1970s
This was the highest grossing movie of the 70's.
What is Star Wars?
On June 1, 1869, Thomas Edison was granted his first patent - for an electrical vote recorder. Although his vote recorder was a failure and was never used, Edison went to on to invent many other famous devices. What is Edison's most famous invention?
What is the lightbulb?
This Caribbean island and Ireland are the only two sovereign nations in the world named after a woman.
What is Saint Lucia?
This "board" first appeared in 1965 and was called the Snurfer.
What is a snowboard?
Dad has fixed the interlock driveway, where we park the cars. Ontario was the first province to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, in what year?
January 1, 1976.
This best selling singer of all time died tragically in the 70's.
Who is Elvis Presley?
Upon its launch on June 1 1980, this was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage.
What is CNN?
This city falls within the humid continental climate zone with warm summers and cold winters. It is famous for its antarctic waterfowl mascot.
What is Pittsburgh?
Surfing originated in Hawaii, and we tried it on our trip in 2016. Hawaii is the only US state to grow what plant/food?
What is coffee?
When dad works on the retaining wall, he uses sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rock is one of three main rock types, the other two rock types making up the Canadian Shield. Name at least one other rock type.
What is igneous and/or metamorphic?
This scary movie of 1973 had theater patrons vomiting and fainting in the aisles.
What is The Exorcist?
On June 1, 1938, Superman made his 13 page debut in Action Comics. In the 1978 movie, how does Superman save Lois Lane?
He accelerates around Earth, traveling several minutes backward in time to prevent Lois's death .
This region of tropical wetland is the only place where you can find both crocodiles and alligators.
What is the Everglades in Florida?
You must "board" a plane, however in Star Trek you can get "beamed up". Star Trek was the first show to do what on TV, in 1968?
What is the first scripted interracial kiss?
In 2020 dad re-built the deck. Another deck is a deck of cards. Dad's favourite card game is Euchre. Euchre is responsible for introducing which card into the modern deck of cards?
What is the joker?
The name of the scandal that rocked Richard Nixon's presidency in 1974.
What is Watergate?
On June 1, 1925, baseball legend Lou Gehrig began his record 2,130 consecutive major-league games. What is the more common name for Lou Gehrig's disease?
What is ALS?
Dad grew up in Thornhill, which became part of York Region in 1971. Name 3 cities in York Region.
What are the City of Vaughan, the City of Markham, and the City of Richmond Hill?
Mom was going to "board" a bus when she was called out to by a friend, and decided to go to a pub instead. There, she met dad and it was love at first sight. What was the name of the movie they saw on their first date?
What is Police Academy?
Dad is planning to put windows in the bunkie. Windows 3.0 was a milestone for Microsoft as it became widely popular. This operating system was also the first to include what?
What is Solitaire?
The name of Stephen King's first published novel, in 1974.
What is Carrie?
June 1 is Say Something Nice Day! Go around the room and say your favourite thing about dad :D
Dad is the best dad ever :D
Even though Austria is small, it shares borders with eight other countries. Name at least 4.
Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
We now use a keyboard, but dad had to use a typewriter when he was younger. What is the name of the letter key layout that originated with typewriters and carried over the computer keyboards?
What is QWERTY?
Dad has taught us that the worst thing in your house is a water leak. Water sources were essential to the first agricultural societies, and the rise of farming. Name all 4 ancient agricultural societies.
What are the fertile crescent (Sumer/Mesopotamia); China; Indus River Valley, Egypt.