Foodie Factoids
Pink lady is a type of what fruit?
What are apples? Pink lady apples have high sugar and high acids. They were born in the 1970s in Australia.
Who was the woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?
Who is Rosa Parks? Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
What Broadway musical premiering in 1957 featured Tony and Maria as the lead characters?
What is West Side Story?
What famous actress married baseball player Joe DiMaggio 1954?
Who is Marilyn Monroe? When they met, Monroe was becoming the siren of Hollywood movies, and “Yankee Clipper” DiMaggio had already been labeled the greatest baseball player of all time.
This fast-food restaurant chain named for the “King of the Cowboys” opened its doors in 1968.
What is Roy Rogers? Executives selected the name because they wanted something all-American.
On January 4, people who are visually impaired celebrate this method of reading and writing.
What is braille? World Braille Day honors Louis Braille, the Frenchman who invented braille and was born with sight but lost it at the age of 10.
Lox is a fillet of the brined version of what type of sea critter? (hint: we're looking for a specific type of fish, not just the word "fish")
What is salmon?
Who was the former first lady who married Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis October 20, 1968?
Who is Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis? After her husband's assassination and funeral in 1963, Kennedy and her children largely withdrew from public view. In 1968, she married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, which caused controversy.
Harold Hill sings, "I love you madly, madly, Madam Librarian, Marian" in the song "Marian the Librarian," in what classic and alliteratively titled Broadway musical?
What is the Music Man?
What famous TV cowboy in the 1950s whose horse was named Trigger was really named Leonard Slye?
Who is Roy Rogers? Roy Rogers, nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, was an American singer, actor, television host, and rodeo performer who appeared in almost 90 films, as well as numerous episodes of his self-titled radio program.
This is the alliterative name for the wide-legged jeans style popular in the 1970s.
What are bell-bottoms? Did you know that British and American sailors wore pants fashioned this way in the 19th century so it would be easier to snag a man if he fell overboard?
Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is observed as a federal holiday on this day of the week.
What is Monday? We celebrate Dr. King’s birth each year on the third Monday in January.
What is the only fruit with the seeds on the outside?
What are strawberries?
Who delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.? His public speech "I Have a Dream" was delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
After seeing her on Broadway, Walt Disney wanted to cast Julie Andrews in his next live-action film. Not only was it Andrews’ first movie, but she went on to get her first Academy Award nomination—and Oscar win—for the role. What was the name of the 1964 film?
What is Mary Poppins?
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the 1962 movie To Kill a Mockingbird?
Who is Gregory Peck? Eldred Gregory Peck was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
This alliterative cereal popular in the 1960s is a chocolate version of Rice Krispies.
What are Cocoa Krispies? Introduced in 1958, the cereal had several early mascots, including a monkey and an elephant.
People celebrate the founding of this “down-under” country on January 26.
What is Australia? January 26 is known as Australia Day. The first Australian colonists were prisoners brought from Britain in the late 18th century.
Gumbo and jambalaya are popular foods from which city?
What is New Orleans?
Who was the first African-American named as a Supreme Court Justice in 1967?
Who is Thurgood Marshall? Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court in 1967.
Named for a major Midwestern city, what long-running Broadway musical features songs like "All That Jazz," "Cell Block Tango," and "Mr. Cellophane?"
What is Chicago?
Who was the rising young star from the movie Rebel Without a Cause and Giant that died in an automobile accident in 1955?
Who is James Dean? James Byron Dean was an American actor with a career that lasted five years. He is regarded as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark.
This actress is known for roles in Calamity Jane, Pillow Talk, and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
Who is Doris Day? She was born Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff and got her start dancing and singing as a child.
On January 17, 1991, this operation began the combat phase of the Gulf War in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
What is Operation Desert Storm? It took place on the heels of Operation Desert Shield, which had begun the prior August and lasted 43 days.
What is the only edible food that never goes bad?
What is honey? Honey is high in sugar and low in moisture, which prevents bacteria from growing. Honey is also acidic, which helps it fend off microbes.
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
Who is George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt?
"There's No Business Like Show Business" is a song written by Irving Berlin for what classic Broadway musical about the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley?
What is Annie Get Your Gun?
What classic sitcom follows the lives of the Ricardos and the Mertzes in New York City?
What is I Love Lucy?
Founded in 1966, this tech store has an alliterative two-word name today.
What is Best Buy? Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler founded the company as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music. The name was changed in 1983 to emphasize the wide range of consumer electronics for sale.
January was named for Janus, who is depicted with two faces, symbolizing this.
What is looking forward and backward (or looking to the future and the past)? He was the protector of gates and doors or beginnings and endings.
Peanut butter was turned into what by scientists?
What is a diamond? Peanut butter, like diamonds, are rich in carbon, that's why scientists put peanut butter to high pressures to make diamonds.
What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit by Russia in 1957?
What is Sputnik? Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program. It sent a radio signal back to Earth for three weeks before its three silver-zinc batteries ran out.
With over 10,000 performances, what spooky performance is the longest running show in Broadway history?
What is Phantom of the Opera?
Who played the role of Scarlett O’Hara in the epic historical film “Gone with the Wind” (1939)?
Who is Vivien Leigh?
This 1980s slang means “rebellious in an exciting way,” and is also the title of a 1982 song by George Thorogood.
What is “Bad to the Bone”? The song inspired this use of the phrase to describe a rebellious, stylish, or cool person.
This large South American tourist destination’s name translates to “River of January.”
What is Rio de Janeiro? It is named this because the Portuguese landed in the area on January 1, 1502.