State Fairs and Amusement Parks
This annual statewide event is held in most states at the end of summer.
What is the State Fair?
Orcinus orca is the scientific name for what animal?
What is the Killer Whale?
This country first reached the moon with an unmanned landing.
What is USSR (Or Soviet Union-NOT Russia)
This color ribbon is awarded to second place winners at a State fair.
What is Red?
This was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980s.
Who are the Los Angeles Dodgers?
This brand of glazed doughnut is used as a bun for chicken sandwiches at the California State Fair. (Another favorite fair food is glazed doughnut and hamburger sandwiches.)
What is Krispy Kreme?
This furry, arctic mammal spends large amounts of time in the water.
What is a Polar Bear?
This type of moon is not visible.
What is a "New Moon"?
This provincial capital city is just across the river from Quebec.
What is Ottawa?
This team is as well-known for their comic antics as for their on-court skills.
Who are the Harlem Globetrotters?
This food preparation method, which doctors encourage us to avoid, is a big hit at state fairs.
What is (Deep) frying. Anything you can imagine can turn up fried at the fair. :)
This marine mammal is nicknamed “sea cow".
What is a Manatee?
This occurs When Earth comes between the sun and the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
Born July 22, 1923, this World War II hero from Kansas ran as Gerald Ford’s running mate in 1976.
Who is Bob Dole?
This sport used the term 'home run' long before baseball.
What is Cricket?
Food items at most fairs are supplied in this form.
What is on a stick?
High Rollers in Las Vegas have this nickname pertaining to Marine Life.
What is a Whale? (They are called this because of the large bets they make).
This specific month you will see a Harvest moon.
What is September?
On July 4, 1826, these two Founding Fathers and signers of the Declaration of Independence died exactly 50 years after its adoption.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams?
This is the coldest game in NFL history.
What is 1967 NFL Championship game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers: -13 degrees.
This popular fair game involves throwing a ring or ball.
What is Toss Game?
This sitcom about a marine mammal starred Brian Kelly and aired during the mid-1960s.
What is Flipper?
These cause craters on the surface of the moon.
What are asteroids or comets?
The original Airport film starred George Kennedy in the role of Joe Patroni. This was his profession.
What is Airport Mechanic?
This was the first televised game of the NFL.
What is Oct 22, 1939: The Brooklyn Dodgers Vs. Philadelphia Eagles (broadcast by NBC to 500 TV sets)