Then & Now: Regional History
Guinness lists Yuma as the world’s ___ city.
What is sunniest?
🌴🪜🧺
What is harvest?
This festival was first held in 1999, headlined by Beck and Rage Against the Machine. It takes place in Indio, not the city it’s named after.
What is Coachella?
This team member bleeds blue as she roots for their favorite team, and it has nothing to do with Michigan.
Who is Anna?
Botanically this yellow fruit counts as a berry, while the strawberry does not
What is a banana?
California’s largest lake formed by accident in 1905, when the Colorado River broke through irrigation canals.
What is the Salton Sea?
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What is War on Shrink?
Russell Crowe and Christian Bale starred in the 2007 remake of this western about getting an outlaw onto a train.
What is 3:10 to Yuma?
This team member says ‘Hook ’em,’ and his daughter means it. She rows Division 1 at Texas
Who is Ignacio?
Most organic produce stickers carry a 5-digit PLU code that starts with this number.
What is 9?
This MLB baseball team held spring training in Yuma from 1969 to 1993.
Who are the San Diego Padres?
🌴📏🅰️
What is grading?
Elvis and Priscilla honeymooned in this desert city in 1967.
What is Palm Springs?
This team member’s house has two black belts in it, and neither one is hers. Don’t argue with her kids.
Who is Shelvy?
In 1986, a California farmer started whittling ugly carrots down to create this product.
What are baby carrots?
Arizona became a state on this holiday in 1912.
What is Valentine’s Day?
⛑️📊
What is TRIR?
Jabba’s sail barge scene in this 1983 film was shot in the sand dunes west of Yuma.
What is Return of the Jedi?
If you need this team member during summer concert season, check the crowd at a Dave Matthews Band show.
Who is Dean?
In 1947, a New York court ruled that this tart pie ingredient counts as a fruit.
What is rhubarb?
Before the Medjool offshoots came to Indio in 1935, they spent 8 years in quarantine in this state.
What is Nevada?
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What is Automated Pitting?
Bob Weir wrote this Grateful Dead staple about a border town in 1972.
What is “Mexicali Blues”?
This team member’s family history is in tomatoes. They helped breed new varieties, so you could say they have deep roots in produce.
Who is Kris?
The Hass avocado is named after Rudolph Hass. This was his day job.
What is a mail carrier?