Name That Snack
This orange, cheese-coated puffed corn snack leaves a powdery residue on your fingers.
What are Cheetos?
This kitchen utensil wrap can create sparks and damage your appliance.
What is aluminum foil?
It’s the scientific term for water turning into vapor.
What is evaporation?
This portable music player let people take cassette tapes on the go in the 1980s.
What is the Walkman?
Neil Armstrong became the first man to do this in 1969.
What is walk on the Moon?
This chocolate-covered nougat and caramel bar promises that you’re “not you when you’re hungry.”
What is Snickers?
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Putting these hard-cooked items in the microwave may cause explosive results.
What are eggs?
When two nations sign a peace treaty, they’ve reached this.
What is reconciliation?
Before USB drives, these 3.5-inch squares stored computer files.
What are floppy disks?
This woman became the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice in 1981.
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?
These bite-sized chocolate candies come in colorful shells and “melt in your mouth, not in your hand.”
What are M&M’s?
Microwaving this large fall gourd whole can cause bursting due to internal steam.
What is a pumpkin?
This word describes the process of forming a hypothesis.
What is speculation?
This 1990s device let kids communicate using short-range radios.
What are walkie-talkies?
He was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This sweet-and-salty movie-theater favorite is popcorn coated in a glossy caramel shell.
What is caramel corn?
These pressurized items—often used to freshen rooms—should never be heated, or they may rupture.
What are aerosol cans?
This word means the act of carefully examining something in detail, often used for checking safety or quality.
What is inspection?
This TV accessory let you change channels without getting off the couch.
What is a remote control?
This company created the first commercially successful smartphone in 1994, the Simon.
What is IBM?
This spicy, rolled tortilla snack from Mexico became a viral sensation for its extreme heat.
What are Takis?
This “golden” natural sweetener can develop harmful compounds when microwaved.
What is honey?
Term for the sudden, intense release of stored energy—think volcanoes or emotional outbursts.
What is an eruption? (or detonation)
This early ’90s device projected transparent sheets onto a wall or screen for classroom presentations before digital projectors became standard.
What is an overhead projector?
This aviator became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.
Who is Amelia Earhart?