Hobbies and Crafts
This craft uses yarn and two needles to make scarves, sweaters, and blankets.
What is knitting?
This 1929 economic collapse marked the beginning of this.
The Great Depression
This U.S. president was assassinated in Dallas in 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This radio Western starred William Conrad as a U.S. Marshal in Dodge City.
What is Gunsmoke?
This is the capital of Florida.
What is Tallahassee?
This hobby involves shaping clay and baking it to create pottery or art pieces.
What is pottery?
This 1989 event symbolized the end of Cold War divisions in Germany.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
This 1967 Summer of Love city became a hub for hippie culture.
What is San Francisco?
This long-running radio comedy starred Jack Benny and featured his famously stingy persona.
What is The Jack Benny Program?
This is the capital of Texas.
What is Austin?
This craft involves using waxed thread to create decorative knots and plant hangers.
What is macramé?
This 1963 event in Washington, D.C. featured Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
This 1969 mission marked the first time humans left Earth’s orbit and landed on another celestial body.
What is Apollo 11?
This early radio family sitcom followed the everyday life of a husband, wife, and their neighbors in Harlem.
What is Amos ’n’ Andy?
This state is the only one whose capital city is located on an island.
What is Hawaii (Honolulu)?
This decorative stitching style uses counted threads to create pixel-like patterns, often on even-weave fabric.
What is cross-stitch?
This 1974 political scandal led to the resignation of a U.S. president.
What is Watergate?
This 1960s animated TV family lived in a futuristic “space-age” home.
Who are The Jetsons?
This fictional superhero’s radio adventures featured the catchphrase “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?”
Who is The Shadow?
This capital city sits on the Mississippi River and is the capital of Minnesota.
What is St. Paul?
This Japanese art form involves folding paper into decorative shapes like cranes and flowers.
What is origami?
This 1986 nuclear disaster occurred in Ukraine and is considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in history.
What is Chernobyl?
This 1968 event was the first successful transplant of this in the United States.
What is the first U.S. heart transplant?
This wartime radio broadcast famously caused panic in 1938 by presenting a fictional alien invasion as real news.
What is The War of the Worlds?
This is the capital of Pennsylvania.
What is Harrisburg?