Saturday, September 26, 2026
Don't fix it if it ain't broke

Broke or Not? / No. 2

Card No. 2

Saturday, September 26, 2026. This is today's card. Play it first, the answers are below.

The answers

  1. Since 1768

    The Encyclopaedia Britannica in printed volumes

    Done for 2012

    Britannica announced in March 2012 that it would stop printing after 244 years. The last set was the 32-volume 2010 edition.

  2. Since 2001

    Apple's iPod music player

    Done for 2022

    Apple discontinued the iPod touch, the last iPod, on May 10, 2022. The first one, in 2001, cost $399, held 1,000 songs, and only worked with a Mac.

  3. Since 1706

    A tea shop at 216 Strand in London

    Still going

    Twinings has sold tea at 216 Strand since Thomas Twining bought Tom's Coffee House in 1706. A Hogarth portrait, painted to settle his account, hangs in the tasting room.

  4. Since 1583

    An amusement park in the woods north of Copenhagen

    Still going

    Bakken is open and is called the world's oldest operating amusement park. It grew up around a spring found in 1583, and getting in is free. You pay per ride.

  5. Since 1957

    The Hindustan Ambassador, a car built in India

    Done for 2014

    Hindustan Motors stopped making the Ambassador in May 2014. It was based on the Morris Oxford Series III, and the brand was sold to Peugeot's parent in 2017.