1940's
Marvel Comics introduces this superhero in March 1941
Who is Captain America?
This animated love story between two dogs from different sides of the tracks was the biggest box office hit in the 1950s.
What is Lady and The Tramp?
It is named for this Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. Also known as the Swamp Fox.
Who was Francis Marion?
This Big 10 school in Indiana kicked off in 1869, named for one of its early financial supporters.
What is Purdue?
This popular Christmas beverage is also called “milk punch.
What is eggnog?
This cereal adopted the phrase 'Snap! Crackle! Pop!' to describe the sound it makes when you pour milk on it.
What are Rice Krispies?
After being accused of using campaign funds improperly, Nixon made a famous speech saying that he intended to keep what campaign gift.
Who was Checkers the Dog?
The Battle was fought in December 1812, north of the current city of Marion, as an expeditionary force sent by William Henry Harrison against the Miami villages.
What was the Battle of the Mississinewa?
Indiana is the first state to have this in its state capitol. It was built in memory of former first lady Beth Bowen
What is a chapel?
This is the number of ghost that show up in A Christmas Carol.
What is four?
This was invented in 1948 in Switzerland by George de Mestral.
What is velcro?
J. Fred Muggs was not a person, but a monkey cohost of this show in the fifties?
What was The Today Show?
From 1900 to 1901, Marion had their own baseball team called this.
Who were the Glass Blowers?
This TV mom was born in Dale, Indiana; one of 10 children and the daughter of a tobacco farmer.
Who was Florence Henderson?
In Home Alone, the McCallisters are traveling here on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?
What is Paris?
Orson Welles directed this groundbreaking film in 1941.
What is Citizen Kane?
This company created the first frozen TV dinners?
What is Swansons?
By combining the 2.25 mile Riverwalk with holiday lights and displays, this walkway in 1992 was home to nearly 56,000 lights and has grown to include more than 2,000,000 lights and is nearly 4 miles long.
What is Christmas City Walkway of Lights?
The first successful farm of what in the United States was opened in Martinsville in 1899.
What are goldfish?
This is the modern-day country where St. Nicholas is said to be born.
What is Turkey?
In 1949, this author wrote a classic novel about a dystopian future. The book was titled 1984.
Who was George Orwell?
What type of area’s population grew larger than rural and urban populations for the first time in the 1950’s?
What are the suburbs?
These two men each donated 30 acres of land in 1831 for the site of Marion. One has a school named after him and the other a street.
Who are Martin Boots and David Branson?
Caverns in Indiana bear the name & the bones of this trailblazer's brother Squire, who was laid to rest there in 1815.
Who was Daniel Boone?
This is one of Santa’s reindeer that has the same name as another holiday mascot.
What is Cupid?