Question: In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new idea: quick service,no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.

Their hamburgers were sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity , for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks' sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundred during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.

Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954 when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers' fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to duplicate the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings the golden arches .

Today McDonald's is really a household name. In 1976, McDonald's had over$1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most surprising successes in modern American business history. 1. Who started a drive-in business?
2. What year did this happen?
3. And where?
4. Had they owned a business before?
5. How much were the burgers sold for?
6. How much if you wanted cheese?
7. Was the menu shortened?
8. What did they offer on the new menu?
9. Did they take tips?
10. What was the name of the salesperson who met them?
11. When did they meet?
12. What was he selling at the time?
13. How many sales did McDonald's have in the 1970's?
14. Did their food have a uniformity about it?
15. Before they met Ray, how many restaurants had they opened?
16. Is McDonald's well known today?
17. Was the new drive in more popular for lunch or dinner? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Mac and Dick McDonald
2. 1939
3. San Bernardino, California
4. Yes
5. fifteen cents
6. four cents
7. Yes
8. French fries, hamburgers, and sodas
9. no
10. Ray Kroc
11. 1954
12. milkshake-mixing machines
13. $1 billion
14. Yes
15. ten
16. Yes
17. lunch

Question: Charleston is the oldest and second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the CharlestonNorth CharlestonSummerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline and is located on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, or, as is locally expressed, "where the Cooper and Ashley Rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean."

Founded in 1670 as Charles Town in honor of King Charles II of England, Charleston adopted its present name in 1783. It moved to its present location on Oyster Point in 1680 from a location on the west bank of the Ashley River known as Albemarle Point. By 1690, Charles Town was the fifth-largest city in North America, and it remained among the 10 largest cities in the United States through the 1840 census. With a 2010 census population of 120,083 (and a 2014 estimate of 130,113), current trends put Charleston as the fastest-growing municipality in South Carolina. The population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties, was counted by the 2014 estimate at 727,689 the third-largest in the state and the 78th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States. 1. What year was Charleston founded?
2. After whom?
3. Of what country?
4. Is it the oldest city in a particular state?
5. Which one?
6. Of what county is it the seat?
7. In what year did the city take on its current moniker?
8. What was it originally known as?
9. In what year did it move to Oyster Point?
10. From where?
11. Is that location associated with a river?
12. Which one?
13. And on what bank of it?
14. Which harbor is Charleston on?
15. And that's associated with what ocean?
16. What two rivers are associated with the harbor?
17. What was the population of the city as of 2010?
18. And the 2014 population count?
19. What counties make up the great metro area of the city?
20. What was the population of this metro area in 2014? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. 1670
2. King Charles II
3. England
4. Yes
5. South Carolina
6. Charleston
7. 1783
8. Charles Town
9. 1680
10. Albemarle Point
11. Yes
12. Ashley River
13. the West
14. Charleston Harbor
15. Atlantic
16. Ashley and Cooper
17. 120,083
18. 130,113
19. Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester
20. 727,689

Question: Barry the bowl lived in a cabinet in the kitchen. He sat next to the pots and under the pans. He liked his home, but he never got out much. He was only used for mixing when his friend wanted to bake a cake. One day, his friend pulled him out of the cabinet and put him on the table. He got out the eggs, flour and sugar and began to bake a cake. Barry was very excited. He looked around the kitchen as his friend mixed up all the ingredients. He saw a sink, a refrigerator and a toaster. He was sad to go back in the cabinet when his friend was all done with the cake. But he wasn't going back yet! His friend set him in the sink to wash out all of the leftover ingredients. It was a fun day out of the cabinet. Now it was time for him to go back home and wait for another day and another adventure. 1. What was Barry?
2. Did he live in the garage?
3. How did he feel about his house?
4. Did he have a particular purpose?
5. Who took him out?
6. What was the buddy wanting to do?
7. Was he upset to be on the table?
8. What things did he get to see?
9. What made him sad?
10. After baking, what did his buddy do to him?
11. Did he get cleaned up?
12. how did he feel about his day?
13. What would he be waiting for?
14. Did he usually get to the table much? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. bowl
2. no
3. liked it
4. mixing
5. his friend
6. bake a cake
7. no
8. sink, refrigerator, and toaster
9. going back in the cabinet
10. set him in the sink
11. yes
12. had fun
13. another adventure
14. no