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This was the worst economic downturn in U.S. history.
Answer: What is the Great Depression? It started in 1929 with the stock market crash and bank runs and lasted an entire decade. It was marked by 25 percent unemployment, soup kitchens, and shantytowns known as Hoovervilles.
This term of endearment is another name for father.
Answer: What is dad/pop
These two common household pets aren’t colorblind, but they do see color in a reduced range compared to humans.
Answer: What are dogs and cats? Each has limited color perception because they have two types of color receptors (cones). Humans have three types of cones, so they see more colors.
This stretchy toy from the 1970s could be pulled up to four feet long
Answer: What is Stretch Armstrong? Tidbit: Inside the toy was a syrup‑like gel made from corn — the same ingredient used in pancake syrup.
This chewy candy is known for its “pull” and comes in flavors like strawberry, chocolate, and many many more.
Answer: What is taffy? Tidbit: Saltwater taffy doesn’t actually contain seawater — the name came after a shop flooded with ocean water in 1883
The Betsy Ross flag has the stars assembled in this geometric shape.
Answer: What is a circle? It features 13 stars arranged in a circle in the corner of the flag where the 50 stars now reside.
Weather stations use this to detect weather patterns; one example is the Doppler.
Answer: What is radar? Weather radars send out radio waves that hit rain, snow, and ice and bounce back to the radar station.
These highly intelligent garbage-digging bandits have human-like fingers.
Answer: What are raccoons? They are more closely related to bears than they are to cats.
This 1959 doll became a global icon and has had over 200 careers
Answer: What is Barbie? Tidbit: The very first Barbie sold for $3 — today, that original version can sell for over $25,000.
This cookie with a crème center was introduced in 1912 and remains one of the world’s best‑selling cookies
Answer: What is the Oreo? Tidbit: If stacked, the number of Oreos sold each year could circle the Earth five times.
This is the highest Federal Reserve Note (dollar) in circulation.
Answer: What is $100? The last $500 note was printed in 1945. The last $2 note was printed in 2017, and approximately 1.7 billion remain in circulation.
When you vote in government elections, you are exercising one of the rights of citizenship and fulfilling a part of this type of duty.
Answer: What is civic? Many people vote only for the top of the ticket in presidential elections. State and local elections matter, often even more than federal elections.
This deadliest animal on Earth kills by carrying malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and other diseases.
Answer: What is the mosquito? Their lifespans range from one week to one month.
This toy phone with a smiling face was a toddler favorite starting in 1961.
Answer: What is the Chatter Telephone? Tidbit: Its rotary dial sound was created using real metal chimes inside the toy.
This candy bar was named after a beloved horse owned by the Mars family
Answer: What is Snickers? Tidbit: The horse died just two months before the candy bar was released.
If you need a little breathing room, maybe this least populous state is the place for you.
Answer: What is Wyoming? Around 600,000 people call Wyoming home. Most states have cities with at least that many residents.
You have this palindrome if you have more than one of these long, detailed, written or filmed accounts of heroic deeds.
Answer: What are sagas? The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and The Chronicles of Narnia are famous sagas.
These mammals are skilled swimmers and hold hands when they sleep in the water.
Answer: What are sea otters? Sea otters sleep while holding hands so they don’t drift apart. The playful mammals eat about 30 percent of their weight each day.
This 1960s toy let kids “bake” tiny cakes using only a lightbulb
Answer: What is the Easy‑Bake Oven? Tidbit: The original model used a 100‑watt bulb that got hot enough to reach 350°F.
This dessert, made of ladyfingers and mascarpone, means “pick me up” in Italian.
Answer: What is tiramisu? It became popular in the U.S. only after the 1980s, despite being an old Italian recipe.
Abe Lincoln was born in this state.
Answer: What is Kentucky? Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, was also born in Kentucky.
You have this palindrome if you did this, which means “gave glory to or treated someone as a god.”
Answer: What is deified? Roman emperors like Julius Caesar and Augustus were deified as a political and social tool for unity.
When in Texas, don’t shoot at this animal; its bony plates can send the bullet right back to you.
Answer: What is the armadillo? A Texas man was hospitalized after shooting an armadillo. The bullet ricocheted off the animal’s hard covering and hit him in the jaw.
This 1970s toy involved tossing and catching two balls connected by a string — and often caused bruises.
Answer: What are Clackers? Tidbit: They were eventually banned in many places because the acrylic balls could shatter like glass.
This colorful frozen treat was invented by accident when an 11‑year‑old left a cup of soda outside overnight.
Answer: What is the popsicle? Tidbit: Frank Epperson patented it in 1923 and originally called it the “Epsicle.”