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This was the worst economic downturn in U.S. history.
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.
Oranges, lemons, and limes are this type of fruit.
What is citrus? Orange trees range in height from 16 to 50 feet tall.
These two common household pets aren’t colorblind, but they do see color in a reduced range compared to humans.
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.
Historically, this soda’s main ingredient was sassafras.
What is root beer? It gained popularity during Prohibition and remained a popular mid-century soda. Today’s commercial root beers are flavored with artificial sassafras flavoring or sassafras extract.
This animal won the race in “The Tortoise and the Hare.”
What is the tortoise? The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.
The Betsy Ross flag has the stars assembled in this geometric shape.
What is a circle? It features 13 stars arranged in a circle in the corner of the flag where the 50 stars now reside.
The odd one out, this is the only letter that doesn’t appear in the name of a U.S. state.
What is Q? The letter X appears in Texas and New Mexico.
These highly intelligent garbage-digging bandits have human-like fingers.
What are raccoons? They are more closely related to bears than they are to cats.
We grew up on this snack, packaged in small boxes featuring circus characters.
What are animal crackers? Fun fact: In Nabisco’s Barnum’s Animal Crackers, the monkey is the only animal cracker that is wearing clothes.
It laid the golden egg.
What is a goose? The fable is “The Goose and the Golden Egg.” It’s a story about greed.
This is the highest Federal Reserve Note (dollar) in circulation.
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.
This is what lime slices tend to do in a drink.
What is sink? Limes are denser than lemons, so their slices sink, whereas lemons tend to float.
These household pets are likely to sleep away the day and creep around the house at night.
What are cats? All the places you deem off-limits are theirs to roam during the wee hours. Cats are not technically nocturnal; their most active hours are dawn and dusk. But if you have indoor cameras, you can catch their sneaky overnight activity.
She is known for her marvelous talent and as Liza Minelli’s mother.
Who is Judy Garland? Garland will forever be remembered for her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, a blast from the past that is a perennial must-watch movie.
This person cried wolf.
Who is the boy? The fable is “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” We all know people who always think the sky is falling. It not only gets tiresome but also makes it impossible to discern when a real emergency exists.
Abe Lincoln was born in this state.
What is Kentucky? Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, was also born in Kentucky.
Some say Chicago is called the Windy City because of its windy weather, but in the late 19th century it was so named because these types of people were full of hot air.
Who are politicians? A New York Sun journalist introduced the moniker in 1893.
This deadliest animal on Earth kills by carrying malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and other diseases.
What is the mosquito? Their lifespans range from one week to one month.
This company popularized the disposable diaper on a mass scale, especially in the United States.
What is Pampers? One early brand of disposable diapers came from England in the 1930s. Called “Destroyable Babies Napkins,” they were used in hospitals but never marketed to the general public.
The ant worked all summer to store food, while this insect sang, danced, and played his violin instead of gathering his winter sustenance.
What is the grasshopper? The tale is “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” and the moral is to get work done before playing.
This city is the smallest to have an NFL franchise and is home to the league’s third oldest team.
What is Green Bay? The state is Wisconsin, and the team is the Green Bay Packers.
McDonald’s once made broccoli that was flavored to taste like this.
What is bubble gum? It was an effort to get children to eat healthy foods, but the unintended consequence was that it confused the children. They probably wondered what was wrong with their mothers’ broccoli.
When in Texas, don’t shoot at this animal; its bony plates can send the bullet right back to you.
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.
Throughout the 1950s, Dinah Shore sang an advertisement on her show, encouraging viewers to “See the U.S.A. in” this.
What is “your Chevrolet”? Songwriters Leo Corday and Leon Carr wrote the jingle for General Motors.
These animals wanted a king.
What are frogs? “The Frogs Asking for a King” is a tale about a leaderless group of frogs who wanted a king, and the moral of the fable is that you should be careful about what you wish for.