"F" in Geography | Forgotten But Not Gone | 20 Questions | Foods of The 40's | A Little French |
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What is Finland?
Major cities in this European national include Vaasa and Helsinki
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What is (cattle) rustling?
This crime of stealing cattle, common in the old west, still plagues ranchers today
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Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
In 1937, he became the first man sworn in as U.S. President on a January 20
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What is (cream) cheese cake?
Smile & say this, the first product Sara Lee put into supermarket refrigerators
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What is chaise lounge?
French for "long chair", this piece of furniture has been found during Egyptian excavations dating back to around 3000BC.
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What is Fargo?
Doncha know this city on the Red River is the largest in North Dakota
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What is the Hula Hoop?
Wham-O still sells this hip-hugging plastic toy that spawned a hug fad in the 1950's
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What are mules?
Teams of 20 of these used to haul Borax out to Death Valley; no wonder they're stubborn
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What is Cheerios?
(Cheerioats)
New round foods of 1941 included M&Ms & this General Mills cereal
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What is duck?
Canrad may mean a hoax or rumor, or this bird, perhaps served "a l'orange"
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What is Four Corners?
It's the numeric name for the point where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona meet
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What is cavalry?
The army still has units called this, but the horse-mounted forces are gone now
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What is score?
80 to the French is quartre-vignts, 4 twenties; to Abe Lincoln it was four this
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What are crabs?
in 1946, the first frozen foods out of Mrs. Paul's kitchen were these, delivered
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What is a tambourine?
In French, this instrument mastered by Tracy Partridge, is a tambour de basque
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What is Fort Worth?
This city 30 miles west of Dallas was an important stop on the Chisholm Trail
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What is the Charleston?
This hot 1920's dance, named for a South Carolina city, is popular to this day
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What is T?
The 20th letter in the English alphabet
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What is Reddi-Whip?
Aaron Lapin's company introduced this aerosl dessert topping brand
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What is (Le) Metro?
Paris' subway Le Chemin de fer Metropolitain, is usually just called this
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What are the Falkland Islands?
(Malvinas)
In the 80's, Argentina and Great Britain fought a war over these South American islands
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What is Whooping Cough?
(Pertussis)
Despite the DPT vaccine, there are still many cases of this "cough" in the U.S. each year
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What is a temple?
The one Solomon built had a breadth of 20 cubits & a porch the same length
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What is Chow Mein?
Jeno Paulucci started selling this canned chicken dish under the label Chun King in 1945
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What is a baguette?
The Fendi sisters make one of these handbags with the same name as a loaf of French bred
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