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This continent was named after Amerigo Vespucci.
What is America?
Amerigo Vespucci, (born 1454?, Florence, Italy—died 1512, Sevilla, Spain), merchant and explorer-navigator who took part in early voyages to the New World (1499–1500 and 1501–02) and occupied the influential post of piloto m
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maker of the Altima
Who is Nissan?
100
Maker of the first Japanese car sold in America
Who is Toyota?
1958 Toyopet Crown
100
Year that Bill Gates graduated college
None. He was a college dropout.
100
This company is been the biggest tech company in 2020
Who is Apple?
200
A type of map used to show the movement of objects between different areas. This can show for example, traffic volume and stream flow.
What is a Flow Map?
200
maker of the car nicknamed Batmobile
Who is Lincoln?
Lincoln Futura
200
Most popular car color in North America in 2020
What is white?
PPG’s 2020 list of the top car colors in North America for all vehicle categories.
- White (26 percent – up 1 percent)
- Black and Gray (tied at 19 percent)
- Silver (12 percent – down 1 percent)
- Blue (10 percent)
- Red (9 percent)
- Natural (2.5 percent – down 0.5 percent)
- Green (2 percent)
- Other (0.5 percent – up 0.5 percent)
200
First item that Amazon sold
What is a book?
200
Number of the original Apple founders
What is 3?
Founders Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne created Apple Computer Co. on April 1, 1976 to market Wozniak's Apple I desktop computer.
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Modern mapmakers use this trap to detect duplicates of their work. They incorporate fake towns into their maps. If they come across another map with the same fake town, they know it is a copy!
What is a paper town/phantom settlement/bunny?
Lye Close does not exist
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Person who coined the term "horsepower"
Who is (James) Watt?
The term was adopted in the late 18th century by Scottish engineer James Watt to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses.
300
BMW is stands for what.
BMW is a German acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke, or Bavarian Motor Works in English.
300
Original mascot for Mozilla Firefox
What is a phoenix?
Named Phoenix due to rising out of the ashes of Netscape Navigator. Had to change due to trademark from Phoenix Tech.
300
First Web Browser
What is WWW (WorldWideWeb)?
400
Name this map project.
What is a Fuller (Dymaxion) map?
The projection was invented by Buckminster Fuller. It preserves shapes and sizes. It is a a projection of a world map onto the surface of an icosahedron.
400
Inventor the diesel engine
Who is (Ralph) Diesel?
400
Maker of the slogan "Ultimate Driving Machine"
Who is BMW?
400
Google's first tweet
What is I'm feeling lucky?
400
Year Google acquired Fitbit
2021
500
John Snow created a map to document cases of this disease.
What is cholera?
500
Ralph Teetor, a blind engineer, invented what for the cars.
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What is cruise control?
Teetor’s driver had a habit of varying his speed based on whether or not he was speaking, which caused inconsistencies. In response, Teetor began working on an automotive speed control device. He received a patent for the “Speedostat” in 1945. The device was later renamed “Cruise Control,”.
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First Maker of the 3 point seatbelt
Who is Volvo?
Nils Bohlin knew an effective belt must absorb force across the body yet be so easy to use even a child could buckle up. His ingenious solution took the form of a combined lap belt with a diagonal belt across the chest. He anchored the straps low beside the seat so the geometry of the belts formed a “V” with the point directed at the floor. That design meant the belt would remain in place and not shift under a load.
500
Nokia's original primary business
What is paper?
500
Name of the Twitter bird
Who is larry?
According to a tweet by co-founder Biz Stone, it is called Larry the Bird as a tribute to NBA player Larry Bird, who played for the Boston Celtics, Stone's home-state team.