Late-Summer Bloomers
These tall late bloomers perched on sturdy stalks with large yellow and black flowers track the sun.
What are Sunflowers.
Food processor, instant pot, chef’s knife
What is chef’s knife?
This five-month embargo ended in 1974.
What is oil (or OPEC)?
This prolific inventor began working on the telephone while living in Canada.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Diane Keaton plays opposite this actor in Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979).
Who is Woody Allen?
This ornamental cousin of an edible cruciferous vegetable blooms into the fall.
What is cabbage or kale?
iPad, ROKU, fax machine
What is fax machine?
He signed the law that lowered the national speed limit to 55 miles per hour.
Who is President Richard Nixon?
This Canadian-born actor plays Alex Keaton in Family Ties and stars in the Back to the Future franchise.
Who is Michael J. Fox?
In this 1991 film, George (Steve Martin) and Nina Banks (Diane Keaton) prepare for their daughter’s wedding.
What is Father of the Bride?
This perennial tuber produces plate-sized blooms in bright colors.
What are Dahlias?
Twitter, Facebook, eBay
What is eBay?
This weekly magazine focusing on celebrities was published in the United States for the first time.
What is People?
DAILY DOUBLE
Not only did he serve as David Letterman’s band leader and musical director but he played Letterman’s sidekick. He’s acted in many TV episodes and specials, including a New Year’s Eve special from Times Square, and he authored the memoir We’ll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives.
Diane Keaton is joined by Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn in this film. They play three divorcées out to get their ex-husbands.
What is The First Wives Club?
These tiny daisies proliferate in the fall and have a name that sounds like a once-prominent New York family.
What are Asters?
Alex Cross, 1st to Die, The Da Vinci Code
What is The Da Vinci Code? James Patterson wrote Alex Cross and 1st to Die. Dan Brown wrote The Da Vinci Code.
This Swedish band won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Waterloo,” which launched their international career.
What is ABBA?
This British-born author moved to Canada in 1947 and is the author of gripping bestsellers such as Airport and Hotel.
Who is Arthur Hailey?
In the 2019 film Poms, Diane Keaton moves to a retirement community. She gathers several other residents to form this type of squad.
What is cheerleading?
This late winter/early spring bloomer has fall varieties.
What is crocus?
Kat Cora, Bobby Flay, Gordon Ramsay
Who is Gordon Ramsay? Kat Cora and Bobby Flay are both Food Network Iron Chefs, but Gordon Ramsay is not. He’s also the only one who’s not American; he was born in Scotland.
Grenada gained independence from this colonial rule.
What is British?
This poet, songwriter, and singer died in 2016. His musical hits include “Everybody Knows,” “Suzanne,” and “First We Take Manhattan.”
Who is Leonard Cohen?
In this 2008 film, Diane Keaton and fellow conspirators played by Katie Holmes and Queen Latifah work at the Federal Reserve. They plot to steal old money that is scheduled to be destroyed.
What is Mad Money?