Finish the Lyric: 1950s
The missing lyric in:
I found my thrill
__ ________ ___
__ ________ ___
When I found you
The moon stood still
__ ________ ___
And lingered until
My dream came true
What is "On Blueberry Hill"?
A US president who was the first to use his nickname, “Jimmy,” while being sworn into office.
Who is James "Jimmy" Carter?
A US state with extremely varied terrain, with its highest point, Mount Whitney, at 14,494 ft above sea level, and its lowest point, Badwater Basin in Death Valley, at 282 ft below sea level.
What is California?
The capital of France.
What is Paris?
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth"
What is the Bible?
The missing lyric in:
Stupid Cupid, you're a real mean guy (Stupid Cupid)
I'd like to clip your wings so you can't fly (Stupid Cupid)
I'm in love and it's a crying shame (Stupid Cupid)
And I know that you're the one to blame
Hey hey, set me free
Stupid Cupid, ____ ______ __ __
What is "stop picking on me"?
A president who won the Grammy Award for best spoken word album in both 2005 and 2007 for his narration of the audio versions of his books "Dreams from My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream".
Who is Barack Obama?
A US state well known for its bourbon, and home to famous distilleries including Jim Beam, Maker's Mark, and Bulleit. However, you might be surprised to find that buying the famous drink isn't possible everywhere in the state. A notable minority of the state's counties are completely dry with no liquor sales allowed, while many more are moist, meaning alcohol is only legal in certain places.
What is Kentucky?
The capital of Hungary.
What is Budapest?
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit"
What is "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkein?
The missing lyric in:
Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano!
Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano!
Go, go, go you mixed up Siciliano
___ __ _____ do the mambo like a crazy with-a
What is "All you Calabrese"?
A US president who holds place as the youngest elected president, being sworn in at 43 years 236 days of life.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
A US state that was a late addition to America's territorial dominion. In 1867, US Secretary of State William H Seward finalized a deal to buy this state– all 586,412 square miles of it – from Russia for the then-eye-popping sum of $7.2 million. At the time critics ridiculed the deal as 'Seward's Folly,' and nicknamed the state 'Seward's Polar Bear Garden.'
What is Alaska?
The capital of India.
What is New Delhi?
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
What is "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens?
The missing lyric in:
Work all night on a ____ _ ___
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
Stack banana 'til the mornin' come
(Daylight come and me wan' go home)
What is "drink a rum"?
A US president who was an avid golfer who installed a putting green on the White House lawn.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
A US state home to nearly half of the country's free-roaming horse population. The Virginia Range, between Virginia City and Reno, is home to more than 3,000 wild mustangs – the inspiration behind Velma Johnston's (aka Wild Horse Annie), protest against rounding up wild horses for commercial purposes. Her efforts led to the Wild Horse Annie Act in 1959, which banned the use of motorized vehicles to hunt wild horses and burros (wild donkeys) in the US.
What is Nevada?
The capital of Dominican Republic.
What is Santo Domingo?
"Two households, both alike in dignity,"
What is "Romeo & Juliet" by William Shakespeare?
Mr. Sandman (yes) bring us a dream
Give him a pair of eyes with a "come-hither" gleam
____ ___ _ ______ ____ ___ _______
And lots of wavy hair like Liberace
Mr. Sandman, someone to hold (someone to hold)
Would be so peachy before we're too old
So please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring us, please, please, please
Mr. Sandman, bring us a dream
What is "Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci"?
Double whammy! Two presidents who died within hours of each other on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 1826.
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
A US state where in its town of Cawker City is the world's largest ball of twine. Started in 1953 by local man Frank Stoeber, the giant ball stood eight feet tall just four years after Frank started it, and he donated it to the town in 1961. Every August a twine-a-thon is held where local residents and visitors continue adding twine to the ball; currently, it's estimated to contain around eight million feet of twine.
What is Kansas?
What is Reykjavik?
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"
What is "Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen?
The missing lyrics in:
I fell for you and I knew
The vision of your love, loveliness
I hope and I pray that someday
I'll be the _____ __ ___ _________ __ __
What is "vision of your hap-happiness, oh, oh"?
A US president who only agreed to speak with Anne Royal, the first woman to interview a president, after she commandeered his clothes during one of his daily baths in the Potomac River.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
A US state that is home to the Unclaimed Baggage Center (UBC), the nation's only retailer of lost luggage. After a 90-day search, the lost bags legally belong to the airline – this is when UBC swoops in and buys them to then sell in its 40,000-square-foot warehouse. Some of the weirdest items ever found by UBC include a camera from a space shuttle, an Egyptian burial mask, and a live rattlesnake.
What is Alabama?
The capital of Kosovo.
What is Pristina?
"Hide the Christmas Tree carefully, Helen. Be sure the children do not see it until this evening, when it is dressed"
What is "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen?