Inventions
A device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation
A compass
He announced his resignation amid impeachment proceedings stemming from the Watergate scandal
President Richard Nixon
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective
A narrator
In motor racing, the flag they wave to indicate the winner
Checkered flag
This geothermal Icelandic site has the same name as a 1980 movie
The Blue Lagoon
A device that mixes air and fuel for internal combustion engines
Carburetor
A British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean
The Titanic
The first city to be attacked by an atomic bomb
Hiroshima
26.2 miles is the length of this event
A marathon
This video game was the most popular video game of the 1980s
Mario Bros.
Formally known as a handheld transceiver (HT), is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver
walkie-talkie
She made history after she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery bus
Rosa Parks
These collect energy from the movement of air
Windmills
This retired basketball player tried out for the Chicago White Sox in 1994
Michael Jordan
This photographic device was introduced to the world in 1986
The Fuji QuickSnap - the world’s first disposable camera
Short for facsimile, the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material
FAX
On May 22, 2010, a Florida-based man traded these to get two pizzas from a local pizza store
Bitcoins
The capital of Florida
Tallahassee
This sporting event is held every year on Memorial Day
Indianapolis 500
This American sitcom starring Judd Hirsch, was nominated for 31 Emmy awards
TAXI
A hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface
A computer mouse
An airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey
The Hindenburg disaster
Measures distance north or south of the Equator
Latitude
A horse is given this if they win The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.
The Triple Crown
They are one-of-a-kind cloth dolls with plastic heads first produced by Coleco Industries in 1982, one of the longest-running doll franchises in the United States
Cabbage Patch Kids