Journeys
In 1947, this U.S. Air Force pilot became the first person to break the sound barrier.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
He sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This European city is home to the Colosseum, once the heart of gladiator battles.
What is Rome?
This device, introduced in 1955, allowed people to cook food with invisible waves.
What is the microwave oven?
This game involves a red ball, pockets, and a green felt table.
What is billiards (or pool)?
This Norwegian adventurer sailed the Kon-Tiki raft across the Pacific in 1947.
Who is Thor Heyerdahl?
This American adventurer was the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This Asian country is made up of more than 6,000 islands and has Tokyo as its capital.
What is Japan?
The first successful Polaroid instant camera was sold in this decade.
What are the 1940s?
In this card game, a pair of black eights is known as a “dead man’s hand.”
What is poker?
In 1942, this technology, used to detect submarines, became crucial in the Battle of the Atlantic.
What is sonar?
The Lewis and Clark expedition began in this U.S. city before heading west.
What is St. Louis?
Machu Picchu, an Incan citadel, is found in this South American country.
What is Peru?
Percy Spencer accidentally invented this popular snack food while working with microwaves.
What is microwave popcorn?
The first commercial television broadcasts in the U.S. began in this decade.
What are the 1940s?
This general commanded Allied forces during the D-Day invasion of 1944.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Known as the “Father of Modern Mountaineering,” this explorer was the first confirmed to summit Mount Everest in 1953.
Who is Sir Edmund Hillary?
This river, the longest in the world, flows northward through eleven countries.
What is the Nile?
In 1941, this product, made from nylon, quickly became a fashion sensation for women.
What are nylon stockings?
This puzzle toy, created in 1974, challenges players to align colors on a cube.
What is the Rubik’s Cube?
In 1949, this airline introduced the first regular transatlantic jet service.
What is BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation)?
This Norwegian explorer led the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911.
Who is Roald Amundsen?
The city of Timbuktu, once a great trading hub, is located in this African nation.
What is Mali?
This company introduced the first credit card in 1950.
What is Diners Club?
The first crossword puzzle appeared in this American newspaper in 1913.
What is the New York World?