Broadway Musicals
This 1943 smash hit for Rodgers and Hammerstein set the standard for musical theater for generations - which is more than just OK.
What is Oklahoma?
Watch out! When this is announced a tornado has been spotted!
What is a tornado warning?
Thoughts turn to love in this month when we celebrate romance in a holiday originally derived from the feast of a Christian martyr.
What is February?
Danish or plainish, these tasty sweet treats are a staple at many breakfast tables.
What is a pastry?
Died December 19, 1959, Walter Williams was the last surviving veteran of this conflict between the American states.
What is the Civil War?
Ethel Merman did a star turn as the dominating mother of a striptease artist Gypsy Lee Rose in this 1959 Stephen Sondheim critically acclaimed musical.
What is Gypsy?
What is a hurricane?
The two-faced Roman god of beginnings and endings lends his name to this month.
What is January?
Forget the pumpkin pie! Pass this around come Thanksgiving to go on stuffing and mashed potatoes.
What is gravy?
Barbra Streisand will forever be associated with the title role in the movie version of this 1964 musical about a matchmaker.
What is Hello, Dolly?
This rapid flow of snow or ice down a slope can be caused by four factors: a steep slope, snow cover, a weak layer in the snow cover or a trigger.
What is an avalanche?
Two Caesars gave their names to months: July for Julius Caesar and this month for his nephew.
What is August?
An inability to digest lactose causes an intolerance to this group of foods.
What is dairy?
Once there were millions, then there was Martha, the last surviving member of this most helpful species of birds.
What is a passenger pigeon?
This grisly 1979 Sondheim musical had Angela Lansbury star as part of a murderous pair in Victorian England that ground up unlucky boarding house guests for meat pies.
What is Sweeney Todd?
This weather event is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific.
The name of this month simply means "eighth month", but it is not! It was moved to later in the year when the Romans rearranged the calendar.
What is October?
Sweet or dry, this is is a fortified wine made from white grapes that are grown near the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain.
January 2, 1971, was the last time this was ever advertised on television.
What is tobacco?
The middle ages is the backdrop for this largely fictional musical portrayal of the hunchback son of Charlemagne - which became the 36th longest running musical in Broadway history.
What is Pippin?
Appearing as tornadoes of water, these are an eye-catching small-scale phenomena. They can simply be tornadoes that moved from land to bodies of water, but oftentimes they form in fair weather and cause little harm.
What are waterspouts?
The Anglo-Saxons called this month “Blod Monath,” or blood month. It gained this name as it’s then that they would traditionally slaughter cows to provide food for the long winter months.
What is November?
30% of this grain is fermented for use in making beer.
What is barley?
In 2006, "A History of Violence" was the last movie to ever be distributed in this defunct video format.
What is VHS?