Summer Movies
In this 1961 classic, Hayley Mills plays a pair of twins who live with separate parents and meet at summer camp.
What is The Parent Trap?
After camp, they switch places.
It is one of the four state capitals named after a U.S. president.
What is Jackson, Mississippi; Lincoln, Nebraska; Jefferson City, Missouri; or Madison, Wisconsin?
The presidents are Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.
This war claimed the lives of the most U.S. soldiers.
What is Civil War?
Until the Vietnam War, the number of U. S. soldiers killed in the Civil War (approximately 620,000 casualties) surpassed all other wars combined.
Marilyn Monroe stars as “The Girl” in this 1955 film. She and her neighbor Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) enjoy an innocent friendship while his family is away on their annual vacation.
What is The Seven Year Itch?
According to the U.S. Census, this southwestern state’s capital is the most populous state capital.
What is Phoenix, Arizona?
Its population is around 1.4 million. The second-most populous state capital in the Southwest is Austin, Texas, with around 680,000 resident
This conflict was known as "The War to End All Wars."
What is World War I?
It has also, at various times, been referred to as the First World War, the Great War, and the War of the Nations. This worldwide conflict, which lasted from 1914 to 1918.
In this 1955 film, an early-20th century con artist, Harold Hill (Robert Preston), poses as a music professor. He travels around the Midwest and bilks the townspeople out of money while claiming he will set up school marching bands.
What is The Music Man?
The cast includes Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, and Ron Howard.
These two state capitals contain the state’s name.
What is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma?
(Did you know people from Oklahoma are called Okies?)
How old was the youngest American serviceman in World War II?
Answer: 12-years old
In World War II, the youngest serviceman in the U.S. military was Calvin Graham -- age 12. Graham lied about his age when he enlisted in the Navy. His real age wasn't discovered until after he was wounded in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
This 1966 documentary film chronicles the adventures of two California surfers as they travel the world looking for the perfect wave. Their travels take them to Tahiti, Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.What is The Endless Summer?
What is The Endless Summer?
This city was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
This German fighter pilot was credited with 80 air combat victories during World War I.
Who is Manfred von Richthofen?
Also known as the Red Baron, was considered the ace-of-aces during the Great War and remains perhaps the most widely known fighter pilot of all time
This 1955 Hitchcock film stars Cary Grant as a retired thief who searches for a copycat thief in a string of jewel heists to clear his name. Grace Kelly plays one of the suspects.
What is To Catch a Thief?
The film is set on the French Riviera.
The U.S. Naval Academy is located in this capital city.
What is Annapolis, Maryland?
Fun Fact: Forbes named it the No. 1 public college in America.
During what war did Florence Nightingale help to found modern nursing?
During the Crimean War.
She organized the tending to wounded soldiers. She gave nursing a highly favorable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night.