INVENTIONS
NEWS WORTHY
5TH GRADE
SPORTS
50

A device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation

A compass

50

He announced his resignation amid impeachment proceedings stemming from the Watergate scandal

President Richard Nixon

50

The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective

A narrator

50

In motor racing, the flag they wave to indicate the winner

Checkered flag

100

A device that mixes air and fuel for internal combustion engines

Carburetor

100

A British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean

The Titanic

100

The first city to be attacked by an atomic bomb

Hiroshima

100

26.2 miles is the length of this event

A marathon

200

Formally known as a handheld transceiver (HT), is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver

walkie-talkie

200

She made history after she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery bus

Rosa Parks

200

These collect energy from the movement of air

Windmills

200

This retired basketball player tried out for the Chicago White Sox in 1994

Michael Jordan

500

Short for facsimile, the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material

FAX

500

On May 22, 2010, a Florida-based man traded these to get two pizzas from a local pizza store

Bitcoins

500

The capital of Florida

Tallahassee

500

This sporting event is held every year on Memorial Day

Indianapolis 500

1000

A hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface

A computer mouse

1000

An airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey

The Hindenburg disaster

1000

Measures distance north or south of the Equator

Latitude

1000

A horse is given this if they win The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

The Triple Crown