1.   Gene tells me that the citizens hold a tulip festival every year and that they also manufacture clogs.

2.   Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands once opened a tulip festival there.

3.   The Tulip Era peaked under Sultan Ahmed III, who imported millions of tulip bulbs from Holland and spent fortunes on extravagant tulip festivals.

4.   When his subjects grew tired of seeing so much money squandered on tulip festivals, his extravagance brought on a revolt.

5.   They were the flowers of the Turkish sultans and annual tulip festivals were held.