Simple Machines
A gear system is another form of this simple machine.
What is the wheel and axle?
This bricklaying material shares a name with an ancient medicinal tool.
To call something "florentine" is to say that it contains this leafy vegetable.
What is spinach?
This legendary man known for epic poetry ruled over the Kingdom of Sumeria.
Who is Gilgamesh?
The flags of Cuba, Liberia, Malaysia, and Chile's flags were all inspired by this country.
What is the United States of America?
Multiple pulleys in a small space make up this shipyard tool.
What is a block and tackle?
Red bricks get their characteristic color from this element.
What is iron?
This popular juice-infused seltzer drink is sold in stores worldwide.
What is spindrift?
What was once Sumeria is now largely located in this war torn Middle Eastern country.
What is Iraq?
The main solid color of a flag is known as this.
What is the field (or ground)?
This is the most basic simple machine, rumored to have been used during the construction of the Egyptian pyramids.
What is the inclined plane?
This concrete brick gets its name from the use of ash and soot as filler in brickmaking during the industrial revolution.
What are cinderblocks?
An older woman who has never married
What is a spinster?
The Sumerian empire was founded in the prime of this metallic age.
What is the bronze age?
A lone square in the top hoist side of a flag "can" be known by this name.
What is a canton?
An axe, a knife, and a nutcracker are examples of this simle machine.
What is a lever?
The world's largest granite quarry is found in this directional US state.
What is North Carolina?
O-Cedar is the largest producer of these novelty cleaning devices.
What are spin mops?
This is the demonym of the Sumerian empire.
What is Sumer?
The swiss flag has a partial one of these in the center, named for a nearby region.
What is a nordic cross?
To rip a phonebook with your bare hands is to use your hands as this simple machine.
What is a wedge?
This snaking stone structure is notorious for its visibility from space.
What is the Great Wall of China?
A quickly forming and short-lasting land vortex is known by this nomenclature.
What is a spin-up tornado?
Wrought with grief from the death of a close acquaintance, Gilgamesh sought this mythical ability.
The flag of this country is the only of its kind to not have a quadrilateral shape.
What is Nepal?