Laundry
Which is more efficient: smaller or larger laundry loads?
Smaller Loads.
Explanation: Washers clean clothes better when there is room to move around inside the machine.
What is the first step to using a recipe?
Read the entire recipe.
Explanation: If you merely skim the recipe without reading the instructions carefully, you may overlook one or more crucial steps. Remember to read the full ingredient list, as well — it’s important to know what you’ll need to pick up from the store and what’s already sitting in your kitchen.
How often should you wash your bedding?
Weekly
Explanation: Your cozy bed is a major dust distributor. The bedding collects skin flakes, sheds its own fibers and sends out a puff of dust every time you roll over.
Every 3,000-5,000 miles
Explanation: This can vary based on your driving habits, your driving frequency, the age of your vehicle, and the quality of the oil you use.
What items inside the walls of your house hold up the drywall and is important to know the location of if you want to hang something heavy on the wall?
Wall studs
Explanation: Wood studs are found in the framing of most residential homes. When you knock on a wall, a spot with the stud behind it will sound solid. Studs are the best place to insert nails to hang things.
What item can keep socks together and helps keep items with strings/straps from getting tangled?
Mesh laundry bag
Explanation: The bag keeps everything contained during wash and dry cycles, so they don't get lost or damaged!
What kind of cooking is considered "more of an exact science?"
Baking
Explanation: Baked goods require certain measurements of ingredients that influence moisture, consistency and leavening or rising.
Boiling water and what other 2 items should you use to unclog a drain?
Baking soda and vinegar.
Explanation: First, pour boiling water down the drain and wait until the water clears. Next, pour about half a cup of baking soda down the drain. Follow that with a mix of one cup of hot water and one cup of white vinegar. Let this mixture sit as long as possible, but at least 15 min.
How often should you check you tire?
Monthly
Explanation: Make sure you check your tires' tread and air pressure
What objects on the outside of houses control the flow of rainwater, protecting your roof, siding and foundation?
Gutters
Explanation: Clogged gutters can cause a roof to leak or water to infiltrate your house. Clean them at least twice a year (or more frequently, depending on how many trees surround your property and hang over your roof)
What can you do to prevent dark-colored items from fading? (2 answers acceptable)
Turn the item inside out AND/OR wash it in cold water
Explanation: Turning items inside out allows the detergent to get to the inside of the garment (that absorbed dirt and odor from your skin) and protects the outer surface from fading and pilling.
If a recipe calls for sautéing onions and garlic, which do you do first?
Onions first
Explanation: Onions take longer to soften up, while garlic burns pretty easily. So cook the former first, then drop the garlic in as the onions are finishing.
What liquid should you use to remove hard water buildup on your shower head?
White distilled vinegar.
Explanation: Pour some white distilled vinegar in a plastic bag and place it around the showerhead so the head is completely submerged. Tie the bag around the pipe and leave it for a few hours. * BUT if it's brass, gold, or nickel-coated, remove it after 30 minutes.
What part helps a car's engine trap dirt and particulate matter before it causes engine problems?
Air filter
Explanation: Air filters should be replaced yearly. Air is laced with abrasive particulate matter that can, over time, accelerate engine wear, causing parts like bearings, cylinder walls, and piston rings to fail prematurely.
What safety device that has an internal switch mechanism, which in the case of an electricity surge can be tripped.
A circuit breaker
Explanation: To resume the flow of electricity to the home, circuit breakers simply need to be manually turned back to the ON position. This simple switch action makes it easy to manually shut off electricity to individual circuits when necessary to work on wiring in certain areas of the home.
What object in a dryer catches the majority of lint form your laundry before it gets into your dryer vent?
Lint trap
Explanation: The lint trap must be cleaned out after each dryer use. Not doing so, will make the dryer take longer to dry clothes and create a fire risk.
What should you do with your rice before cooking it?
Rinse your rice
Explanation: Rinsing rice is important because it helps filter out any debris and surface starches that would make the rice gloopy.
What surprising spray product helps remove sticker stain and residue without damaging the surface?
WD-40
Explanation: Suitable for glass, plastic, metal, and many other surfaces. Spray the area where sticky residue has been left behind with WD-40 and then rub off with a clean, textured cloth.
What do you call the part in the engine that lets you check your motor oil?
Dipstick
Explanation: With the engine off, open the car’s hood and find the dipstick. Pull the dipstick out from the engine and wipe any oil off from its end. Then insert the dipstick back into its tube and push it all the way back in. Pull it back out, and this time look at both sides of the dipstick to see where the oil is on the end. If the oil is below the minimum mark, you need to add oil
What item in your home checks for harmful levels of a specific colorless, odorless gas that can cause serious illness or death?
Carbon monoxide detectors
Explanation: CO alarms are designed to warn you of any unusual build-up of CO in your home. These higher levels of CO may occur from improperly maintained, installed or used fuel-burning appliances, backdrafting appliances or fireplaces, or idling cars in garages.
What is the name of the setting that helps minimize wrinkles in clothes?
Permanent press (perma-press cycle)
Explanation: This washer cycle uses warm water and slower spin cycles to release existing wrinkles, while the dryer cycle uses medium heat and a cool down period to keep clothes from wrinkling or creasing.
What food item can you place in your cookie container to keep your cookies from getting stale?
A piece of bread.
Explanation: a fresh piece of soft bread will provide moisture for the cookies to soak up and hold onto.
What kitchen item is best for killing germs in sponges and plastic scrubbing pads?
Microwave
Explanation: Microwave only WET sponges or plastic scrubbers that do not contain steel or other metals. Two minutes should be enough to kill most disease-causing germs.
Who coined the term "tune up?"
Henry Ford
Explanation: At the time, ignition systems had a separate coil for each spark plug that would make a humming or buzzing sound. When they all buzzed at the same tone, it was considered "in tune."
How often should you replace your AC filter?
About every 90 days
Explanation: Signs to change it include air not cold enough, increased electricity bill, more allergy attacks, and more dust near the air vents.