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Kitchen Hints from Heloise
100

This European city, built around canals, comprises a large number of islands.

What is Venice?

100

Children use this slang term for germs.

What is cooties?

100

After two failed companies, he founded the first auto company as well as the moving assembly line, which revolutionized production methods around the world.

Who is Henry Ford?

100

This car rental company used the slogan “We try harder” for 50 years.

What is Avis?

100

Never throw away lemon halves after squeezing the juice. They have multiple uses for this generic task.

What is cleaning?

200

This windy U.S. city is often cited as housing the largest Polish population outside of Warsaw.

What is Chicago.

200

Before there were computer devices, we used to play here before dinner.

What is outside?

200

This early industrialist and his associates founded Standard Oil.

Who is John D. Rockefeller?

200

Nicknamed “The Golden Bear,” this man won 18 major golf championships during his career.

Who is Jack Nicklaus?

200

If you don’t have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen (you should), this common baking ingredient will put out a skillet grease fire.

What is baking soda?

300

This is the only city that spans two continents.

What is Istanbul?

300

In addition to watching films in the theater, we headed here to watch them on summer nights.

What is a drive in?

300

This woman became the first Black female millionaire in the United States by selling hair care products in the early 1900s.

Who was Madame C.J. Walker?

300

In January 1994, a huge scandal erupted in Olympic skating when Tonya Harding’s husband arranged a baton hit on this ice skater, who went on to win a silver medal the next month at the Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

Who is Nancy Kerrigan?

300

Heloise suggests channeling this emotion when you clean out a closet or drawer.

What is anger

400

 What's the capital of Denmark?

What is Copenhagen?

400

Long before streaming, kids used to record songs from the radio onto these.

What are cassette tapes?

400

This billionaire appears on the TV show Shark Tank and was once the majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team.

Who is Mark Cuban?

400

She plays Erica Kane on All My Children and finally received an Emmy Award for her 19th nomination.

Who is Susan Lucci?

400

When cutting marshmallows, do this with your scissors first.

What is dip them in water?

500

“Gate of Heavenly Peace” is the Chinese translation of what famous square in Beijing?

What is Tiananmen Square?

500

Before we could look up things on the internet, we used these machines at the library to view old newspapers, magazines, and documents.

What are microfiche (or microfilm) readers?

500

If not for this former CEO of Pan Am, the 747 aircraft wouldn’t be a part of Boeing’s fleet.

Who is Juan Trippe?

500

In 2009, this Scottish singer came out of nowhere to win second place on the TV talent show Britain’s Got Talent and became an overnight sensation.

Who is Susan Boyle?

500

If you need to serve a lot of salad, you can use this appliance to dry the lettuce.

What is a washing machine?