April in History
1861. The Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on this South Carolina fort
Fort Sumter
A man's singing or speaking voice in a register that's artificially much higher than normal
Falsetto
In the popular '70s TV series "Happy Days", Richie Cunningha, when getting ready for a date, would often sing the opening line to this 1950s Fats Domino Hit
Blueberry Hill
These volcanic islands became the 50th state
Hawaii
A city in Italy
A Lunch Meat
Bologna
1913. Swedish American inventor Gideon Sundback filed a patent for this device, which he called a "separable fastener"
Zipper
A little house for gambling activities
Casino
In 1942, the Andrews Sisters sing that you should not sit under this type of tree without "me"
Apple
Volvo invented this safety device to save lives and allowed other manufacturers to use the same design. Every car produced today uses this mechanism.
Seat Belt
A River mainly in Idaho
A legless reptile
Snake
1945. The nation mourned the passing of FDR, with this being his cause of death
Stroke
A long short story running about 100 pages
Novella
This banana sang, and danced, and taught America what to do with this aromatic tropical fruit
Chiquita
The Day Music Died; a plane carrying music legends goes down in this state
Iowa
A remote Polynesian Island
A key Christian holiday
Easter
1975. As the last US helicopters left the country, this South Vietnamese capital surrendered to Communist North Vietnam
Saigon
Crew up for this a sporting event consisting of a series of boat races
Regatta
Danny Kaye had a hit saying I've got a lovely bunch of this fruit
Coconuts
The Conair created this heat producing device that changed the way hair was styled in the American household
Hair dryer
A city in the Mojave Desert
A sewing supply
Needle
1964. African nations Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged their territories and their names to form this new nation
Tanzania
The name of a Venetian ship factory gave us this word for a place where arms & ammunition are stored
Arsenal
"The Harry Lime Theme" was played on the zither in this film, starring Orson Welles
The Third Man
This bakery company, famous for coffee cake donuts in their sampler donut pack, created the see-through cake box
Entemann’s
The former name of the Hawaiian Islands
A common lunch food
Sandwich