Classic Cartoons
Your Basic American History
Tool Talk
History of Cars
MYTHS BUSTED BY MYTHBUSTERS
100
Despite being told to "watch out", this swinging title guy always smashed into a tree
Who is George of the Jungle?
100
From 1933 to 1939 this was FDR's program to use government to help Americans through the Depression
What is The New Deal?
100
It's the part of a gun that by its fall causes a discharge
What is the hammer?
100
Fred Astaire's elegant 1927 Rolls town car has many luxurious features, like a means of speaking to the chauffeur &, in the rear... a Louis Vuitton one of these, later a term for a car's built-in storage compartment
What is a trunk?
100
You can't pick up radio signals through one of these, whether gold or amalgam
What are fillings?
200
The theme to this cartoon says, "you're not fooling me 'cause I can see the way you shake and shiver"
What is Scooby Doo?
200
In September 1620 this merchant ship left England for America; instead of cargo, this time it brought 102 passengers
What is The Mayflower?
200
In computer-speak, 404 is this "not found"
What is file?
200
The 1930 Nash 482R had 2 spark plugs per cylinder, a top speed of 75 miles per hour, & one of these features, which was also known as the "mother-in-law seat"
What is a rumble seat?
200
Unlike a James Bond movie scene, covering someone's body in this will not kill a person through asphyxiation
What is paint?
300
The concept for this show came from a sketch of 2 characters in cavemen skins & a primitive phonograph
What is The Flintstones?
300
After making a mess during this December 16, 1773 event, protestors swept the ships' decks clean
What is The Boston Tea Party?
300
To force with a violent twist; you don't want to do it to your back
What is wrench?
300
The 1946 Kurtis Ross Page Special that raced in the first Indy 500 after World War II had this clear plastic for its windshield, much lighter than traditional material
What is Plexiglass?
300
This man was not buried in Giants Stadium, at least not in several areas rumored to be his final resting place
Who is Jimmy Hoffa?
400
Rocky & Bullwinkle battled the evil Boris Badenov & her
Who is Natasha?
400
8 American soldiers lost their lives in a failed attempt to rescue hostages held at the U.S. embassy in this city in April 1980
What is Tehran?
400
The name of this palindromic tool is another word for "plumb"
What is level?
400
During World War II, the use of chrome was curtailed by Washington because it was needed for the war effort. This resulted in cars with little trim work that were referred to as these, also a term for a city's strategy against nighttime air raids
What is blackout?
400
One of these dropped from the Empire State Building is unlikely to kill someone or to penetrate the ground
What is a penny?
500
Walter Lantz' wife voiced this cartoon character that was inspired by a real bird
What is Woody Woodpecker?
500
April 2015 marked the 150th anniversary of these two Civil War generals shaking hands at Appomattox
Who are Grant and Lee?
500
To swindle someone, perhaps out of the same-named wedgelike tool
What is chisel?
500
In 1901, 17-year-old Carl Breer attached a boiler & a crankshaft to a chassis to make an engine powered by this, which briefly challenged the combustion engine for supremacy
What is steam?
500
A bullet made of this will not kill someone without leaving a trace; it just breaks when the trigger is pulled
What is ice?