Spring
What percentage of Americans say spring is their favorite season?
36%
Although it sure didn’t look mobile, the first _____ was invented in 1973 by Motorola.
Mobile phone, 1973
I've got your picture that you gave to me
And its signed with love just like it used to be
The only thing different
The only thing new
I've got your picture, she's got you
She's got you by Patsy Cline
What was the first American state?
Delaware.
Carbon is the single chemical element in diamonds.
Fact
Hay Fever is an allergy to what springtime occurrence?
Pollen.
Before the days of cloud storage, thumb drives and even CDs, THESE were the best solution for storing electronic data.
Floppy disk, 1971
Sometimes you picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me
I can't hear what you've said
Then you say, "Go slow"
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
Time after time by Cyndi Lauper
What was the date of the Boston Tea Party?
On Dec. 16, 1773, colonists dumped a shipment of tea into the Boston Harbor.
The former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was born in 1874 in London.
Fiction.
In the North Pole, what starts alongside spring?
6 months of darkness.
This machine is often considered one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century.
MRI machine, 1977
But don't make me close one more door
I don't wanna hurt anymore
Stay in my arms if you dare
Or must I imagine you there?
Don't walk away from me
I have nothing by Whitney Houston
How do historians refer to the time period in the 1730s and 1740s when colonists began embracing secular rationalism over religion?
The Great Awakening.
Germany is the only European country to not have a general speed limit.
Fact.
What do children do more in spring than any other season?
Grow faster.
This was invented after its' previous design was causing "inevitable offenders as foreign bodies in the esophagus"
Push-through can tops, 1975
An engineer for Reynolds Metals, Daniel F. Cudzik, came up with the “Sta-Tab” -- which today are the push-through pop-tops we see on cans.
And while combing my hair now
And wondering what dress to wear now
I say a little prayer by Aretha Franklin
Who was the shortest-serving United States president?
William Henry Harrison got sick and died 31 days into his term after being elected in 1841.
Brain is the largest internal organ in the human body.
Fiction.
A plant that comes back in the spring without having to be replanted is called what?
A Perennial plant.
One of the simplest-yet-most-ingenius invention was actually invented by accident. 3M research scientist Dr. Spencer Silver created a strange adhesive in 1968, which he found different and interesting, but for the most part, useless. However, six years later, another 3M researcher named Arthur Fry tried using the adhesive material to hold his papers together after he got frustrated when the bookmarks in his hymn book started flying around.
What is it?
Post-It Note, 1974
L.A. proved too much for the man
So he's leaving a life he's come to know, ooh
He said he's going back to find
Ooh, ooh, ooh, what's left of his world
The world he left behind not so long ago
Midnight Train To Georgia by Gladys Knight & The Pips
What was the first United States national monument?
Devil’s Tower in Wyoming.
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games will take place in Paris, France.
Fact.