Location, Location
This famous park is in the middle of New York City.
Central Park
It’s the crown jewel of urban open space, and it’s larger than the country of Monaco.
After two failed companies, he founded the first auto company as well as the moving assembly line, which revolutionized production methods around the world.
Henry Ford
One of Ford’s greatest quotes is, “Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.”
This color is on top of the standard vertical traffic light.
Red
The world’s first traffic light was installed at Parliament Square in London in 1868. Its gas lights were manually controlled by police officers.
Freeze leftover coffee to use the cubes in this.
Iced coffee
If you add coffee cubes, they won’t dilute the coffee as they melt. You can also freeze ice cubes made with tea for iced tea.
Costa, Illy, and Maxwell are all types of what?
COFFEE!
This European city, built around canals, comprises a large number of islands.
Venice
It consists of 118 islands that are linked by a few hundred bridges. Your best bet is to walk or ride a water taxi to get around the city.
This early industrialist and his associates founded Standard Oil.
John D. Rockefeller
The Sherman Antitrust Act became law because of Standard Oil’s near-monopoly on oil.
These flying, nocturnal mammals often live in barns and are important to the ecosystem in reducing insect pests.
Bats
Bats have the most acute sense of hearing among land mammals. They use echolocation to navigate and find prey, emitting high-frequency sounds and listening for the echo.
Never throw away lemon halves after squeezing the juice. They have multiple uses for this generic task. .
Cleaning
You can add salt to them and scour the bottom of copper pots and pans to remove tarnish and bring back their shine
This windy U.S. city is often cited as housing the largest Polish population outside of Warsaw.
Chicago
Polish immigration started in earnest in the 1860s.
This woman became the first Black female millionaire in the United States by selling hair care products in the early 1900s.
Madame C.J. Walker
Among her many achievements, she developed the “Walker System of Beauty Culture,” opened a college in Pittsburgh, and donated to organizations that would empower other Black men and women.
In Japan, this is the polite way to greet someone you meet.
Bow
It is polite to bow when greeting people, saying goodbye, or thanking them.
If you don’t have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen (you should), this common baking ingredient will put out a skillet grease fire.
Baking soda
Just pour on enough to smother the fire.
France’s grapes that grow in this region are known for their famed “bubbly.”
Champagne
In some countries, sparkling wine from grapes grown outside of the Champagne region must be labeled as sparkling wine or labeled champagne with a lowercase C.
This Chicago talk show host retired from her daily ABC show in 2011 and built her own media empire.
Oprah Winfrey
Since leaving The Oprah Winfrey Show, she has had a continued media presence through O, The Oprah Magazine, an Apple TV+ series, and a podcast.
People on Earth hear this when an aircraft exceeds the speed of sound.
Sonic boom
What you’re hearing is a shock wave.
Heloise suggests channeling this emotion when you clean out a closet or drawer.
Anger
You are apt to discard more items when you’re angry.
This is the only city that spans two continents.
Istanbul
The Bosphorus (BAAS-fur-uhs) Strait divides the city between Europe and Asia.
This billionaire appears on the TV show Shark Tank and was once the majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team.
Mark Cuban
He has always had a knack for business. When he was 12 years old, he reportedly sold garbage bags around his neighborhood.
It’s the small sail in front of the main sail.
Jib
When cutting marshmallows, do this with your scissors first.
Dip them in water
This keeps the scissors from sticking to the marshmallows.
This country has the longest street in the world.
Canada
Yonge Street is 1,178 miles (1,896 kilometers) long and runs through Toronto.
If not for this former CEO of Pan Am, the 747 aircraft wouldn’t be a part of Boeing’s fleet.
Juan Trippe
He talked his friend, Boeing CEO Bill Allen, into betting the company (Boeing) on the 747. The deal was done on a handshake.
The pistils of most flowers have 3 main parts: the stigma, the style and this round base where egg cells are formed
The ovary
Add cornstarch to cookies and they become what?
Chewy!