Serious Sun-Sational
($100) Make this while the sun shines
Answer: What is hay? It means to take action when an opportunity presents itself.
($100) This is the upper area in a home that houses treasures and junk.
Answer: What is attic? Proper insulation is the most important thing when building a house with an attic. Otherwise, you will pay more in energy bills.
($100) People referred to movies or films as this in the 1950s.
Answer: What is a flick? It got its name from the flicker caused by lamps in early theater projections. You won’t see the same flicker in early movies when they are on TV.
($100) Plant sunflowers where they will receive this type of light so they will grow to their full height.
Answer: What is full sun? They will grow in filtered sun, but they will not reach those magnificent heights.
($100) In this movie, Dorothy never said, “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.”
Answer: What is The Wizard of Oz? Dorothy says, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
($200) This iconic British group sings “Here Comes the Sun.”
Answer: Who are the Beatles? The tune is from their 1969 Abbey Road album.
($200) In the United States, these funnels that accompany storms require those in their paths to take immediate shelter and precautions.
Answer: What are tornadoes? Kansas has the highest average annual rate of tornadoes at 96 per year. “Tornado season” begins in April, but they occur throughout the year.
($200) This starchy food staple was also ’50s slang for money.
Answer: What is bread? Money has a lot of interesting nicknames, including dough, cheese, clams, and more. The U.S. dollar has also been referred to as a buck, while the English pound is known as a quid.
($200) This painter is famous for his series of paintings called Sunflowers.
Answer: Who is Vincent van Gogh? He liked to paint sunflowers that had already gone to seed, and his fellow painters thought this was crude. People paid tribute to him by bringing sunflowers to his funeral.
($200) In the 1967 film The Graduate, this actor is misquoted as saying, “Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?”
Answer: Who is Dustin Hoffman? The correct quote is, “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?” Anne Bancroft plays the role of Mrs. Robinson.
($400) This group sings the 1960s hit “Aquarius (Let the Sunshine In).”
Answer: What is the 5th Dimension? The song was written for the Broadway musical Hair.
($400) Don’t get caught on the road during this severe type of snowstorm.
Answer: What is a blizzard? You should avoid any travel by vehicle or foot during a blizzard.
. ($400) This subculture is identified by slicked-back hair and memorialized in a movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
Answer: What is a greaser? This rebellious group was portrayed in the film Grease.
. ($400) The tiny florets in the middle of the sunflower turn to these.
Answer: What are seeds? You have to crack the shells to get to the seeds. It’s easier to buy shelled sunflower seeds because they are difficult to shell.
($400) During this NASA mission with the same name as the movie, no one ever said, “Houston, we have a problem.”
Answer: What is Apollo 13? The first transmission was, “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” NASA didn’t catch the full transmission, so it was repeated as, “Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”
($600) Snowbirds flock to Florida and Arizona, part of this region, during the winter.
Answer: What is the Sunbelt? Both states are known for their sunshine: Florida is “The Sunshine State,” and Arizona’s flag has a stylized sunset on it. The U.S. Sunbelt includes 18 states.
($600) These storms occur in desert areas, and you need to take shelter during one.
Answer: What is a sandstorm? They can be every bit as damaging as hailstorms.
($600) This is the phrase for suddenly accelerating at a high speed while driving.
Answer: What is flooring it? In other words, you put the pedal to the metal to increase the speed rapidly.
($600) Sunflowers cannot tolerate this level of soil saturation
Answer: What is soggy or excessively wet? Plant in an area where the soil drains well.
($600) “Why don’t you come up and see me sometime” is the misquote attributed to this actress in the 1933 film She Done Him Wrong.
Answer: Who is Mae West? The correct line is, “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?” West’s leading man is Cary Grant.
($800) “Third rock from the sun” refers to this celestial being.
Answer: What is Earth? The phrase was used as the title of a 1996 TV sitcom about aliens trying to blend in on Earth.
($800) This type of foundation is often found under houses in colder climates. It consists of an enclosed area between the ground and the home’s first floor and includes short foundation walls that stand on footings.
Answer: What is a crawl space? The crawl space is slightly elevated, allowing someone to crawl under the entire house to access plumbing or wiring.
($800) A bully might offer you this, which means “a punch in the face.”
Answer: What is a knuckle sandwich? A knuckle sandwich usually landed on the mouth.
($800) This is the sunflower state.
Answer: What is Kansas? The sunflower is a native plant in Kansas, and the state’s Indigenous people used their seeds for food. You will also see the sunflower on the state flag and on the state quarter.
($800) The words ‘Elementary, my dear Watson” do not appear in any of the books about this brilliant-yet-moody detective.
Answer: What is a Sherlock Holmes? It was misquoted in a New York Times film review for the 1929 movie The Return of Sherlock Holmes.