U.S. History
Flowers
Famous Alexanders
Have a "Heart"
Cards
100
Spanning from Rock Island, IL to Davenport, IA, 1st railway bridge over this river opened 5/21/1856
What is the Mississippi River?
100
State flower of Kentucky, this yellow wildflower sounds like it's 14K & 16 1/2 feet long
What is goldenrod?
100
This inventor's deaf wife & mother could not hear his famous device
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
100
Though it's neighboring Stanford that's famous for transplants, Tony Bennett sang this in 1962
What is "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
100
Number of potential royal flushes in a standard deck
What is 4?
200
After a series of sit-down strikes at plants in 1936-37, GM agreed to recognize this union
What is the United Auto Workers?
200
The only garden flower under "Z" in the World Book is this hairy-stemmed favorite
What is a zinnia?
200
1 oz. creme de cacao, 1 oz. brandy, 1 oz. cream
What is a Brandy Alexander?
200
Cardialgia, often followed by "Plop, plop, fizz,fizz"
What is heartburn?
200
Type of professional whose opening line might be "Pick a card, any card"
What is a magician?
300
While FDR served the longest term, 12 years, this president served the shortest, 1 month
Who is (William Henry) Harrison?
300
The color of the actual Poinsettia flower
What is green (or yellow)?
300
He founded a city on a battlesite in India to honor his horse Bucephalus
Who is Alexander the Great?
300
Lewis Carroll character booked for tart theft
Who is Jack/Knave of Hearts?
300
Of poker, pinochle or bridge, the 1 whose name came over from Russia
What is bridge?
400
This Confederate Civil War song became a hit single for Mitch Miller in 1955
What is "The Yellow Rose of Texas"?
400
From Turkish word "tulbend", meaning turban, comes name of this flower whose blossoms resemble turbans
What is a tulip?
400
In 1979, he left the Bolshoi; in 1986's "The Money Pit" Shelley Long left him
Who is Alexander Godunov?
400
Alabama's nickname
What is "Heart of Dixie"?
400
The term "trump" is a variation of this word for "win"
What is triumph?
500
French for "the narrows", this city was founded in 1701 on river between Lake Huron & Lake Erie
What is Detroit?
500
The flower is the part of a seed plant that contains this type of organ
What is the reproductive/sexual organ?
500
This poet penned his mock-epic to stop an actual family feud over a "ravish'd" lock of hair
Who is Alexander Pope?
500
Blondie hit which shattered the charts in 1979
What is "Heart of Glass"?
500
In French, this suit is "trefle", in German, "treff", & in Spanish, "bastos"
What is clubs?