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What is 'Let It Be'?This Puerto Rican dish consists of fried green plaintains, which are mashed together with salt, garlic and oil in a wooden mortar and pestle. At that point, other condiments may be added.
What is mofongo?Buddy was the first guide dog accessible to the average citizen, inspiring the creation of The Seeing Eye in 1929. Buddy was this breed of dog.
What is a German Shepherd?On March 1, 1961, John Kennedy established this agency, under the direction of Sargent Shriver, to help provide social and economic development throughout the world through the work of volunteers.
What is "Revenge of the Sith"?March 1, 1927 marked the birth of the singer/activist who would become known as the King of Calypso. He popularized the calypso genre and famously sang "The Banana Boat Song."
Who is Harry Belefonte?March 1, 1692, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are arrested for the supposed practice.
What is witchcraft?This woman is known for this quote, "Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."
Who is Susan B. Anthony?This chemical element has the atomic number of 47, and its chemical symbol is Ag.
What is silver?This 14 year television series was set in the 'Silver State' near Virginia City.
What is Bonanza?This actor co-wrote the Banana Boat song.
Who is Alan Arkin? (Although his is a variation on the Harry Belafonte hit)This Cuban singer/actor was born March 2, 1917.
Who is Desi Arnaz?In antiquity, this was a Greek name for the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II. It is also the title of a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
What is 'Ozymandias'?In 1991 an amateur photographer caught the beating of this man by LA police officers on camera. Their acquittal caused riots.
Who is Rodney King?This TV show, from the 1990s, was the first television series to have a major character with Down syndrome. The mother of the family was played by Patti LuPone.
What is Life Goes On? Loved it, one of my favorite shows!!This comedian passed away March 4, 1994, who stared in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and Uncle Buck to name a few.
Who is John Candy?March 4 was the traditional date for this ceremony until 1937.
What is the Presidential Inauguration?This state was admitted as the 14th state on March 4, 1791
What is Vermont?This 1990 film dealt with the attempted murder trial of socialite Sonny von Bulow.
What is "Reversal of Fortune"?This President of the US is alleged to have said the following: "I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell."
Who is Harry S Truman?This actor recently passed at too young an age of stroke. He was best remembered for his role in 90210.
Who is Luke Perry?This man, a possible slave, is 1st of 5 people killed during the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770.
Who is Crispus Attucks?In 1976 these two service academies admitted their first classes which included women.
What are Westpoint and Annapolis (USMA and USNA)? (Although I thought all 4 service academies admitted women in 1976)The distinction of being the first federal academy to admit women belongs to this academy, which admitted women in 1974.
What is the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy?This Polish filled doughnut is frequently served the day before Ash Wednesday in the U.S. or the day after in Poland.
What is paczki?Filled jelly donuts are also associated with this Jewish holiday.
What is Hanukkah?Jelly filled donuts were called this when they became specifically tied to Hanukkah in Israel, in the 1920s, when the Israeli Labor Federation declared them the official food of Hanukkah.
What are sufganiyot?March 6, 1475, is the birth date of this renowned Italian painter/sculptor.
Who is Michelangelo?The most famous triptych by this Dutch painter from the Renaissance is "The Garden of Earthly Delights."
Who is Hieronymous Bosch?This Donatello wooden statue of a famous biblical woman was severely damaged in the flooding of the Arno in 1966.
What is the Penitent Magdalene?There are 4 unfinished, yet powerful, sculptures by Michelangelo in the Accademia in Florence. This group of sculptures is collectively known by this name. (there are 2 possible answers - either is acceptable)
What are the Slaves or Prisoners?This Russian mathematician (1922-2004) was known for her work on partial differential equationa and fluid dynamics.
Who is Olga Ladyzhenskaya?In 1762, she was the first female newspaper editor in America.
Who is Ann Franklin?This doctor preceded her medical career by becoming the first American woman to win Gold as a figure skater in the Olympics.
Who is Tenley Albright?This woman becomes the 1st ever licensed female pilot on March 8, 1910.
Who is Harriet Quimby?This aviator was the first woman to break the sound barrier in 1953.
Betsy wrote: "Who is Harriet Quimby?No, although she was the firs US woman to get her pilot's license. According to Wikipedia on August 1, 1911, Harriet Quimby took her pilot's test and became the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
The correct answer is: Raymonde de Laroche. On 8 March 1910, de Laroche became the first woman in the world to receive a pilot licence when the Aero-Club of France issued her licence #36 of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (International Aeronautics Federation or F.A.I.).
Betsy wrote: "Who is Harriet Quimby?This aviator was the first woman to break the sound barrier in 1953."
Who was Jacqueline Cochran?
This landmass in the US is the world's longest barrier island.
What is Padre Island?In March of 1862, the battle between these two ironclads in Virginia reflected a major change in naval warfare.
What are the Monitor and the Merrimac?This Confederate submarine with a crew of 8 was the first submarine in history to successfully sink an enemy ship.
What is the CSS H.L. HUNLEY?This destroyer sank a mini-sub, thus firing the first American shot of WWII on December 7, 1941. Ironically, it also sank on December 7 but in 1944.
What is the USS Ward?He was Robin to Adam West's Batman.
Who is Burt Ward?This lady, who was known as the Chocolate Cream Killer, was sentenced to life imprisonment & died in Broadmoor Asylum in 1907.
Who is Christiana Edmunds?On March 10, 1876, with these words, "Mr. Watson--Come here--I want to see you," (or a version thereof) a revolution began which continues to delight teenagers and others everywhere.
What is the telephone?On March 11, 1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on a US TV game show after winning $129,000. This show was later revealed to be fixed (and was the basis for the movie "Quiz Show").
What is 'Twenty-one'?These two heads of state lost sons within 2 years of each other in 1862 and 1864.
Who were Abraham Lincoln & Jefferson Davis?This American writer known for "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Devil's Dictionary" was last heard from in a letter of December 1913 bearing a Chihuahua postmark to his secretary and companion. His disappearance is still unexplained.
Who is Ambrose Bierce?This young man, lost in New Guinea in 1961, was the son of a prominent politician.
Who was Michael Rockefeller?On March 13, 1793, this man patented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?He was also famous for the invention of interchangeable parts due to his work in this industry.
What are firearms (muskets)?In March of 1781, William Herschel discovered this planet, thinking it was a comet.
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