Prickly Pear Potpourri
Despite being first established in Chicago in 1898, this Arizona professional football franchise is considered the oldest continuously run professional football franchise in the United States.
Who are the Cardinals?
While having a very disputed origin story, many claims of being the first to make (and name) this deep-fried burrito come from restaurants in Arizona.
What is a chimichanga?
This "Godfather of Shock Rock" known for songs celebrating academic breaks and men who are named for no longer feeling pleasant moved to Phoenix as a child and continues to celebrate it as his adopted hometown with various charitable endeavors like teen centers and musical showcase fundraisers.
Who is Alice Cooper?
Arizona had the fifth most declared weather disasters since 2021 by state (at 9) despite being the only landlocked state in the top 5, mostly due to these devastating and quick moving events exacerbated by the state's ongoing drought.
What are fires/wildfires?
In addition to co-writing Arizona's alternate anthem, "Arizona," Rex Allen Sr. is the narrator for this beloved 1973 animated adaptation of E.B. White's book about a pig named Wilbur who befriends an arachnid.
What is Charlotte's Web?
This Asian casual dining restaurant chain was founded by Philip Chiang and Paul Fleming in Scottsdale in 1993 and now has more than 300 locations in 22 countries and airports.
What is P. F. Chang's?
With illustrations observing that domestic life often had a carnival-like atmosphere, Bil Keane published this famous newsprint comic strip from Paradise Valley from 1960 until his death in 2011.
What is The Family Circus?
The first documented cyclonic circulation effects of this type of tropical storm in Arizona happened with Joanne in 1972, although since then Arizona has been affected by Kathleen (1976), Heather (1977), Octave (1983), and Nora (1997).
What is a hurricane?
Arizona famously has more golf courses than this European nation considered the birthplace of golf where the sport was first played in the 15th century.
What is Scotland?
UNESCO, a specialized agency within this international organization, declared Tucson, Arizona the first Creative City of Gastronomy in the US in December 2015.
What is the United Nations?
This professional racecar driver, most famous in that field for notching the only win (so far) by a woman in an IndyCar Series race in 2008, has branched out into various other fields, such as wine making and her athleisure collection, Warrior, which pays homage to Native American mythology.
Who is Danica Patrick?
(Owns a 7,500 square foot mansion in Scottsdale)
This city and county namesake in southwestern Arizona holds the Guiness World Record for "Sunniest City on Earth" with sunny skies recorded there at least 91% of the year on average.
What is Yuma?
Arizona's Cactus League is one of only two spring training facilities for professional baseball in the US, the other being a league in Florida and named for this relatively large, somewhat sour and bitter fruit often grown there.
What is a grapefruit?
The Switchboard Room, a popular attraction on tours of this Phoenix mansion, features walls lined with the same foil used in early chewing gum wrappers, ostensibly to remind the mansion's original owner of his humble beginnings.
What is the Wrigley Mansion?
This comedian, who would go on to appear in Iron Man 2 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, would gain his greatest fame (and an Emmy award) for starring in the post-modern comedy, The Larry Sanders Show.
Who is Gary Shandling?
Wikipedia: "He grew up in the Casa Loma Estates area of Tucson, Arizona, having moved there with his family so that his older brother Barry could receive treatment for cystic fibrosis."
The southernmost ski destination in the continental United States sits atop this mountain just north of Tucson, receiving an average of 180 inches of snow annually.
What is Mount Lemmon?
Measured by area in square miles, Arizona is the sixth largest state in the US, just behind and ahead of these two states it borders.
What are New Mexico (5th) and Nevada (7th)?
During a difficult 1972 tour, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones fell in love with this cocktail made from white tequila, orange juice, and grenadine which was first poured at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in the 1930s.
What is a tequila sunrise?
This MLB left fielder and designated hitter, nicknamed Khrush, achieved early athletic success at Deer Valley High School in Glendale with a state title before going on to play for the Brewers, A's, and Rangers and leading the 2018 pro baseball season with 48 home runs.
Who is Khristopher Davis?
Although Phoenix's June 1990 temperature of 122 degrees gets more press, this northwestern Arizona city, ironically named for the lake it borders, holds the true record at 128 degrees on June 29, 1994 according to the National Weather Service.
What is Lake Havasu City?