SCIENCE/ANIMALS
BECAUSE IT IS ENTIRELY SILENT IN FLIGHT AND HAS SPECIALIZED FEATHERS TO ABSORB SOUND, THIS NOCTURNAL BIRD IS A MASTER HUNTER.
WHAT IS AN OWL?
THE ICONIC TV WESTERN SET IN DODGE CITY RAN FOR AN INCREDIBLE 20 YEARS AND STARRED JAMES ARNESS AS MARSHAL MATT DILLON
WHAT IS GUNSMOKE
THIS LEGENDARY CROONER WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE "RAT PACK" AND FAMOUSLY RECORDED HITS LIKE "MY WAY" AND "FLY ME TO THE MOON."
WHO IS FRANK SINATRA
THIS CLEAR, HEAT-RESISTANT GLASS BAKEWARE BRAND BECAME A LIFESAVER IN KITCHENS DURING WWII BECAUSE METAL WAS BEING RATIONED FOR THE WAR EFFORT.
WHAT IS PYREX
AT AGE 81 THIS LEGENDARY INVESTOR AND STATESMAN WAS THE OLDEST PERSON TO SIGN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION IN 1787
WHO IS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED AS A SYMBOL OF PEACE, THIS GENTLE BIRD IS ACTUALLY A WHITE VARIETY OF THE COMMON PIGEON
WHAT IS A DOVE
THIS WEEKLY MYSTERY RADIO SHOW FROM THE 1930'S AND 40'S ALWAYS BEGAN WITH THE SPINE-CHILLING SOUND OF CREAKING DOOR SLOWLY OPENING.
WHAT IS INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES (OR THE INNER SANCTUM)
THIS FAMOUS BANDLEADER AND TROMBONIST VOUNTEERED FOR THE ARMY DURING WWII TO ENTERTAIN TROOPS BEFORE HIS PLANE TRAGICALLY WENT MISSING OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN 1944.
WHO IS GLENN MILLER
THIS MEDICAL PIONEER DEVELOPED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL POLIO VACCINE IN THE 1950'S, CHOOSING NOT TO PATENT IT SO IT COULD MAXIMIZE LIVES SAVED.
WHO IS DR. JONAS SALK
THIS FRENCH SCULPTOR DESIGNED THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, USING HIS OWN MOTHER'S FACE AS THE MODEL FOR LADY LIBERTY
WHO IS FREDERIC-AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI
THIS INCREDIBLY FAST BIRD HOLD THE RECORD AS THE FASTEST MEMBER OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, REACHING SPEEDS OVER 200 MPH WHEN DIVING FOR PREY
WHAT IS THE PEREGRINE FALCON
FRANCES BAVIER WON AN EMMY FOR PLAYING THIS BELOVED, PIE-BAKING CHARACTER ON THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
WHO IS AUNT BEE
KNOWN FOR HER INCREDIBLE VOCAL RANGE AND FLAWLESS SCAT SINGING, THIS JAZZ ICON WAS UNIVERSALLY CROWNED THE "FIRST LADY OF SONG."
WHO IS ELLA FITZGERALD
MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE FAMOUSLY USED THE SLOGAN "GOOD TO THE LAST DROP." THIS U.S. PRESIDENT IS CREDITED WITH COINING THE PHRASE AFTER DRINKING A CUP AT NASHVILLE'S MAXWELL HOUSE HOTEL.
WHO IS THEODORE ROOSEVELT
THIS SPECTACULAR COLORADO MOUNTAIN PAK INSPIRED WRITER KATHARINE LEE BATES TO PEN THE LYRICS TO "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" AFTER SHE STOOD ON ITS SUMMIT 1893
WHAT IS PIKES PEAK
THIS IS THE ONLY BIRD IN THE WORLD THAT HAS THE ANATOMICAL ABILITY TO FLY BACKWARD AND UPSIDE DOWN
WHAT IS A HUMMINGBIRD
THIS POPULAR CHILDREN'S TV SHOW FROM THE LATE 1940'S AND 50'S FEATURED A WOODEN PUPPET WITH FRECKLES, HOSTED BY BUFFALO BOB SMITH
HOWDY DOODY SHOW
TOMMY DORSEY'S ORCHESTRA HAD A MASSIVE #1 HIT IN 1940 WITH THEIS HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL BALLAD TITLED WHAT?
IN 1950, THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE WAS RAISED FROM 40 CENTS AN HOUR TO THIS SPECIFIC HOURLY RATE
WHAT IS 75 CENTS AN HOUR
THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WAS SERVING HIS SECOND HISOTRIC TERM WHEN THE WORLD TUNED IN TO WATCH THE CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN 1953
WHO IS WINSTON CHURCHILL
UNLIKE ALMOST ALL OTHER FISH, THIS ANCIENT OCEAN PREDATOR HAS A SKELETON MADE ENTIRELY OF CARTILAGE INSTEAD OF BONE
WHAT IS A SHARK
THIS FAMOUS HUSBAND-AND-WIFE COMEDY DUO HOSTED A WILDLY SUCCESSFUL SHOW ON BOTH RADIO AND TELEVISION, ALWAYS CLOSING WITH THE LINE, "SAY GOODNIGHT, G????
WHO IS GEORGE BURNS AND GRACIE ALLEN
THIS ICONIC BANDLEADER AND CLARINESTIST WAS DUBBED THE "KING OF SWING" AFTER HIS HISTORIC 1938 JAZZ CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL
WHO IS BENNY GOODMAN
APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN IN 1981, SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE VERY FIRST FEMALE JUSTICE TO SERVE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
WHO IS SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR
THIS 1943 RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN MASTERPIECE WAS THE FIRST MODERN MUSICAL WHERE THE SONGS AND DANCE COMPLETELY DROVE THE PLOT
WHAT IS OKLAHOMA