National Pink Flamingo Day

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison, and today's theme is National Pink Flamingo Day. Quirky Americana roadside attractions and pop culture kitch. Question one, National Pink Flamingo Day honors the classic plastic lawn ornament designed in nineteen fifty seven, which US city, home to creator Don Featherstone, officially proclaimed June twenty third as National Pink Flamingo Day to mark the ornament's fiftieth anniversary in two thousand and seven. Question two, A Florida roadside legend has entertained visitors with underwater mermaid performances since the post war road trip boom. What attraction, now a state park is famed for these live aquatic shows.

0:54 Question three? Known for punny billboards stretching for miles and a giant sombrero observation tower. What Kitcheye tourists stop just over the North Carolina South Carolina line on I ninety five features a mascot named Pedro. Question four, half Buried Nose First in the Texas Plains, Which Route sixty six art installation features a row of classic tailfin cars that visitors cover in spray paint. Question five a cult classic of camp and shock that helped define kitchen cinema. Which nineteen seventy two film titled After a Flamboyant Bird was directed by the Pope of Trash and starred Divine. We'll be right back with these answers after this break welcome back.

1:51 Question one. Which city declared June twenty third National Pink Flamingo Day in two thousand and seven? Answer? Leominster, Massachusetts. Don Featherstone sculpt did the original plastic pink Flamingo in nineteen fifty seven while working for Union Products in Leaminster. In two thousand seven, the city proclaimed June twenty third National Pink Flamingo Day to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his design. Question two, What Florida attraction is famous for live mermaid shows? Answer? Wikiwatchie Springs opened in nineteen forty seven. Wikiwatchie Springs became famous for synchronized underwater mermaid performances viewed through a submerged theatre. Its now Wikiwatchie Springs State Park, a beloved slice of mid century roadside Americana. Question three, which I ninety five kitch stop with Pedro mascot and giant sombrero is just inside South Carolina. Answer, South of the Border Hamer Dillon South Carolina. South of the Border began in nineteen forty nine and grew into a neon drenched roadside complex luring travelers with playful billboards in the pedro character. It's a classic example of mid twenty century highway kitch. Question four. Name the Route sixty six site with half buried, spray painted Cadillacs. Answer. Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas, installed in nineteen seventy four by the art collective Ant Farm with patron Stanley marsh III, Cadillac Ranch plants, vintage Cadillacs nose down in the dirt. It's a participatory roadside icon where graffiti is part of the experience. Question five.

3:17 Who directed the nineteen seventy two cult film Pink Flamingoes? Answer? John Waters. John Waters. Nineteen seventy two film Pink Flamingoes became a midnight movie sensation, cementing his reputation for outrageous subversive camp. Its title and esthetic intertwined with America's fascination with kitsch culture. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison and Today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.