Board Games
This game, introduced in 1960, allowed players to choose careers, get married, and raise families.
What is The Game of Life?
This American naval vessel exploded in Havana Harbour in 1898, helping trigger the Spanish-American War.
What was the USS Maine?
This old-fashioned device forced cooked potatoes through small holes to prduce a somooth, fluffy texture.
What is a potato ricer?
Which Thursday in November is American Thanksgiving celebrated?
The fourth Thursday.
This common kitchen ingredient can remain edible for thousands of years when properly stored.
What is honey?
This game, introduced in 1965, featured a spring-loaded plastic bubble that rolled dice when pressed.
What is Trouble?
In 1945, five U.S. Navy aircraft disappeared during a training mission near Florida, contributing to the legend of this mysterious Atlantic region.
What is the Bermuda Triangle?
This wooden board had a ribbed metal or glass surface used for scrubbing dirty clothing.
What is a washboard?
What is the traditional American Thanksgiving dessert made with pecans and a sweet filling?
What is Pecan pie?
This popular condiment was originally developed from fermented fish sauces in Asia.
What is ketchup?
This 1960s game challenged players to remove small plastic bones from a patient without setting off a buzzer.
What is Operation?
This unsolved 1982 murder involved seven people who died after taking poisoned pain-relief capsules in Chicago
What were the Chicago Tylenol murders?
This wooden or metal frame held wetclothing near a stove or fireplace to dry.
What is a clothes horse or drying rack?
What is the traditional name for the combination of corn, beans, and squash grown together?
What is The Three Sisters
This popular sweet treat was originally sold as a medicinal product in some pharmacies.
What is chocolate?
This 1960s game required players to identify objects using their sense of touch.
What is What's in My Bag? (A general guessing-game format.)
This unidentified killer was responsible for a series of murders in London's Whitechapel district in 1888.
Who was Jack the Ripper?
This cats-iron cooking vessel had a tight-fitting lid and could be placed over hot coals.
What is a Dutch Oven?
Which Canadian province produces large quantities of cranberries in the Fraser Valley?
What is British Columbia?
This is the closest star to the Earth.
What is the Sun?
This game, introduced in 1963, challenged players to balance pieces on a wobbly structure.
What is Tip-It?
This 1919 disaster in Boston involved a massive wave of a sticky sweet substance.
What was the Great Molasses Flood?
This portable candle holder had a handle and a shallow tray to catch the dripping wax.
What is a Chamberstick?
What is the botanical classification of a pumpkin?
What is a fruit, specifically a pepo (a type of berry).
This common fatsening device was invented in its modern form by Walter Hunt in 1849.
What is a safety pin?