Q: In the 1970s, singers/songwriters Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne both performed at which Delaware high school auditorium?
A: Mount Pleasant
Q: In the early 1960s, what type of family entertainment could be had at the corner of Kirkwood Highway and Farrand Drive, where a Wendy’s and a Taco Bell now stand?
A: A trampoline park
Q: Name three of Delaware’s drive-in movie theaters operating in the 1960s.
A: Prices Corner, Pleasant Hills, Diamond State
Q: What was the name of the teen dance club located in Stanton in the 1970s?
A: The Electric Gramophone
Q: What was the original name of the Chase Center on the Riverfront? And what was the first exhibit shown there?
A: Christina Riverfront Arts Center, Nicholas & Alexandra: The Last Imperial Family of Tsarist Russia
Q: The Delaware State Fair in Harrington was originally known by what name?
A: Kent and Sussex County Fair
Q: Long before Out & About and Spark, what was the name of Wilmington’s entertainment newspaper (in the 1980s)? And who founded it?
A: Fine Times, The Melton Brothers
Q: Actor Robert Mitchum lived on his grandparents’ farm in which Delaware town during his early school days?
A: Felton
Q: Name one of the television shows in which actor and native Delawarean John Gallagher Jr. appeared in the 2000s before his performances in Broadway’s “Spring Awakening” and “American Idiot.”
A: “The West Wing,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “NYPD Blue,” “Ed,” “Love Monkey,” Hallmark’s “The Flamingo Rising”
Q: Which of Delaware’s many festivals began in 1966?
A: The Greek Festival
Q: One of the oldest names in the Delaware automotive community (still in business today) was the inspiration for the title character of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender is the Night,” which Fitzgerald worked on while living in Delaware in the 1920s.
A: Diver
Q: What movie was a staple at the State Theater in Newark? And what year was the State demolished?
A: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1989
Q: Singer/songwriter Loudon Wainright III graduated from which Delaware school?
A: St. Andrew’s School
Q: Dover Downs opened in what year?
A: 1969
Q: What form of gambling was started in Delaware in 1975?
A: The Delaware State Lottery
Q: What was the name of the movie theater (closed in the 1990s) on Centerville Road near where Walmart now stands?
A: Cinema 141
Q: What was the name of the drive-in restaurant with locations on Maryland Avenue and Miller Road in Wilmington in the early 1960s?
A: Steer-In
Q: Delaware is one of only seven states that doesn’t allow what on Sundays? (Keep it clean!)
A: Hunting
Q: If it still existed today, which venue (located on Lancaster Pike) would possibly be voted “Best Milkshakes” by Delaware Today readers and critics?
A: The Delamore Dairy
Q: At which Rehoboth Beach restaurant/music venue did George Thorogood appear?
A: The Country Squire
Q: Which family entertainment option (near Prices Corner) first took off in 1982?
A: The Wilmington & Western Railroad
Q: What was the first name of the tall, blond-headed cook at the Post House on Union Street in the 1960s and beyond?
A: Chris
Q: Which two punk rockers met at Sanford School?
A: Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell
Q: Hearn’s restaurant on Market St. in Wilmington was known for what sweet treat?
A: Sticky buns
Q: Actor Chuck Connors (1960s-era TV’s “The Rifleman”) played for which Wilmington sports team?
A: Wilmington Blue Bombers basketball
Q: The Deluxe Luncheonette on Main Street in Newark was fondly known as what?
A: The Greasy Spoon or The Spoon
