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The Big Apple, followed by the state in which you can find it.
What is New York, New York? The city’s original name was New Amsterdam.
This national park is located primarily in Wyoming.
What is Yellowstone? It was the first national park in the world, and its top attraction is the Old Faithful geyser.
Canada Day is celebrated on this day every year.
What is July 1st. The holiday commemorates the day in 1867 when Canada’s original three provinces—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province—were united into one nation.
This American international airline epitomized luxury travel during the 1960s and featured flight attendants in baby blue uniforms.
What is Pan Am? The heyday of Pan Am is often compared to what the Orient Express meant to train travel.
On road trips or sitting on the bus to summer camp, kids would sing a song about beer that started with this number.
What is 99? The title is “99 Bottles of Beer” and it begins: “Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer. Take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall...”
Part of a ballerina’s costume.
What is tutu? The word comes from the French cucu, which means “bottom.” They first appeared in 1832 at a ballet in Paris.
Roy Orbison was the original performer of this hit 1960s song about a low-lying body of water.
What is “Blue Bayou”? Linda Ronstadt’s late ’70s cover of “Blue Bayou” was also a hit
How many Great Lakes are there and what are their names?
What is Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and the second-largest by total volume; they contain 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume.
This is the national airline of France.
What is Air France? The airline was fully state-owned until 2003, when all but 18 percent of the company became privately owned.
When hiking in a national park, you might run into this bear who warns, “Only you can prevent wildfires.
Who is Smokey? The Smokey Bear campaign was inaugurated in 1944, making Smokey and his message 80 years old.
Baby’s first word (typically).
What is mama (or dada)? Infants typically spend most of their time with their mothers and fathers, and both names are easy words to learn. Many cultures use short, repeating words for mother and father.
This novel by Alice Walker was made into a movie starring Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, and Oprah Winfrey in 1985.
What is The Color Purple? Steven Spielberg directed the film and called it his first serious film.
What are the names of the Canadian Territories?
What is Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Yukon. Nunavut was the last territory created by statute in 1999. Previously, it was part of the Northwest Territories
“Fly the friendly skies” was this airline’s famous slogan.
What is United Airlines? “Fly the friendly skies of United” was first introduced by United in 1965.
The best view of this natural light display in Earth’s polar regions would be far from the lights of civilization.
What are the aurora borealis (or the northern lights)? The lights are caused by the interaction between charged particles (electrons and protons) and Earth’s magnetic field.
Jokes young kids tell.
What is knock-knock? These jokes are timeless, and some are really cute.
The Kremlin is adjacent to this UNESCO World Heritage Site that has been a gathering place for centuries.
What is Red Square? The word red in this case has nothing to do with the color or communism. Krasnyi is the Old Russian word for “red” and also means “beautiful” or “pretty.”
Canada Day went by this name originally.
What is Dominion Day? It was renamed Canada Day in 1982, when the country gained independence from England.
EL AL is the national carrier of this Middle Eastern country.
What is Israel? The airline’s name comes from the book of Hosea and loosely translates to “to the skies."
This overnight train chugs through a vast swath of Middle America on its north-south route and is memorialized by Arlo Guthrie’s 1972 hit tune of the same name.
What is the City of New Orleans? Amtrak still runs the route with the same name. The 900-mile (1,448-kilometer) trip takes 19 hours and has 23 stops along the full route.
Middle Eastern salad or side dish.
What is couscous? The grain is typically made from semolina and is a staple in the Middle East and North Africa.
A reward program that became popular nationwide starting in the 1930s, these were an early form of coupons put out by the Sperry & Hutchinson Company.
What are S&H Green Stamps? Green Stamps were offered in certain regions beginning in 1896, but they were most widely distributed in the U.S. between the 1930s and the 1980s, with a peak in the 1960s and ’70s.
Which is the largest province by land mass?
What is Quebec. Quebec is the largest province occupying 15.4% of the countries total area.
This is Australia’s national airline.
What is Qantas? The name stands for “Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services,” and it was first registered as a business in November 1920. The kangaroo has been featured on the airline’s livery since 1944.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has this extremely long and high suspension footbridge.
What is the Capilano Suspension Bridge? It’s the longest footbridge in the world and spans the Capilano River. The original version dates to the 19th century. The bridge stands (or more accurately, swings) 230 feet (70 meters) above the river and spans 450 feet (137 meters).