HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
It wasn't until 1972 that Father's Day was officially made a U.S. holiday, when this president helped set aside the third Sunday in June for dads.
Who was Richard Nixon?
Known for movies such as The Seven Year Itch (1955), Some Like It Hot (1959), and The Misfits (1961), this actress was born on June 1, 1926.
Who was Marilyn Monroe?
This is the square root of 81.
What is 9?
This is the number of players on a baseball team.
What is nine?
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
What is "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, this is the most popular of all Father's Day gifts.
What is the necktie?
He was shot and mortally wounded while leaving the Hotel Ambassador in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968.
Who was Robert F. Kennedy?
This is the capital of Japan.
What is Tokyo?
In bowling, this is the term for knocking down all ten pins with 2 consecutive balls.
What is a Spare?
...I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you
I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright
What is "Hard Day's Night" by the Beatles?
These are the meanings of red and white roses as far as Father’s Day goes.
What are: Wearing a red rose honors a father who is alive, and wearing a white one honors a father who is deceased?
This is the name for the largest amphibious landing in history, which began in the early-morning hours on June 6, 1944, as Allied forces landed in Normandy on the northern coast of France.
What was D-Day?
(It was codenamed Operation Overlord)
This is the planet closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
This is the game where you might castle.
What is chess?
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
I guess you'll say
What can make me feel this way?
What is "My Girl" by The Temptations?
In 1909, Spokane resident Sonora Smart Dodd was listening to a Mother’s Day sermon at her local church when she had the idea to try to establish a similar day to honor the hard-working fathers of the community. As a result of her efforts, this was the first state to celebrate Father’s Day.
What is Washington?
(Dodd was the daughter of a widower and Civil War veteran named William Jackson Smart, who raised six children on his own after his wife died during childbirth.)
This pioneering feminist was fined for voting in a presidential election at Rochester, New York on June 6, 1872.
Who was Susan B. Anthony?
After voting rights had been granted to African American males by the 15th Amendment, she attempted to extend the same rights to women. She led a group of women, who voted illegally, to test their status as citizens.
The Sahara Desert is located on this continent.
What is Africa?
This is the sport where you might win The Curtis Cup.
What is golf?
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains...
What is "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel?
Famously he said the following about his father: "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years".
Who was Mark Twain?
This 32-year-old physicist and pilot became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983, beginning a six-day mission aboard the space shuttle Challenger, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Who was Dr. Sally Ride?
These are the 5 states that border New York.
What are Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
This is the number of suits in a game of 'Mah Jong'.
What are 3?
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell? Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?
What is "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd?