GEORGIA
Reportedly, on January 23, 1780, Georgia became the 1st state to name a town after this president
George Washington
"Nectar" in feeders is tinted this color, believed to be the hummer's favorite flower color
red
In the lyrics that end ring-a-ring the roses, this occurs
all fall down
On location in California for months, she went "nutsy" playing mom to this actress in the film "Nuts"
Barbra Streisand
During the 1940s, kerosene burners were used along airport runways to dissipate this
fog
The Cherokee Phoenix, printed at New Echota in 1928, was 1st Indian one of these
a newspaper
Good at hovering, hummingbirds inspired Igor Sikorsky to design this type of flying craft
a helicopter
"Here we come looby loo, here we come looby light" all on this night
Saturday
No, Maureen & this "All in the Family" actress aren't related, let alone sisters
Jean Stapleton
Halos around the Sun or Moon are caused by refraction of light by these crystals
ice
Atlanta was 1st named "Terminus" because these lines terminated there
railroads
During cold weather hummers can "torpidate", lowering this to conserve energy
their body temperature (their metabolism)
The 2 colors of the tisket tasket basket
green & yellow
In 1959, she received an Oscar nomination in this category for her 1st film, "Lonelyhearts"
(Best) Supporting Actress
Encyclopaedia Britannica says this has no predictive value; it's just sunlight reflected in rain
rainbows
This conquistador came marching through Georgia in 1540, not riding in the car that took his name
de Soto
The shapes of these, straight or curved, are adapted for feeding on particular flowers
beaks (bills)
She swallowed a fly, I don't know why she swallowed a fly, I think she'll die
the old lady
Her advice to actors is "Get a lot of" this "and talk loud"
sleep
The time lag between these 2 phenomena allows the calculation of distance between observer & storm
the thunder & the lightning
Natives called this half-million acre swamp "trembling earth"
the Okefenokee
It's the only U.S. state where the hummingbird is not a native
Hawaii
Type of choral arrangement heard here:
"Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream
Row, row, row your boat..."
a round
Maureen, an accomplished gamester in real life, played this "Game" with E.G. Marshall on Broadway in 1978
The Gin Game
It's estimated Earth's mean temperature may rise 4°C by the mid-21st cent. due to increase of this gas
carbon dioxide