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1950s
State Nicknames
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Geography
100

This British Mystery writer wrote books about Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple

Who is Agatha Christie? 

100

The US was at war with this country in the 1950s

What is Korea? 

100

Lone star state

What is Texas? 

100

This seamstress is famous for sewing the first American Flag for g. Washington? 

Who is Betsy Ross? 

100

People generally wear their wedding ring on the finger next to the pinkie on the left hand. This is because the vena amoris (vein of love) was once thought to lead directly to this organ

What is heart?

200

The book The Miracle Worker later made into a play and a movie, told the story of what famous American Disabled woman and her teacher, Annie Sullivan

Who is Helen Keller? 

200

These 2 states joined the United States in the 1950s

Hawaii and Alaska 

200

Sunflower State

What is Kansas? 

200

This is the Author of "Gone with the Wind" 

Who is Margert Mitchell? 

200

This is the body’s largest organ

WHat is skin? 

300

This First Lady wrote the newspaper column "My Day". 

Who is Eleanor Roosevelt? 

300

The Coronation of this monarch was watched by millions in 1953

Who is Queen Elizabeth?

300

Badger or the cheese state

What is Wisconsin ? 

300

This president was famous for saying "I can run the country or I can control Alice, but I can't do both"

Who is Teddy Roosevelt ?

300

The strongest tendon in the body, located around the heel, is also an idiom for the weakest link.

What is the Achilles tendon? The tendon connects muscles in the leg to the heel bone and is used when walking. When someone says, “That’s her Achilles heel,” it means that’s her weakness.

400

This is the river that Edna Ferber's book Show Boat takes place. 

What is the Mississippi River? 

400

This was Dwight Eisenhower's campaign slogan

What is "I like Ike" ?

400

First State

What is Delaware? 

400

Mickey Rooney starred with this child star in the movie "National Velvet" 

Who is Elizabeth Taylor? 

400

When you bend your arm at the elbow and flex, this muscle bulges.

What is your bicep?

500

This president wrote the book "Profiles in Courage" 

Who is John F Kennedy? 

500

Some Americans thought they had to build these in their back yards to protect them from Atomic Bombs

What are bomb shelters? 

500

Hawkeye State

What is Iowa? 

500

This was the first women to go to space. 

Who is Sally Ride? 

500

The anatomical term trachea is this in layman’s terms

What is windpipe?

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