Capitols
Tennessee
Nashville
The Great Depression helped bring about an end to the prohibition of this.
alcohol
Politicians believed that ending Prohibition would spur employment and stimulate the economy
This is skiing on flat terrain and gentle slopes.
cross-country skiing
This is short for men’s formal eveningwear, starting with T.
Tux
Presidential elections in the United States are held in November on what day of the week?
Tuesday.
The Tuesday after the first Monday in November became the established date for U.S. general elections in 1845.
Mississippi
Jackson
This U.S. president was in office during most of the Great Depression.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (or FDR)
The depression began while Herbert Hoover was in office.
If you come up too fast from this, you can get decompression illness or what’s commonly called “the bends.”
scuba diving
It’s not only painful to ascend too quickly, but it can be fatal. Too rapid an ascent causes nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream, resulting in many deleterious effects
There’s an expression that calls someone “crazy like” one of these animals.
fox
Foxes are clever, crafty animals. When someone acts erratically but has a method to their madness, we say the person is “crazy like a fox.”
What cereal brand uses the advertising phrase “Snap! Crackle! Pop!”?
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies.
The slogan was created in the early 1930s and gave birth to three Rice Krispies mascots named Snap, Crackle, and Pop.
Delaware
Dover
It is the infamous term for the droughts in the Midwest and Southern Great Plains.
Dust Bowl
The droughts began in 1930, and high winds whipped up the massive dust storms beginning in 1931, devastating farmers.
This can be done tandem or freefall.
skydiving or parachuting
There are other types of skydiving, such as diving in a formation.
This is a vessel for carrying water, ending with a G.
jug
What company debuted its first box of eight crayons in 1903?
Crayola
Cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith created the first crayons for children. Binney’s wife, Alice, combined the French words for chalk and oily to invent the brand name, Crayola.
Kansas
Topeka
Because of the crop failures during the Great Depression, farmers began to migrate to this place.
California
It is estimated 400,000 migrants settled in California.
You’ll need to know these terms to actively participate in this type of boating: mast, jib, and boom.
sailing
The jib is a small sail. The mainsail is the largest sail and is attached to the mast and boom. An excellent compliment to give a boat-loving friend is to say, “I like the cut of your jib.”
This is the opposite of sorrow or sadness, beginning with a J.
Joy
What type of race is the Melbourne Cup?
A horse race.
The Melbourne Cup dates back to 1861. The two-mile race is only for thoroughbred horses three years and older.
Alaska
Juneau
These people lived in shantytowns called “Hoovervilles.”
homeless people
The name comes from Herbert Hoover, president when the Great Depression started.
If you’re up in the air attached to a parachute above you and a moving speedboat below you, you’re doing this.
parasailing
Parasaildestin.com compares it to “skydiving behind a boat,” but you’re only 800–1,200 feet in the air.
This is the conscious mind that deals with reality, beginning with an E
ego
Freud said the id, the ego, and the superego comprised the personality. The id represents the unconscious mind, and the superego controls our moral standards.
The court case Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruled that racial segregation was unconstitutional in what public institutions?
Schools.
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in a unanimous decision that Linda Brown, a young African American girl, could not be denied admission to her local elementary school due to the color of her skin.