Where in the World
This U.S. city has some skyscrapers with their own zip codes
What is New York City? It has more than 40 buildings with their own zip codes, and Saks Fifth Avenue’s shoe department has its own zip code. It was created in partnership with the USPS in 2007 as part of a marketing strategy.
These old pieces of paper, the size and shape of diplomas, represent shares owned in a company.
What are stock certificates? Chances are the company has long gone out of business, but they are fun to look at and to use as a teaching tool with youngsters. If the company is still in existence, you could be sitting on a fortune.
This is the capital of China.
What is Beijing? Formerly known as Peking, it is the second-largest city, with a population of more than 21 million people. The largest city is Shanghai, with around 24 million people.
This is a common pet rodent.
What is hamster? Fun fact: Hamsters and rats belong to different families, and hamsters are not usually found in the wild.
Who did actor Jay Silverheels portray on The Lone Ranger television show from 1949 to 1957?
Tonto. While Tonto was identified as a Potawatomi tribe member, Silverheels was from the Mohawk tribe.
This is the capital of Portugal.
What is Lisbon? Each year, eight million tourists visit the site of the miracle of Fátima in Portugal, north of Lisbon
You might find cardboard tubes around two feet tall with these in them.
What are posters (or art prints)? Some artists’ prints can sell for a pretty penny. For example, a print of Edward Bawden’s 1961 “Liverpool Street Station” sold for £9,200 in 2019.
This is the capital of Iraq.
What is Baghdad? Baghdad was founded in 762 AD
This is a container for dirty clothes in the U.S. but more of a picnic basket in the U.K.
What is hamper? Hampers containing food were introduced to England by France and gained popularity during the Victorian period.
What is the title of Maya Angelou’s 1969 autobiography?
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It is the first of seven works Angelou published about her life over the years.
Before it was called Mumbai, this was the name of the Indian city.
What is Bombay? It was changed when the Shiv Sena party took control of the government.
If you peek into boxes, you might find amber, green, pink, yellow, red, or cobalt blue drinking glasses from the 1920s through the 1940s. They are made of this.
What is depression glass? The colorful glass added some cheer during a difficult time.
This is a major city in Alabama and in England.
What is Birmingham? At one time, both cities shared a large manufacturing and iron-producing base. Today’s English city is a research center and claims one of England’s largest malls—the Bullring.
This is a major port city in northern Germany
What is Hamburg? Located on the Elbe River, it is the country’s largest port and the most populous city in Germany after Berlin.
What are a human’s third molars usually called?
Wisdom teeth. Typically, this third set of molars does not appear until age 17 to 21, and not everyone gets all four teeth, even later in life.
It is one of the two countries Mount Everest spans.
What is Nepal or Tibet? Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world, and it continues growing every year due to a phenomenon known as geological uplift.
If you look through old purses and stumble upon dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars, save them because they are probably made of this.
What is silver? Their value is generally based on the amount of silver in the coins, but you might have accidentally stumbled upon some numismatic coins, which bring a hefty premium.
Victoria is the capital of this Canadian province.
What is British Columbia? The city proper has fewer than 100,000 residents. Victoria has the second-oldest Chinatown. Only San Francisco’s is older
It is either Shakespeare’s play or a small, sleepy village.
What is Hamlet/hamlet? You’ll find hamlets in the English countryside or in New England.
Although not an official rule in baseball, what is the term for the short break in the seventh inning?
The seventh-inning stretch. This “intermission” occurred in American baseball games as early as 1869. In the early-1970s, White Sox broadcaster Harry Caray added the tradition of singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” during the seventh-inning stretch.
Piccadilly Circus is in this capital city.
What is London? Circuses are areas in London where many roads intersect at various points in a circle, and it comes from the Latin circ, meaning “circle.”
Those dusty, old rugs leaning against the wall might be from the Far East, but they are generically referred to as this
What are Oriental rugs? The ones from Iran are Persian rugs
This strait separates Alaska and Russia.
What is Bering? The boundary between the United States and Russia lies in the middle of the strait. Only 55 miles separate the two countries at the narrowest point of the waterway.
This is a generic name for checkered or plaid fabrics.
What is gingham? Dorothy wears a blue gingham dress in The Wizard of Oz.
What Broadway musical includes the songs “Happy Talk,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair,” and “Some Enchanted Evening”?
South Pacific. As of 2022, it is one of only 10 musicals to have won a Pulitzer Prize in Drama. In 1950 it was the second to do so. Only the 1932 production Of Thee I Sing had won before.