Female Authors
Whose series of books about her Midwestern childhood, was adapted for a successful television series?
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s
If the hose It's pressurized and ready for use it is this...
Charged
What does Volkswagen mean?
The ‘people’s car’.
Avon originally sold this...
McConnell sold books door-to-door, but to lure in female customers he offered little gifts of perfume. Before long, the perfume McConnell was giving away had become more popular than the books he was selling
The chemical element with the atomic number of 12
Mg Magnesium
Who wrote Song of Solomon?
Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon (1977) is told by a male narrator in search of his identity. Its publication brought Morrison to national attention.
Firefighters are not permitted to enter a dangerous location alone. What's the term to describe how they're supposed to handle things?
Two-In Two-Out
What is the world’s all-time best-selling car?
Toyota Corolla.
Nintendo originally sold..
Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo in 1889 as a playing card company.
A way of speaking or behaving...
Mannerism
Whose novel The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1932?
Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth (1931), a poignant tale of a Chinese peasant and his enslaved wife and their struggle upward, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1932.
What's the name of the tool a firefighter might use to break a window or to probe walls and ceilings for hidden fires?
Pike poles have been in use for many years in firefighting. Essentially just a long pole with a spiked hook on the end, they were once useful for tearing walls down to prevent the spread of fire, and are still helpful in pulling items out from intense heat or ventilating an area.
Which is the famous car that was designed to compete with the Ford Mustang?
Chevrolet Camaro.
Abercrombie & Fitch originally sold...
Sporting goods
A common insect fed to birds
mealworm
Many of her books feature the detectives Poirot and Miss Marple.
Agatha Christie
Different apparatus have different names and different jobs. What is the purpose of a fire engine?
To carry tools and pump water
Which iconic car manufacturer also made airplane engines?
Rolls Royce.
Colgate originally sold...
Soap and Candles
A system of working parts
mechanism
Who wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?
Zora Neale Hurston
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What was the term used to describe the old-school firefighting technique of passing water along a human chain?
Bucket Brigade
Which iconic car has appeared in seven Bond films, making its debut in the 1964 Goldfinger?
Aston Martin DB5
3M started in 1902 as a
mining company
The quantity of motion of a moving body
Momentum