WHEN THERE ARE 190 DAYS LEFT IN THE YEAR, WE'RE IN THIS MONTH

WHAT IS JUNE?

2000

THE 1890 BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE IN THIS STATE WAS THE LAST MAJOR CONFLICT BETWEEN INDIANS AND US TROOPS

WHERE IS SOUTH DAKOTA?

2000

THIS ANIMAL HAS A REMARKABLE IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS IT TO HOST CORONAVIRUSES WITHOUT GETTING SICK

WHAT IS A BAT?

2000

IF THE 15TH CENTURY WARS OF THE ROSES HAD BEEN FOUGHT WITH REAL ROSES & EACH SIDE HAD 48 ROSES, IT WOULD TOTAL THIS MANY DOZEN

WHAT IS 8?

2000

IF YOU CAN'T COOK ANYTHING ELSE, GRAB THE CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP & LEARN TO MAKE THE CLASSIC TUNA NOODLE [THIS]

WHAT IS CASSEROLE?