Classic TV Shows
an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning six seasons. The show starred Lucille Ball, her then real-life husband Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley.
What is "I Love Lucy"
Archibald Alec Leach, an English-American actor. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men during the 1940s and 1950s.
Who was Cary Grant?
played by two opponents, on opposite sides of the gameboard. One player has the dark pieces; the other has the light pieces. Players alternate turns. A player may not move an opponent's piece. A move consists of moving a piece diagonally to an adjacent unoccupied square. If the adjacent square contains an opponent's piece, and the square immediately beyond it is vacant, the piece may be captured (and removed from the game) by jumping over it.
What is Checkers?
A perennial, The flowers are usually large, showy and brightly colored, generally red, pink, yellow, or white (usually in warm colors). These were VERY popular during the Dutch Golden Age.
What is a tulip?
Founded in 1879, this museum was moved to a building built for the 1904 World's Fair in Forest Park.
What is the St. Louis Art Museum?
an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West.
What is Gunsmoke?
an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. One wore a painted on mustache while two others were very musical.
Who were the Marx Brothers?
a board game currently published by Hasbro (Formerly published by Parker Brothers). In the game, players roll two six-sided dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties, and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy.
What is monopoly?
An annual, most of the varieties seen in gardens are hybrids. The blooms look like the horn of a phonograph player.
What is a petunia?
recognized as a leading zoo in animal management, research, conservation, and education.
What is the St. Louis Zoo?
an American science fiction media franchise originating from the 1960s television series, created by Gene Roddenberry. That series, now often known as "The Original Series", debuted on September 8, 1966, and aired for three seasons on NBC. Starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.
What is Star Trek?
an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program. Some of the characters he played included two segals, Gertrude and Heathcliffe, Freddy the Freeloader, and Clem Kadiddlehopper.
Who was Red Skelton?
The objective is to be first to race all of one's pieces across the hexagram-shaped board into "home"—the corner of the star opposite one's starting corner—using single-step moves or moves that jump over other pieces. The remaining players continue the game to establish second-, third-, fourth-, fifth-, and last-place finishers. The rules are simple, so even young children can play.
What is Chinese Checkers?
a woody perennial flowering plant. They form a group of plants that can be shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Very popular on Valentine's Day.
What is a rose?
a historic farm and long-standing landmark in Grantwood Village, Missouri, built by Ulysses S. Grant on land given to him and his wife by his father in law Frederick Fayette Dent shortly after they became married in 1848.
Ben Cartwright is the patriarch of an all-male Nevada ranching family. Set during and after the Civil War, "Bonanza" is the story of life on the family's thousand-acre spread, known as the Ponderosa, near Virginia City. Ben has his three sons.
What is Bonanza?
an American actor. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona. He starred in movies like "It's a Wonderful Life," "The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance," and "Harvey."
Who was James Stewart?
an abstract strategy game and involves no hidden information. It is played on a square chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player (one controlling the white pieces, the other controlling the black pieces) controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king
What is Chess?
It has been a Western tradition for someone to blow out this flower seedhead and think of a wish wanted to come true.
What is a dandelion?
a baseball park located in St. Louis, Missouri, the home of the St. Louis Cardinals, the city's Major League Baseball franchise.
What is Busch Stadium?
Seven people set sail on what is scheduled to be a three-hour sightseeing tour on the charter boat The Minnow, get caught in a storm and end up stranded on an uncharted tropical island together.
What is Giligan's Island?
nicknamed Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker who became a popular icon through his starring roles in Western films.
Who was John Wayne?
a board game first published by Ideal in 1963 for two to four players. It is one of the first mass-produced three-dimensional board games. Over the course of the game, players at first cooperate to build a working Rube Goldberg-like mouse trap.
What is Mouse Trap?
Bellis perennis is a common European species of the family Asteraceae. White petals with a yellow center.
founded as a planetarium in 1963, is a collection of buildings including a science museum and planetarium in St. Louis, Missouri, on the southeastern corner of Forest Park.