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One of the world’s favorite flavors of ice cream, it’s source is a bean pod
What is vanilla? Vanilla bean pods come from the orchid, a vine native to Mexico and Central and South America
The United States and Canada celebrate this on the third Sunday in June.
What is Father’s Day? The holiday originated in the United States, and the first Father’s Day ever to be celebrated was June 19, 1910, in Spokane Washington
The Summary of the investigation into President John F Kennedy’s assassination was made public in 1964
What is the Warren Report? President, Lyndon, Johnson, and members of the Kennedy family privately disagreed with the findings of the report, as do many Americans today.
This singing duo is known for performing. “The Beat Goes On” on their TV variety show shows.
Who is Sonny and Cher?
In 1994, scientist witnessed the Shoemaker- Levy 9, one of these celestial objects, impact Jupiter
What is a comet? This was the first scientific technology allowing astronomers to predict a planetary impact.
Mama mia! This is the word for ice cream in Italian.
What is gelato? Gelato’s fat content is lower than ice cream’s because it contains less cream and more milk. It is softer with fewer ice crystals and is generally served at a higher temperature than ice cream
Just as sweet by any other name, June’s birth flower is this flower.
What is the rose? It symbolizes love.
In the 1970’s she was “king” of the tennis court
Who is Billie Jean King? She won 31 Grand Slam titles, including 20 Wimbledon titles. In 2009, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
This state is still on our minds, thanks to Ray Charles.
What is Georgia? Charles‘s rendition of Georgia on My Mind is considered the definitive version and is the state song of Georgia.
in 1997, Pathfinder landed here in an event, sometimes called “The Big Bounce”
What is Mars? The pathfinder probes set a precedent for other Mars Rovers that would be launched in the early 2000s.
Oh the agony! This is the two word synonym for ice cream headaches.
What is brain freeze?
On the tragic date of June 5, 1968, Sirhan Sirhan shot this public figure.
Who is Robert Kennedy? The senator was giving a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in California.
On November 4, 1979, the American embassy in the city was overtaken.
What is Tehran Iran? The occupants of the embassy were held hostage for 444 days until finally being released the day of President Ronald Reagan‘s inauguration in 1981
The world said “Hello, Dolly” to this iconic actress when she originated the role of Dolly Gallagher Levi on Broadway in 1964.
Who is Carol Channing? Channing won the Tony award for best actress in a musical for her performance.
This famous physicist advanced science throughout the 1970s, with theories about black holes and a new understanding of the Big Bang theory
Who is Stephen Hawking? famous for his contributions to the Big Bang theory Hawking also cameo in the television series, The Big Bang Theory
The inventor of Good Humor Bars also invented these.
What are ice cream trucks? Harry Burt of Youngstown, Ohio, introduced both inventions to the world in the 1920’s
The tune “June is Bustin’ Out All Over” comes from this Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical.
What is Carousel? The musical opened on Broadway in 1945 and was made into a movie in 1956.
California’s Proposition 13 tax revolt was in response to these taxes.
What are property taxes? Some local property taxes had risen around 300%. The proposition passed, making it more difficult for communities to raise those taxes.
The love theme from the film Casablanca was written for the characters, Rick and this woman
Who is llsa? When Rick says, “play it Sam” the love theme As Time Goes By is the song Sam plays on the piano
An ophthalmological advancement in 1983 saw the invention of a bifocal type of this eyesight enhancing device
What is a contact lens? Bifocal glasses had been around for many years, having been invented by Benjamin Franklin.
This military genius and king of Macedonia enjoyed a primitive form of ice cream flavored with honey and nectar.
Who is Alexander the Great? On his orders, soldiers would go into the mountains and gather ice and snow to make the delicious treat
On June 24, 1997 the US Air Force released a report on the strange activities of July 1947, thought by many to be an alien spacecraft crash in this city in New Mexico
What is Roswell? In the report, the government emphatically denied that the aliens had crashed in Roswell and that their bodies are stored in Area 51 in Nevada. That will never keep the people of Roswell from celebrating their annual UFO Encounter Festival each July
When it opened in 1942, the presidential getaway known as Camp David was originally known as this.
What is Shangri-La? President Eisenhower change the name to Camp David because he felt Shangri-La was a bit too fancy for what was then a rustic retreat.
The celebratory song was tied up in court with copyright issues until a US federal judge ruled in 2015 that all copyright claims were invalid and the song is in the public domain
What is “Happy Birthday to You”? The copyright covers only specific arrangements leaving you free to sing happy birthday at private or public gatherings without worrying about copyright infringement.
In the 1980s, meteorologists began to use this weather technology, based on the 19th century work by Christian Andreas Doppler
What is Doppler radar? The technology uses energy pulses and helps predict storm movement and weather patterns.