Election Day
The current legal voting age.
What is 18?
Fruit juice mixed with vodka to make a screwdriver.
What is orange juice?
Became a famous item in the City of Brotherly Love, consisting of thinly sliced pieces of steak layered with melted cheese on a long roll.
What is a Philly Cheesesteak?
Game 3 of the 1989 World Series (Oakland vs San Francisco) was postponed due to this event.
What was an earthquake?
A plastic model of a head to which you can attach a variety of plastic parts, such as ears, eye, shoes, hat, nose, pants and mouth.
What is Mr. Potato Head?
The symbol for the Republican party.
What is the elephant?
Term would you use to order a drink with ice.
What is "on the rocks."
American favorite consisting of 2 layers of meat and veggies between 3 slices of toasted bread, usually held together by toothpicks. It is believed to have been invented at a gambling establishment in New York.
What is a club sandwich?
The entire 1994 World Series was cancelled because of this event.
What is the players strike?
Toy that is twirled around the waist, limbs or neck. While it has been used by children and adults since at least 500 BC, a new plastic version became popular in 1958.
What is a hula hoop?
The symbol for the Democratic Party.
What is the donkey?
Word used to order a drink served without mixers and no ice?
What is neat?
Messy but good, these traditionally consist of ground beef, sweetened tomato sauce and onions on a hamburger bun.
What is a Sloppy Joe?
He holds the record for the most World Series home runs.
Who was Mickey Mantle?
Introduced in 1963, you could use these to make small cakes that is pushed in and out of the toy using slots.
What is an Easy Bake Oven?
The 19th amendment (passed in 1920) made this major change in elections.
Women were given the right to vote.
This potent drink consists of gin, triple sec, light rum, tequila, vodka and a splash of Coke on top.
What is a Long Island Iced Tea?
This is what Janice grew up eating, name for "grinders" or "hoagies" in New York City.
What is a hero?
This Dodger pitcher broke a 62 year old record when he struck out 29 batters in the 1965 World Series.
What was Sandy Koufax?
A precompressed helical spring toy invented in the 1940s. It can perform a number of tasks such as traveling down a slight of steps end-over-end as it stretches.
What is a slinky?
This was the closest US Presidential election.
What was the 1960 election (Kennedy vs Nixon)?
These are used for flavoring cocktails in drops or dashes, made from botanical matter.
What are bitters?
The most popular sandwich in the U.S.
What is grilled cheese?
This team refused to play the Boston Americans in 2904, causing the World Series to be cancelled.
What was the New York Giants?
A toy that outwardly consists of a box with a crank. When the crank is turned, the toy plays a melody, then the lid pops open and a figure, usually a clown or jester, pops out.