🇺🇸 US History
This President's "New Deal" helped pull the country out of the Great Depression.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
He shook his hips on The Ed Sullivan Show and was known as "The King of Rock and Roll."
Who was Elvis Presley
This legendary Yankee was known as "The Sultan of Swat" and the "Bambino."
Babe Ruth
This redhead famously worked on a chocolate assembly line with her friend Ethel Mertz.
Who was Lucille Ball
Unlike annuals, these types of plants come back year after year.
What are perennials
This "Day" marked the end of World War II in the Pacific in August 1945.
What is VJ Day
This British band took America by storm in 1964 with hits like "She Loves You."
Who were The Beatles
Born Cassius Clay, this heavyweight champion famously "stung like a bee."
Who was Muhammad Ali?
This Sunday night variety show introduced America to the Beatles, Elvis, and Topo Gigio.
What was The Ed Sullivan Show
These bright orange and yellow flowers are often planted in vegetable gardens to help deter pests.
What are marigolds
He was the Supreme Allied Commander during WWII before becoming the 34th President.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This country star "fell to pieces" and went "walking after midnight" in the early 60s.
Who was Patsy Cline
In 1947, he broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
Marshall Matt Dillon kept the peace in Dodge City for 20 years on this long-running Western.
What was Gunsmoke?
This gardening technique involves cutting back branches to encourage fruitfulness or growth.
Prunning
n 1959, this "Last Frontier" became the 49th state to join the Union.
Alaska
This "Man in Black" was famous for his deep voice and for performing at Folsom Prison.
Who was Johnny Cash?
This golfer, nicknamed "The Golden Bear," won a record 18 professional major championships.
Who was Jack Nicklaus
Rod Serling was the host and creator of this eerie anthology series that often had a twist ending.
What was The Twilight Zone
This is the practice of removing faded or dead flowers from a plant to encourage more blooms.
Deadheading
In 1963, this civil rights leader gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr
Known as the "First Lady of Song," this jazz legend was famous for her scat singing and hits like "A-Tisket, A-Tasket."
Who was Ella Fitzgerald?
Despite having polio as a child, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics (1960).
Who was Wilma Rudolph
He was the host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, starting in 1962, and always began with "Heeeeeere’s Johnny!"
Who was Johnny Carson?
his common garden flower is known for its "face" and is actually a type of large-flowered cultivated violet.
What is a Pansy?