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June 23, 2026

National Pink Flamingo Day

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National Pink Flamingo Day: quirky Americana, roadside attractions, and pop culture kitsch.

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Calaroga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison, and today's theme

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is National Pink Flamingo Day. Quirky Americana roadside attractions and

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pop culture kitch. Question one, National Pink Flamingo Day honors

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the classic plastic lawn ornament designed in nineteen fifty seven,

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which US city, home to creator Don Featherstone, officially proclaimed

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June twenty third as National Pink Flamingo Day to mark

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the ornament's fiftieth anniversary in two thousand and seven. Question two,

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A Florida roadside legend has entertained visitors with underwater mermaid

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performances since the post war road trip boom. What attraction,

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now a state park is famed for these live aquatic shows.

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Question three? Known for punny billboards stretching for miles and

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a giant sombrero observation tower. What Kitcheye tourists stop just

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over the North Carolina South Carolina line on I ninety

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five features a mascot named Pedro. Question four, half Buried

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Nose First in the Texas Plains, Which Route sixty six

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art installation features a row of classic tailfin cars that

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visitors cover in spray paint. Question five a cult classic

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of camp and shock that helped define kitchen cinema. Which

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nineteen seventy two film titled After a Flamboyant Bird was

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directed by the Pope of Trash and starred Divine. We'll

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be right back with these answers after this break welcome back.

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Question one. Which city declared June twenty third National Pink

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Flamingo Day in two thousand and seven? Answer? Leominster, Massachusetts.

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Don Featherstone sculpt did the original plastic pink Flamingo in

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nineteen fifty seven while working for Union Products in Leaminster.

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In two thousand seven, the city proclaimed June twenty third

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National Pink Flamingo Day to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of

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his design. Question two, What Florida attraction is famous for

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live mermaid shows? Answer? Wikiwatchie Springs opened in nineteen forty seven.

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Wikiwatchie Springs became famous for synchronized underwater mermaid performances viewed

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through a submerged theatre. Its now Wikiwatchie Springs State Park,

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a beloved slice of mid century roadside Americana. Question three,

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which I ninety five kitch stop with Pedro mascot and

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giant sombrero is just inside South Carolina. Answer, South of

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the Border Hamer Dillon South Carolina. South of the Border

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began in nineteen forty nine and grew into a neon

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drenched roadside complex luring travelers with playful billboards in the

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pedro character. It's a classic example of mid twenty century

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highway kitch. Question four. Name the Route sixty six site

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with half buried, spray painted Cadillacs. Answer. Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas,

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installed in nineteen seventy four by the art collective Ant

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Farm with patron Stanley marsh III, Cadillac Ranch plants, vintage

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Cadillacs nose down in the dirt. It's a participatory roadside

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icon where graffiti is part of the experience. Question five.

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Who directed the nineteen seventy two cult film Pink Flamingoes? Answer?

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John Waters. John Waters. Nineteen seventy two film Pink Flamingoes

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became a midnight movie sensation, cementing his reputation for outrageous

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subversive camp. Its title and esthetic intertwined with America's fascination

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with kitsch culture. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions.

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I'm Mark Ellison and Today's questions were crafted with the

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help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.