Historic Firsts
Who is Neil Armstrong?
It’s not only a bog fruit associated with the holidays but also a shade of red.
What is a cranberry?
Citrus fruit with a bright yellow rind, pink interior, pulp, and seeds.
What is grapefruit?
The New Testament of the Bible was originally written in this language.
What is ancient Greek?
This everyday expression includes the color of Ireland and a word similar to jealousy.
What is "green with envy"?
The century during which the first U.S. transcontinental railroad was finished.
What is the 19th century?
This shade of tan is named for an animal that has a hump for storing fat and that you can ride at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.
What is Camel?
Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions.
What are parts of a speech?
Aside from the ability to speak to others in their language and increase confidence, learning a new language boosts this.
What is brain power?
In 1920, this Macy’s competitor (now closed) was the first to host a Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia.
What is Gimbel's?
The first American self-made businesswoman to become a millionaire.
Who is Sarah Breedlove (or Madam C. J. Walker)?
Chartreuse is a hue of this secondary color.
What is green?
Individual stars that form a shape within a defined boundary.
What is a constellation?
Snap! Crackle! Pop! The mascots of this cereal are known as Cric, Crac, and Croc in France.
When translated, the Italian title of this 1960 Federico Fellini film starring Marcello Mastroianni means “The Sweet Life.”
What is La Dolce Vita?
First woman to win a Nobel Prize; did so for her work in the field of radioactivity and then again for her work in chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
A shade of this color is associated with Tiffany & Co.
What is Blue?
The colder of the two appliances that have a compressor, condenser coils, evaporator, evaporator fan, thermostat, and door gasket.
The original language of One Thousand and One Nights.
What is Arabic?
A female merchant hawks marine carcass coverings on the beach.
What is “She sells seashells by the seashore”?
Country in which Dr. Christian Barnard performed the first human heart transplant.
This shade of pink is also the name of a plant with exquisite, delicate petals.
What is fuchsia?
Has a needle, bobbin winder, hand wheel, and foot pedal.
What is a sewing machine?
The English word piano is a borrowed word from this language.
What is Italian?
This type of light causes wrinkles and ages skin.
What is ultraviolet (or UV)?