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The capital of the land down under is this. It’s not Sydney.
What is canberra?
bananas are considered berries while this fruit with berrie in its name isn’t.
What is a strawberry?
This scientist is credited with making the telephone.
Who is Alexander graham bell?
This pre-digital technology was used to perform arithmetic with beads sliding on rods.
What is an abacus?
In 1492, he sailed west from Spain and “discovered” the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The only letter that does not appear in a us state name.
What is q?
In the thousands there are this many varieties of apples.
What is 7,500?
This scientist developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
Before digital cameras, people took photos using these light-sensitive sheets or rolls.
What is film?
This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail directly from Europe to India around Africa.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This fruit has seeds on the outside rather than on the inside.
What is a strawberry?
This soda originally started out as something as a mix for moonshine, as that is where its name originates.
What is Mountain Dew?
This scientist was the son of a pastor and invented calculus.
Who is isaac newton?
Before USB drives and cloud storage, people saved data on spinning magnetic disks that came in sizes like 5.25 inches and 3.5 inches.
What are floppy disks?
He led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, though he died before completing the journey.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The country whose flag is exactly half red and half white Horizontal stripes.
What is poland?
It was in this year in the late 19th century that raffaele Esposito created the first tomato, mozerella, and basil pizza for queen margherita.
What is 1889?
This scientist discovered the process of pasteurization and developed vaccines for rabies and anthrax in the 19th century.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
Before email, people sent typed messages over phone lines using this machine that printed text on paper.
What is a teletype (or telex machine)?
This English explorer charted much of the coast of Australia in 1770.
Who is James Cook?
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In 1908 this country became the first in the world to introduce license plates for automobiles
What is france?
This was the first snack food cake ever sold. It was first sold in 1919 and is still on the shelves today.
What is the hostess cupcake?
This 19th-century chemist is considered the “father of the periodic table” for organizing elements by their atomic weights.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
Once a common office device, this machine made multiple copies of documents using carbon paper.
What is a mimeograph?
In 1911, this Norwegian explorer was the first to reach the South Pole.
Who is Roald Amundsen?