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What is Cinque Terre?Cinderella's Castle at Disney World and Sleeping Beauty's Castle in Disney Land are modeled after Neuschwanstein Castle in this part of Germany.
What is Bavaria?In 1889 the murder-suicide of the Crown Prince of Austria and his lover at this hunting lodge set off a tragic train of events.
What is the hunting lodge at Mayerling?On July 30, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill creating a women's auxiliary agency in the Navy which was known by this acronym.
What is WAVES?The last classic of this model of car rolled off the line on July 30, 2003.
(I'm biased towards the WAVES as my aunt was in the 2nd incoming class back in 1942-43).What is the VW Beetle?
Aside from purchasing it, the only way you’ll ever obtain this gem is by traveling to the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. It is extremely rare and could potentially be mined out within 20-30 years.
What is Tanzanite? (It's beautiful. I have a couple of pieces.)This novel by Bernard Malamud was turned into a 1984 film with Robert Redford as the title character.
What is The Natural?This classic Hitchcock film (and his first American-made film) was based on this book by Daphne du Maurier.
What is Rebecca?In 1934 after being hit in the head by a thrown ball during the World Series this pitcher said, "The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.". 😀
Who is Dizzy Dean?This famous crossroads at the intersection of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, MS, is favorite stop for a fan of this type of music.
What is the blues?This is a small village, an unincorporated community in western Mohave County, on Route 66, northwestern Arizona, known for its burros that roam the roads. It is also famous as the honeymoon stop of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard
What is Oatman, AZ?On July 29, 2018, 4 more players were inducted in to the Baseball Hall of Fame. They join all the players since 1936, who are honored at the facility in this small NY town.
What is Cooperstown?On Aug 1, 1876, this became the 38th state in the US.
What is Colorado?Colorado is one of 4 states known by this collective nickname.
What is the Four Corners?Held in late July, this festival honors the Scandinavian heritage of the small NE Iowa community, with over 10,000 visitors annually.
What is Decorah?This politician, the 31st President, was born in Iowa, and was the first Chief Executive to be born west of the Mississippi.
Who is Herbert Hoover?J. Edgar Hoover created the FBI, that went after many of the leading gangsters in the 1930s, including this killer who was shot outside a Chicago theater in 1934.
Who is John Dillinger?This FBI agent is usually given the credit for leading the manhunt of Dillinger, but was eventually demoted according to Hoover, and left the FBI in 1935 supposedly due to Hoover's jealousy.
Who is Melvin Purvis?Before Faye Dunaway was cast as Bonnie in the film "Bonnie and Clyde", this actress was also considered for the role.
Quite a few were considered, but I'll guess Who is Shirley Maclaine?This Puerto Rican actress is only one of 12 performers who have won an Oscar, Tony, Emmy and a Grammy.
Who is Rita Moreno?Phillip H. Sheridan, George A. Custer, and William T. Sherman were the founders of the USA's main artillery fort at Fort Sill in this state.
What is Oklahoma? (I've been to Ft. Sill.)This installation in Kansas was the home of the 10th Cavalry, nicknamed the 'Buffalo Soldiers', and is located near a prison.
What is Fort Leavenworth?This music is an old Irish quick-step that can be traced back to the 1800s, but many of us associate it with Custer as the 7th Cavalry Regimental March.
What is Garry Owen? (Love that song.)This 1941 film with Errol Flynn supposedly told the story of Libby and G.A. Custer.
What is "They Died With Their Boots On?" (I just watched it on TCM!)This state is the home of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota tribes, which make up the Sioux Nation.
What is South Dakota?Which Hitchcock movie had a thrilling ending at this S. Dakota monument?
What is North by Northwest?This actor was originally cast as Shrek, and had recorded part of the movie, then replaced by Mike Myers after his untimely death.
Who is Chris Farley?Who was Farley's co-lead in Tommy Boy?
Who is David Spade?This American actor of Japanese descent was a singer, and starred in such movies as 'Crimson Kimono' and 'Bridge to the Sun', which were rarities in the portrayal of of Asian cultures. He also portrayed Admiral Nagumo in 'Midway'.
Who is James Shigeta?This painting by Johannes Vermeer was used as the basis for a book published in 1999 (and then later a movie based on the book). They all share the same title.
What is 'The Girl With the Pearl Earring'?This historical figure was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Vlad The Conqueror?Bram Stoker was born here.
What is Dublin, Ireland?This English poet drowned during a sudden storm while sailing off Livorno, Italy.
Who is Percy Byshe Shelley?Shelley and his wife were portrayed in an episode of this 1990s 6 season series which featured a 400-year old immortal and his 5000-year old friend.
What is Highlander?Henry McCarty, an outlaw who was popularly known by this name, was shot to death in 1881 by Sheriff Pat Garrett.
Who is Billy the Kid?This famous “author” was arrested on August 4, 1944.
Who was Anne Frank?On August 5, 1864, this naval battle made the saying, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead," famous.
What is the Battle of Mobile Bay?On August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to do this.
What is swim the English Channel?On April 3, 1944, Evelyn Sharp was killed piloting a P-38, as part of this organization, headed by Jacqueline Cochran, which allowed women to pilot planes so that men could do wartime combat.
What was the WASPs?This 1952 novel opens with this line: "He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish."
What is The Old Man and the Sea?This condiment was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
What is ketchup? (My favorite)This expensive cast-iron cookware began production in 1925 with a French oven, and developied its signature color, Flame.
What is Le Creuset?This renowned chef's renovated brownstone at 167 West 12th Street in Greenwich Village, is North America's only historic culinary center.
Who was James Beard?On August 6, 1945, this B-29 dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan.
What is the Enola Gay?With the stipulation that they all serve together, these brothers perished when the Juneau was struck by a Japanese torpedo.
Who are the Sullivans?In July of 1945, this ship was torpedoed on its return from Tinian causing the greatest loss of life from a single vessel in WWII.
What is the USS Indianapolis?In Greek mythology, this god is a sea monster and spirit of whirlpools and the tide.
What is Charybdis?August 7, 1942, was the beginning of a 6-month campaign to secure this island in the South Pacific, which involved land and several naval battles as well.
What is Guadalcanal?On Aug 7, 1782, Gen. George Washington created the Badge of Military Merit, a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and noncommissioned officers. Today, it is known by a different name, and is a United States military decoration awarded to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.
What is a Purple Heart?This is the national dish of Scoland, and consists of lamb/sheep offal, onion, suet, oatmeal, and spices.
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