1958
Craze that "spun around" all summer
Hula Hoop
While a shaman is an Indian healer, a shamus is this
detective
For its contribution to American culture, this greeting card co. won a National Medal of Arts
Hallmark
80-90% of this New England state, more than any other, is covered by forests, with lots of pine trees
Maine
When Charles McNary lost for VP in 1940, this Hoosier lost the presidential bid
Wendell Willkie
Brooklyn youth who, at 15, became youngest chess player named an international grand master
Bobby Fischer
If you were known as a trailblazer, you did this to trees along the route
mark them with an X (notch them)
Every year from 1951-57, except one, this mule picked up a Patsy Award
Francis the Talking Mule
1 of 2 states whose state bird is a chicken
Rhode Island (or Delaware)
His political ticket was Goldwater's, his meal ticket, the American Express Card
(William) Miller
Born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, he assumed this name & number on November 4
Pope John XXIII
In a fairy tale, elves helped a cordwainer, someone who makes these
shoes
In 1949, he won an Emmy as "Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality", not "Best in a Dress"
Milton Berle
This "Mountain State" is considered to have the most irregular boundary of the lower 48
West Virginia
He lost a VP race in 1900, the year he became grandfather of a future namesake presidential nominee
Adlai Stevenson
1 of 2 hits running on Broadway in 1958 whose titles begin with "Look"
Look Homeward Angel (or Look Back in Anger)
A phlebotomist draws a paycheck by drawing this
blood
Of Bill Blass, Carlos Castaneda, or Federico Fellini, the 1 who won a "Winnie"
Bill Blass
Before 1959, a piece of this central state was the northernmost point in the U.S.
Minnesota
A loser as Dewey's running mate, he would later have his day -- in court
Earl Warren
Pair of small islands off Mainland China over which international tensions flared
Quemoy & Matsu
Your profession if you just played in a test match at Lord's
cricket
To win a Pulitzer Prize in History, your book has to be on the history of this
United States
1 of best-known but least-seen monuments in Alaska is near Barrow, honoring these 2 men who died there in '35
Wiley Post & Will Rogers
Only candidate to run for VP on a losing ticket & later become president
Franklin Roosevelt