Miscellaneous
In 1858, American inventor Elisha Otis designed the world's first _____ in New York City. With the increased size of buildings THESE were necessary to get from the ground floor to the higher floors of buildings & skyscrapers...
What is "elevator"?
In THIS war, the United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. THIS war made Gen. Andrew Jackson an American hero, with his resounding victory in the Battle of New Orleans...
What is "The War of 1812"?
In 1840 Britain, Rowland Hill introduced the 1st prepaid postage ____. This cheap new ____ was called the Penny Black...
What is "STAMP"?
THIS former general ran for and defeated democrat Adlai Stevenson for the presidency in 1952...
Who is "Dwight Eisenhower"?
In the United States, the Northern and Southern states went to war (1861-1865) over slavery and THIS...
THIS movement worked against a strong federal or central government...
What is "State's Rights"?
British naturalist, Charles Darwin (1809-1882), came up with his groundbreaking "theories of ____," which he explained in his book "On the Origin of Species." He based his theories on what he had discovered while traveling to South America's Galapagos Islands...
What is "evolution"?
In 1817, German Baron von Drais introduced THIS new machine to the public in Paris. It had 2 wheels connected by a wooden frame and was known then, as a HOBBY HORSE...
What is the "BICYCLE"?
What is "Antarctica"?
The superpowers (2 countries) backed opposing sides in the Korean War (1950), the 1st major conflict of the Cold War... NAME ONE superpower...
What are "Russia" (U.S.S.R.) & "USA" ?
THIS was a dominion of the British Empire and was home to over 3 million people at its founding... The North American provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were brought together to found THIS country in 1867...
What are 1) telephones, 2) radio, 3) television, 4) trains, 5) cars, 6) airplanes?
Who are "Grimm" (the Grimm brothers)?
What is "ERIE"? (the ERIE CANAL)
On June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied troops, led by Gen. Eisenhower, landed on France's Normandy coast for a surprise attack... the push toward Berlin, Germany, and the end of WWII had begun... The invasion was code-named THIS...
What is "D-Day"?
DAILY DOUBLE (600 POINTS) Prussia & Austria went to war in 1866 to see which country would dominate the German-speaking world in the years ahead. Prussia was victorious. Over the next several years several German states joined forces with Prussia, and in 1871 a united _____ Empire was proclaimed...
What is "GERMAN"?
The Crimean War took place from 1853 to 1856. After 3 years of fighting, the Russians were defeated in Crimea (modern Ukraine) by an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Sardinia, Britain, and France. The British death toll was kept to a minimum by the work of the nurse Florence ________.
Who is "Nightingale"? (she improved the hygiene, or cleanliness of the soldiers, and this reduced the disease and infection rate)
Considered one of the earliest examples of science ____, English novelist Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" in 1818 during a trip to Switzerland...
Frenchman Louis _____ invented a system of reading for blind people. Blinded himself in a childhood accident, HIS alphabet was made up of raised dots. In 1829, he published his 1st book to explain how his system worked...
Who is "Braille"? ("Frenchman Louis BRAILLE")
The president whose term was immediately FOLLOWING (1961-1963) Eisenhower's term in office (1953-1961)...
Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel patented THIS explosive invention in 1867. Nobel went on to found an organization and annual prize which promoted the very things HIS INVENTION worked against, such as peace...
What is "dynamite"?
In 1863, the world's first underground railroad or _____ opened in London, England with 30,000 passengers traveling on the 1st day...
What is "subway"?
What is "tin"? "tin cans"
On December 28, 1895, French inventors Louis & Auguste Lumiere demonstrated a machine called the Cinematographe that could project ____ on a screen. They did this to a paying audience...
The president whose term was immediately BEFORE (1945-1953) Eisenhower's term in office (1953-1961)...
Who is "Harry Truman"?
In the United States, the Northern and Southern states went to war (1861-1865) over slavery and THIS...
THIS movement worked against a strong federal or central government...
What is "State's Rights"?