Memorial Day
For Memorial Day, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places flags in front of more than 200,000 headstones in this cemetery.
Arlington National Cemetery
State Fruit: Orange
State Dessert: Key Lime Pie
Florida
It's the U in a UAV, this kind of Aerial Vehicle.
Unmanned
The tough, curved spines of the barrel type of this plant were once used by Native Americans as fishhooks.
Cactus
"Life is Beautiful" and "8 1/2" are 2 of the record 14 films from this country to win Best Foreign Film.
Italy
Poppy
State Grain: Corn
State Fruit: Cranberry
State Pastry: Kringle
State Dairy Product: Cheese
Wisconsin
If you know what CIA stands for, you're 2/3 of the way to knowing DCI, as in Head Honcho, is short for this.
Director of Central Intelligence
Although this cuckoo can fly with ease, it prefers to speed across the desert on foot, reaching 20 miles per hour.
Roadrunner
For "Mudbound", Rachel Morrison was the first woman nominated in this category given to Directors of Photography.
Cinematography
This traditional song of Memorial Day was originally a call to extinguish lights.
Taps
State Vegetables: Chile Pepper and Pinto Beans
State Cookie: Biscochito
New Mexico
The CIA played a role when Libya gave up it's WMDs, short for these.
Weapons of Mass Destruction
The people of Victorville, California and Boulder City, Nevada are part of the life in this desert.
Mojave Desert
Winning for "The Miracle Worker", Patty Duke is tied for the Shortest Oscar Speech: these 2 words.
Thank You
On the holiday, the Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma hosts a festival for these vehicles, the food trucks of the old west.
Chuck Wagons
State Herb: Sweet Goldenrod
State Fruit: Strawberry
State Dessert: Peach Pie
Delaware
Presented to the CEO of the U.S. Government each morning, the PDB is the President's Daily this.
Briefing
The California Fuchsia, a trumpet-shaped flower found in the desert, is often pollinated by this tiny bird.
Hummingbird
This actor's last-minute work on "All the Money in the World" made him the oldest actor ever nominated at 88
Christopher Plummer
To honor the 100th anniversary of a battle here, LBJ gave a Memorial Day speech in 1963
State Dessert: Kuchen
State Bread: Frybread
South Dakota
Referring to the Top CIA Official in a foreign country, the COS is the Chief Of this.
Station
Some species of this stinging arachnid can alter their metabolism, allowing them to live on only one meal a year.
Scorpian
Beginning in 1940 this Comic has hosted the Oscars the most time-- 18
Bob Hope