STRANGE THINGS
COUNTRY MUSIC
PIE
WEST COAST
100
What US city’s name translates to “the meadows” in Spanish?
Las Vegas
100
Which country music singer is known for ‘The Gambler’?
Kenny Rogers
100
What is the most common fruit used in American pies?
Apple
100
What California National Park, located in the southern Sierra Nevadas, east of the city of Visalia, is named after the “S” tree species found in the park, a variety of Redwood?
Sequoia National Park
200
Which animal celebrity is also known as “Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, and Weather Prophet Extraordinary”?
Punxsutawney Phil (the Groundhog Day groundhog.)
200
Who sang ‘Jolene’ and ‘9 to 5’?
Dolly Parton
200
What does the idiom, “as easy as pie” mean?
Something very easy to do.
200
In 1976, Guinness World Records named the 452-square-inch landmark Mill Ends Park as the world’s smallest park, which is located in what U.S. West Coast city that’s also home to the NBA’s Trail Blazers?
Portland
300
Who did TIME magazine select as their Person of the Year in 2006?
You
300
Which song did Willie Nelson write that became a hit for Patsy Cline?
Crazy
300
Which U.S. President was known for his love of Cherry Pie?
George Washington
300
The University of California San Diego's Theodore Geisel Library is named for a writer who might be better recognized by what pen name?
Dr. Suess
400
What is a group of pugs called?
A grumble.
400
Who is known for the hit ‘Friends in Low Places’?
Garth Brooks
400
What is a statistical graphic dividing a circle into slices to illustrate numerical proportion called?
A pie graph.
400
The B&W Seaplane was the first model of plane designed by what ginormous Seattle aviation company?
Boeing
500
Which US president had a pet alligator that he kept in a White House bath tub?
John Quincy Adams - a gift from Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette — with which he enjoyed scaring guests.
500
Which country artist was originally a professional baseball player before starting his music career?
Charley Pride
500
What’s the main ingredient in a classic French silk pie?
Chocolate
500
Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, CA is home what large, double-jointed raised structure that is home to an amusement park, concessions, as well as fishing and viewing areas?
Santa Monica Pier