Technology of the Past
Inventors and Inventions
Music of the 70s
Word Origins
Fictional Characters
100

Dating back to 3000 B.C., these were once made with beeswax, by the middle ages, tallow was used. 

Candles

100

In 1949, Ed Seymour invented this was of dispensing paint; aluminum was the first color. 

Spray can 

100

This jazz-rock group gave us the songs "25 or 6 to 4" and "Does any body really know what time it is"

Chicago

100

The name of this heavy hooded jacket favored by skiers and hunters is from the Russion for "pelt" 

Parka 

100

On the day of her wedding, she learns that her groom to be, Mr. Rochester, already has a wife. 

Jane Eyre

200

This item amazed foreign visitors when it gained acceptance with diners in 16th century Italy. 

A fork 

200

In 1812, the U.S. Congress denied his petition for the renewal of his patent of the Cotton Gin. 

Eli Whitney

200

In his No. 1 hit "I Wish" he "wished those days could come back once more" 

Stevie Wonder

200

This term for one who willfully destroys another's property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe 

Vandal 

200

This teen classic from the '60s features brothers Darry, Sodapop and Ponyboy.

The Outsiders 

300

Originating in Asia around 200 B.C., this saddle attachment increased the military value of horses 

A stirrup 

300

In 1893, he built the Black Maria, the first building designed to make commercial motion pictures. 

Thomas Edison

300

This cocktail is part of the hook in the Rupert Holmes song "Escape" that topped the charts in 1979.

Pina Colada

300

This word for a sel service restaurant evolved from the spanish for "coffee shop" 

Cafeteria

300

In Wizard of Oz, this character did not have a heart. 

The Tin Man

400

In the early 1820s, Nicéphore Niépce became interested in using a light-sensitive solution to make copies of lithographs onto glass, zinc, and finally a pewter plate. This was the start of what popular hobby/career of today?

Photography

400

In 1855, Joshua Stoddart patented this musical instrument associated with circuses and Merry-Go- Rounds. 

A calliope 

400

In 1978 on "Two Tickets to Paradise" he asked "won't you pack your bags, we'll leave tonight" 

Eddie Money 

400

This 19th century 2-wheeled cab was named for a brit, not for its good looks. 

Hansom

400

Atticus Finch was a Lawyer in this popular Alfred Hitchcock novel. 

To Kill a Mockingbird 

500

The earliest man-made examples of this Silica and Borate material were beads made in the 1500s. 

Glass 

500

In March 1876, this inventor made the first telephone call to his assistant Tom Watson saying, "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you." 

Alexander Graham Bell

500

Shut your mouth! Issac Hayes won an Oscar for the theme from this 1971 flick. 

Shaft 

500

That's not a ship in the desert you see; it's this optical illusion from the French for "to look at." 

Mirage

500

This character was known to bevScarlett O'Hara's true love in the 1930s classic, Gone with the Wind.

Rhett Butler