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Food Through the Decades
American History
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Household Gadgets Through the Years
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100

Before cell phones, many homes had this dial-style telephone.

What is a rotary phone?

100

"I have a dream" was spoken by this civil rights leader.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

100

This canned meat became especially popular during World War II.

What is SPAM?

100

The United States declared independence from Britain in this year.

What is 1776?

100

This state is known as the Sunshine State.

What is Florida?

100

This kitchen appliance, introduced to many homes in the 1950s and 1960s, made it possible to toast bread automatically.

What is a toaster?

100

Three U.S. presidents—John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe—died on the same calendar date. Adams and Jefferson died on the 50th anniversary of The _________, and Monroe died five years later.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

200

People used these paper books to find phone numbers.

What are phone books?

200

"Ask not what your country can do for you..." came from this president.

Who is John F. Kennedy?

200

Gelatin salads were commonly made with this wiggly dessert ingredient.

What is Jell-O?

200

This president was on the U.S. penny.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

The Mississippi River empties into this body of water.

What is the Gulf of Mexico?

200

This household cleaning device became popular in the early 1900s and replaced many manual carpet-cleaning methods.

What is a vacuum cleaner?

300

Families often recorded television shows on these tapes.

What are VHS tapes?

300

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" is associated with this boxer.

Who is Muhammad Ali?

300

TV dinners were designed to be heated in this appliance.

What is an oven?

300

This Supreme Court case ended legal school segregation in 1954.

What is Brown v. Board of Education? 

300

This mountain range stretches along much of the eastern United States.

What are the Appalachian Mountains?

300

Before smartphones, many homes had this machine that allowed callers to leave recorded messages when no one answered.

What is an answering machine?

400

Before GPS, travelers relied on these folded paper guides.

What are road maps?

400

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" was said by this president.

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

400

This powdered drink mix, advertised as the drink of astronauts, became a household staple in the 1960s.

What is TANG?

400

This amendment gave women the right to vote nationally.

What is the 19th Amendment?

400

This U.S. city is known as the "Mile High City."

What is Denver?

400

This household appliance was first marketed with the slogan "You press the clothes, we do the work."


What is an (ELECTRIC) IRON?

500

If you wanted to know what was on TV tonight, you might consult this section of the Sunday newspaper.

What is the TV Guide (or television listings)?

500

"That's one small step for man..." was spoken during the first Moon landing by this astronaut.

Who is Neil Armstrong?

500

This soda's secret formula is one of the world's most famous trade secrets.

What is Coca-Cola?

500

This purchase from France in 1803 nearly doubled the size of the United States.

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

500

This Great Lake is entirely within the United States.

What is Lake Michigan?

500

Before calculators became common, many students used this sliding device with numbered scales to perform math calculations.

What is a slide rule?

600

This encyclopedia company sent salespeople door-to-door for decades.

What is Encyclopaedia Britannica?

600

"Speak softly and carry a big stick" is linked to this president.

Who is Theodore Roosevelt?

600

Fondue, a trend of the 1960s and 1970s, originated in this European country.

What is Switzerland?

600

John F. Kennedy established this organization in 1961.

What is the PEACE CORPS?

600

The four states meeting at the "Four Corners" include Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and this state.

What is Colorado?

600

Before photocopiers became common, offices and schools often duplicated papers using this machine, which produced copies with a distinctive purple ink.

What is a mimeograph?