California Dreamin'
The 150th anniversary of this 1849 California event was honored on a 1999 U.S. stamp
What is the Gold Rush (discovery of gold)?
Popular for recreational fishing, the steelhead type of this is Washington's state fish
What is salmon?
The southern U.S. gulf states are located along this gulf
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
Many students live in this type of residence hall whose name is from the Latin for "sleeping quarters"
What is dormitory?
In 1719 Irish immigrants introduced this vegetable to New England at Londonderry, New Hampshire
What is the potato?
Yountville & St. Helena are towns in this California wine-producing county
It's the Canadian province that borders the state of Washington, eh
What is British Columbia?
This gulf coast city was founded in 1718 by Jean Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, y'all
What is New Orleans?
Many great institutions (including Morehouse College and Howard University) are known as HBCUs, which stands for this
What are historically black colleges and universities?
Its Witch Museum is on Washington Square North & the House of the Seven Gables, that's over on Derby Street in this city
What is Salem?
This desert is home to 4 military installations, including Edwards Air Force Base
What is the Mojave?
This plane flown by "Lucky Lindy" is suspended from the ceiling of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
What is the Spirit of St. Louis?
In 1836 the newly declared Republic of Texas adopted a flag with one of these symbols in the middle
What is a star?
Stanford's singular nickname comes not from a bird or religious rank but from this red color
What is cardinal?
The oldest active Major League Baseball park, it hosted its first game in 1912, with the Red Sox winning 7-6
What is Fenway Park?
This "royal road" linked missions in California from Sonoma down to San Diego
What is El Camino Real?
Sidney Poitier was the first African American to win the Oscar for Best Actor; this man was the second
Who is Denzel Washington?
1 of the 2 offical aquatic mammals of Florida
What is the manatee (or dolphin)?
At Southern Nazarene Univ., you can find a happy medium by majoring in the print or broadcast type of this
What is journalism?
This highest peak in New Hampshire's presidential range occasionally can be seen from the Atlantic Ocean
What is Mount Washington?
This newspaper tycoon's former estate near San Luis Obispo includes a Roman temple & ancient works of art
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
Before he was a military man & a president, George had this job - someone who maps out exact land boundaries
What is a surveyor?
This novel about an Alabama rape trial won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961
What is To Kill A Mockingbird?
Founded in 1948, this Massachusetts university was named for this first Jewish justice on the U.S. Supreme Court (and it's where one of Jolly's daughters went)
What is Brandeis?
Bartholomew Gosnold named this New England island in 1602 for its grapes; the woman's identity is unclear
What is Martha's Vineyard?