FLOWERS &
TREES
TREES
This flower is appropriately nicknamed "mum"
the chrysanthemum
Fire experts recommend installing them on the ceiling of each floor of your home
smoke alarms (smoke detectors)
Luise Rainer won her 2nd Best Actress Oscar in a row for this '37 film about life & survival in China
The Good Earth
In the well-known song, it's tea for this many
For two
Number of digits in the "new" 1981 "zippier" ZIP codes
9
Carnivorous plant, or WKRP DJ
Venus flytrap
Fuzz balls found on clothes in the dryer
dryer lint
It could have been called "So Long, Ohio's Capital"
Goodbye, Columbus
Ice skaters memorize this number pattern with their feet
8
No one knows exactly why it's called the Hoosier State
Indiana
Holland's tulip, Ireland's shamrock, or England's rose
national flowers
Control panel that "blows it" when it gets overworked
a fuse box (circuit breaker)
Some say the ruthless producer Kirk Douglas played in this '52 expose was based on David O. Selznick
The Bad and the Beautiful
Once in bottles in cardboard carrier, now cans in plastic, or a Kenny Rogers' movie
a six pack
Ford's running mate in '76, he was the Secretary of Transportation's mate
Bob Dole
Type of tree used for annual "ritual" of decoration, followed by inglorious disposal
an evergreen tree (pine tree, Christmas tree spruce)
According to Erma Bombeck, the grass is always greener here
over the septic tank
S. Tracy was the stranger who "single-handedly" uncovered a town's buried secret in this '55 film
Bad Day at Black Rock
For Frank Sinatra "it was a very good year", but Janis Ian was melancholy "at" it
17
The Federal Reserve banks do this to worn out $1 bills
destroy them (shred them)
"Babe in the woods", or a young forest tree not over 4" in diameter
sapling
These two helpful hint ladies have both "cleaned up" with best-sellers that use only their first names
Heloise (Cruse) & Mary Ellen (Pinkham)
Respectively, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef & Eli Wallach
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Official fruit beverage of '84 Olympics was this "numeric" citrus blend
Five Alive
Though popularized in WWI, "Uncle Sam" originated in this war
the War of 1812