Famous Maine Folk
OP-Posites
African American History
Award Winning Songs
Punch Lore
Superlative trees
100
Born January 30, 1952, this Maine humorist Tim _______ has produced several books, records, televised and live performances since 1974, when his buddy advised him not to be another white dude in a band.
Who is Tim Sample?
100
The opposite of lowpoint.
What is top?
100
Nicodemous, in this U.S. state, is the oldest remaining town settled entirely by African Americans west of the Mississippi River.
What is Kansas? (Town was settled in the 1870s)
100
The song of the year at 1984's Grammy Awards was "Every Breath You Take" by this English/U.S. group, named for the people you would call if a crime were committed.
Who are The Police?
100
18th century punch recipes were simple concoctions of citrus, sugar, water, and alcohol, most often this "West Indies spirit".
What is rum?
100
The oldest tree in the world is a Great Basin bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of eastern California, its named after this man, the oldest in the Bible, who lived to be 969 years old.
Who is Methuselah?
200
Joan Benoit Samuelson was the first woman to win gold in this track event at the 1984 Olympics.
What is the marathon?
200
This food for swine is the opposite of fine dining.
What is slop?
200
In 1752, African Americans made up
A) 2% B) 10% C)13% D) 0%
of the residents of Boston.
What is 10%?
200
The very first Grammy Awards were held May 4, 1959. This crooner had two albums nominated for best album, as well as "Witchcraft" for best song. Alas, the winning song that year was "Volare" by Domenico Modugno.
Who is Frank Sinatra?
200
In the 1950s and 60s, this frozen fruit ingredient made its namesake non-alcoholic, rainbow-colored punch a popular home entertaining choice.
What is sherbet?
(Rainbow Sherbet Punch)
200
The General Sherman Tree, located in this California National Park, is the largest tree in the world by volume.
What is Sequoia National Park?
300
The first registered Maine Guide, born in 1854, is named for a piece of essential equipment for fishing without live bait, the outdoor activity she promoted with such zeal: ________ __________ Crosby.
What is Fly Rod?
300
This word is the opposite of one's biological offspring.
What is adopted?
300
Alberta Odell Jones was the first African-American woman lawyer in Kentucky, and one of the first in the U.S.A. to pass this examination for attorneys.
What is the Bar Exam?
(She was murdered at age 35. The case is still unsolved.)
300
In 1969, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head won an Academy Award for Best Original song in this motion picture. Critics thought it a little anachronistic to be included in this film about two outlaws, but it went on to become a huge hit.
What is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
(Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by BJ Thomas.)
300
When the word punch was first recorded in English in 1632, it was most often the wassail type, fortified with this fermented grape beverage.
What is wine (or brandy)?
300
The National Cadre of Tree Measurers (bet you didn't even know that was a thing . . .) They use a point system to score trees based on their height, circumference, and crown spread. They're located at University of TN Institute of Agriculture in this city.
What is Knoxville?
400
Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, was the 15th U.S. vice president, from 1861-1865, and the first one to be elected from this political party.
What is Republican?
400
Kids playing games can pretend to be robbers, or possibly these.
What are cops?
400
The first enslaved Africans in Boston arrived from this island in the West Indies, in exchange for Massachusetts native Pequod captives in 1638.
What is Bermuda?
400
Anne Murray won Best Single of the year 1980 at this Canadian music awards ceremony for "I Just Fall In Love Again".
What is the Juno Awards?
400
In the U.S., punch for children is often comprised of fruits mixed with Hawaiian Punch, Hi-C, or this popular product.
What is Kool-Aid (Founded in 1927)
400
The machineel tree has the distinction of being the most dangerous in the world; its fruits, bark and sap are all dangerous to touch. A present-day Spanish name for it is "manzanilla de la muerte" which means 'little apple of" this.
What is death?
500
Maine philanthropist Linda ______ died in 2024. She was the granddaughter of Leon Leonwood, who founded his namesake local retiler of sporting and outdoor gear in 1912.
What is Bean?
500
This is the opposite of a booby prize.
What is a trophy?
500
At 23 years old in 1948, Edwin Douglas Driver was the first professor of non-European descent to be hired at this state flagship school in north-central Massachusetts.
What is the University of Mass. Amherst?
500
"Fast Car", a folk song by Tracy Chapman, won both song of the year and single of the year 35 years after its 1988 release, at this music awards ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee.
What is the Country Music Awards?
500
The gingko biloba, or Maidenhair tree, is native to East Asia and has been around since the Jurassic Period. Its leaves are used medicinally for circulation, vision improvement, and helping people find their keys, by affecting a person's ____________.
What is memory?