The Ups and Downs
This is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between levels, they are typically powered by electric motors that drive traction cables and counterweight systems.
What is an Elevator?
He was an American industrialist and business magnate mostly credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans.
Who is Henry Ford?
She was an American abolitionist and social activist after escaping slavery, she made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people using safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Sony Interactive Entertainment 3D Platformer to stun the world won The Game Awards, Game of the Year Award for 2024.
What is Astro Bot?
A process of creating textiles by using a single hook to interlock loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials, the name is derived from the French term for "hook".
What is crochet?
This is the enclosed compartment or platform within an elevator system where passengers or goods are transported between floors and might be mistaken for a taxi in New York.
What is a cab?
Born 1847 Milan, Ohio this man was an American inventor and businessman, he developed many devices in the electrical field but is most known for his early versions of the electric light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
She's famous for being a women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society and had her 80th birthday celebrated in the White House.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
The Golden Joystick Awards awarded this Action-adventure game with Game of the Year in 2013 and it still reamains the 2nd most sold game in the world.
What is Grand Theft Auto V?
Widely considered the hardest stitch to learn in all of crocheting it consists of a "puff cluster" usually around 13 to 19 loops, and is somewhat similar to the most famous scented tea in all of China.
What is a Jasmine stitch?
Many elevators are required to run in skyscrapers or highrise buildings with floors upto 102, like in the case of the Empire State Building, but often skip a certain 13th floor becasue of this phobia.
What is triskaidekaphobia?
Buired in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland and the most notable oil baron of the United States, he became the country's first billionaire in 1916, with a fortune worth nearly 2% of the national economy.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Though there are many conflicting stories over time and tales from small towns across the United States it is widely believed that this woman made the first American flag, spangled with 13 stars for 13 colonies.
Who is Elizabeth Griscom Ross or Betsy Ross?
In 2018 this 2018 title was given the 2018 Game of the Year Award by the Game Developers Choice Awards in 2018 and is well known for following the journey of a father and son through Norse Mythology for the eighth installment of the series.
What is God of War (2018)?
Taking multiple layers of a typically aerated and light pastry stacking them on top of each other in a decsending order of size will create this dessert often popular for weddings.
What is a tiered cake?
If you've been in an elevator your life has likely been impacted by this company, founded in 1853 Yonkers they are considered one of the most famous and oldest elevator companies in the world.
What is Otis Elevator Company or Otis?
A Scottish-American industrialist he led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late-19th century, he then devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy hence the "Hall".
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Being an American politician representing Arkansas from 1931 to 1945, she infamously was the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States senator.
Who is Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway or Hattie Caraway?
This roguelike made by solo developer Daniel Mullins of Daniel Mullins Games won the Game Developers Choice Awards Game of the Year in 2021, and is similar to the meaning "to mark with characters".
What is Inscryption?
An English celebrity chef and television personality, widely known as a judge on The Great British Bake Off he began his career at his father's bakery as a teenager and went on to serve as head baker at a number of British and international hotels.
Who is Paul John Hollywood?
Elevators are very handy often being used in agriculture and manufacturing to lift materials, the earliest known reference to an elevator is in the works of this Roman architect.
Who is Vitruvius?
He built his wealth in railroads and shipping and is often described as a "robber baron" for his monopoly on the railroads and political manipulation, he is also an inspiration for the character Leviticus Cornwall.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
After graduating from Stanford University in 1973, she boarded the Challenger Shuttle in 1983 for mission STS-7 and became the first American woman to fly in space and the youngest American astronaut at the age of 32.
Who is Sally Ride?
Developed by Rare a British subsidiary of Microsoft and the same company to bring you Sea of Thieves made this 1997 First-person shooter to win the BAFTA Game of the Year.
What is GoldenEye 007?
The USDA uses the definition, "at least 35% cooked meat and no more than 50% bread" for this dish considered finger food.
What is a sandwich?