IT HAPPENED ON JULY 4
On July 4, 1927, this popular playwright, who penned The Odd Couple and The Goodbye Girl, was born in the Bronx, NY.
Neil Simon
This capital was founded as Fort Nassau in the early 1600s
Albany
How may stripes are on the US Flag?
Thirteen (one each for the original colonies)
Cowardly
Yellow
“An’ a one … an’ a two …”
The Lawrence Welk Show
On July 4, 1803, Thomas Jefferson announced this territory acquisition, which included over 800,000 square miles of land and cost $15 million.
The Louisiana Purchase
In 1906 Willis Carrier of the Buffalo Forge Company patented an "apparatus for treating air", now known as this
the air conditioner
What is the preferred method for destroying a tattered flag?
Burning
Sad or depressed
Blue
“Good night, John Boy.”
The Waltons
On July 4, 1939, this legendary athlete retired from baseball, claiming that he was “the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”
Lou Gehrig
Said to be the USA's oldest state park is the one encompassing this natural wonder formed about 12,000 years ago
Niagara Falls
What happens to the flag that drapes the coffin at a military funeral?
It is folded and given to the next of kin.
New, inexperienced or envious
Green
“Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”
The Brady Bunch
On July 4, 1826, two of our country’s Founding Fathers both died – one in Virginia, the other in Massachusetts. Can you name them both?
Thomas Jefferson (Virginia) and John Adams (Massachusetts)
Making his name as a prosecutor, he was elected governor in 1942, 1946 & 1950 but lost twice for president in that time
(Thomas) Dewey
Can you name all three nicknames for the US flag?
Old Glory, The Stars and Stripes, The Star-Spangled Banner
Fry or saute
Brown
“You rang?”
The Addams Family
On July 4, 1845, this transcendentalist writer began his two-year experiment in living simply in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts.
Henry David Thoreau
He was the governor of New Netherland before surrendering the region to the British in 1664
Peter Stuyvesant
The Grand Union Flag is considered the nation’s first flag. It did have thirteen stripes, but no star field. What design did it have in that place?
he Union Jack (which was the flag of Great Britain)
Abandon on a desert island
Maroon
“Come on down!”
The Price is Right