Omnium Gatherum II

Today five pieces of miscellany.

See question five. Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States.
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One

What two words appear with ‘Band’, ’Heart’, and ’Fields’ in the titles of three songs from 1970, 1972 and 1993 respectively?

Two

This modern city was mentioned in the Icelandic sagas when it was known as Mikligarðr — from the Old Norse mikill ‘big’ and garðr ‘wall’ or ‘stronghold’. What city?

Three

The Catahoula Leopard Dog became the State Dog of which U.S. state in 1979?

Four

What creatures home world is the planet Kashyyyk?

Five

Three questions rolled into one. Hi-Catoctin was a retreat in Frederick County, Maryland for U.S. Federal Agents and their families from the mid-1930s. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt converted it to a presidential retreat and renamed it. In 1953, the then incumbent president gave it its present name in honour of two people. 

  1. What did President Roosevelt name it in 1942?
  2. Which president renamed it in 1953?
  3. By what current name has it been known since?

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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