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Grandma Trivia: 90 Things Your Grandmother Quietly Knew

Pyrex that never wore out, the phone-tree, the hospitality code. Ninety verified questions about the things your grandmother quietly knew — and that you’d honestly love to know too.

90
Questions
10
Themed parts
2
Sources per fact
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Ten parts. Ninety questions.

01The Kitchen. cast iron, Pyrex, no timers
02The Pantry. canning and putting up
03The Sewing Room. Singer and the patterns
04The China Cabinet. the don't-touch shelf
05The Garden. the marigold strategy
06The Phone Tree. how news traveled
07Old Wives' Wisdom. when she was right (mostly)
08The Hospitality Code. coffee, always coffee
09Cards & Letters. the records keeper
10The Quiet Authority. said without saying
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Q5 · PART 1 · THE KITCHEN
What year did Corning introduce the Pyrex bakeware that filled American kitchens?
Borosilicate glass, invented for railroad lanterns. Bessie Littleton baked the first pie in a battery jar in 1913. By 1940 every house had a piece. Grandma's bowls were never going to wear out.
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The Jan Walker standard
  1. 90 questions. 10 themed parts. No padding.
  2. Every fact verified against two independent sources.
  3. Answers explained — the story behind the number.
  4. Disputed facts flagged as disputed. Honestly.
  5. Built to be read out loud and argued over.
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