Restaurants | US States and Money | Pioneers | Famous People from Rochester | Rochester Area |
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What is a burp?
A noise a person makes after eating
This noise is NOT polite in the US |
What is Albany?
The capital of NY
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What is a pioneer?
a person who is the first to come to a place
a settler |
Who is Susan B. Anthony
This person worked for voting rights for women, and human rights for all.
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What is Flower City?
This is Rochester's nickname.
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What is 15%?
This is the normal amount to tip
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What is a buck?
The slang for one dollar
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What is a cooper?
A person who makes containers and barrels of wood
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Who is George Eastman?
This person invented camera film, and started the Kodak corporation.
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What is the Lilac Festival?
This event happens in May.
It celebrates a beautiful plant, and takes place in Highland Park. |
What is Cheesecake Factory?
This is a restaurant in Pittsford Plaza.
They make desserts from a delicious dairy product. |
What is the Big Apple?
The nickname for NYC
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What is a conestoga?
This is the wagon that pioneers used for travel.
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What is modern dancing and choreography?
Garth Fagan's claim to fame.
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What is the Erie Canal?
This waterway opened trade from the East to the West.
It goes from Albany to Buffalo. |
What is pizza?
This is a favorite food for Americans. It comes from Italy.
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What is "Can I have change for a quarter?
You have a 25 cent coin.
You want smaller coins. This is what you say. |
What is a blacksmith?
This is a person who works with hot iron. He makes horseshoes and metal items.
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Who is Frederick Douglass?
This person was an abolitionist and statesman.
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What is Lake Ontario?
This body of water is north of Rochester.
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What is "For here or to go?"
This is a question you hear at fast food restaurants, or at the Wegman's prepared food section.
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What is 'to be broke'? What is "I'm broke"?
This is when you have no money.
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What is an ox?
What are oxen?
This large animal pulled wagons and helped famers work their fields.
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What is soccer, and going to the Olympics?
Abby Wambach's claim to fame
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What is the Eastman House?
This is the museum that used to be a mansion.
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