History
Founded in 1874, this political party advocated printing more money to help farmers.
What is the Greenback Party?
1944’s Absent in the Spring is one of the non-mystery novels she wrote under the name Mary Westmacott.
Who is Agatha Christie?
The blonde preferred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
Long thought to have invented baseball, he fought for the Union at Antietam and Gettysburg.
Who is Abner Doubleday?
The Easter bunny giving candies and eggs is said to have originated in this country.
germany
The first Mexican-American mayor of a major U.S. city, Henry Cisneros was mayor of this Texas city from 1981-1989.
What is San Antonio?
A House Divided completed Pearl Buck’s trilogy that began 4 years earlier with this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
What is The Good Earth?
The make of car that starts up immediately after 200 years in Woody Allen’s Sleeper.
What is the Volkswagen Beetle?
In 2019, this Yankee pitcher became the first unanimous selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Who is Mariano Rivera?
Which candy went from a movie cameo to a full-blown sweet sensation, making us all chant “I Want Candy!”?
wonka
It’s the election year the campaign slogans “The Moose is Loose” and “Ready for Teddy Again” were used.
What is 1912?
I woke to the sound of a mosquito whining in my left ear”, begins 2000’s Fever 1793, about an epidemic of this disease.
What is yellow fever?
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling starred in this 2016 movie together.
What is La La Land?
Bear Bryant led Maryland and two other schools before rolling to 232 wins at this university.
What is the University of Alabama?
Which company unleashed the original gummy bears that turned snacking into a bear hug fest?
Haribo
Opened in 1937, it got its name in response to the George Washington Bridge, north of it.
What is the Lincoln Tunnel?
The federal laureate position is technically called “Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry” by this library.
What is The Library of Congress?
Stewart O’Nan’s West of Sunset chronicles the life of this troubled writer in 1937 Hollywood.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This West Coast team is the only one whose team city and name are both in Spanish.
Who are the San Diego Padres?
Which legendary candy bar packs a crunchy combo of caramel, chocolate, nougat, and peanuts like a snack-sized superhero team?
Baby Ruth
On February 1, 1960, four students held a historic sit-in at a lunch counter in this North Carolina city in protest over segregation.
What is Greensboro?
This Narnian lion appears in several other forms, including a lamb.
Who is Aslan?
Original wording of the Hollywood sign.
What is “Hollywoodland”?
In 2008 Sue Bird helped the U.S. win its fourth straight Olympic gold medal in this sport.
What is basketball?
Which pocket-sized mint has been our trusty sidekick in the battle against bad breath since the days of dial-up?
Tic-tacs