Americana
This TV show is celebrating its 32nd season of bringing us the real-life fun & follies of our nation
America's Funniest Home Videos
This stone fruit is fuzzier if bought by the roadside; supermarket varieties are mechanically brushed
Peaches
Shia LaBeouf discovers that "every killer lives next door to someone" in this 2007 horror film
Disturbia
To "put my" this "down" means I'm ending the discussion once & for all
The foot
It's the only Asian great ape
the orangutan
When this federal standard went into effect in 1938, it was 25 cents per hour; today, it's $7.25
The minimum wage
This 4-word inscription first appeared on U.S. coins during the Civil War
In God We Trust
The Delicious apple was originally called this, after the nickname of Iowa, where its developer lived
The Hawkeye
Known for comedies like "Mr. Mom", he donned the cape & cowl of Batman in 1989
Michael Keaton
"Having thin" this means criticism bothers you
Skin
This bird's whooping call is said to carry 2 miles, & its courtship displays include a leaping dance
Whooping crane
It's the period, 1920 to 1933, when alcoholic beverages were illegal
Prohibition
Alexander Hamilton was the first secretary of this government department
The Treasury
The fuzz-free baby type of this fruit named for a New Zealand bird is eaten whole, as one would eat a grape
Kiwi
Dolly Parton turns a cabdriver, played by this actor, into a country singer in "Rhinestone"
Sylvester Stallone
You may be "chilled to" this; I'm "bad to" it
The bone
This "demonic" marsupial is extinct from the Aussie mainland but still lives close by
Tasmanian devil
The Job Corps came out of Lyndon Johnson's "War on" this
Poverty
The first section of the boardwalk along this New Jersey seashore resort opened on June 26, 1870
Atlantic City
In 1493 Columbus encountered this, Hawaii's most valuable fruit crop, on the island of Guadeloupe
The Pineapple
This 2009 Quentin Tarantino film was set during World War II
Inglorious Bastards
"Tongue in ____"
The bulls of this tusked aquatic mammal also known as the Morse may weigh over 3,000 pounds
The walrus
In 1854 antislavery Whigs, Democrats & Free-Soilers joined others to form this new party
Republican
As in the title of a movie & a TV series, it's game night for U.S. high school football
Friday Night
Unlike the green variety of this vegetable, the string on sugar snaps runs around both sides of the pod
Peas
This is Napoleon Dynamite's favorite sport
Tetherball
This 2-word phrase means space to work comfortably & mentions a certain joint
Elbow room
Its legs are 6 feet long & its neck can be even longer
Giraffe
The political ring led by this man stole as much as $200 million from NYC before it was ousted in 1871