November Happenings
Clocks go this way at the end of daylight saving time in November, granting a precious extra hour of sleep.
What is back?
This Swedish band released eight hit albums from 1973 to 1981. You may know their hit single “Dancing Queen.”
What is ABBA?
The first man to set foot on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
It’s not only a bog fruit associated with the holidays but also a shade of red.
What is cranberry?
Citrus fruit with a bright yellow rind, pink interior, pulp, and seeds
What is grapefruit?
This federal holiday honoring the military is held in November
What is Veterans Day?
November is derived from the Latin novem, which is this number.
What is nine?
The century during which the first U.S. transcontinental railroad was finished
What is 19th century?
This shade of tan is named for an animal that has a hump for storing fat and that you can ride at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.
What is camel?
Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions
What are parts of speech?
These U.S. national political “contests” are held in November.
What are (federal) elections?
Refers to the entire head of hair, usually in a positive manner
What are tresses? The plural is used to describe a head of hair, while the singular tress is used to describe a lock of hair.
The first American self-made businesswoman to become a millionaire
Who is Sarah Breedlove (or Madam C. J. Walker)?
Chartreuse is a hue of this secondary color.
What is green?
Individual stars that form a shape within a defined boundary
What is a constellation?
November is the only month this classic British playwright never mentioned in his plays or sonnets.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Mork & Mindy is set in this city, just north of Denver.
What is Boulder, Colorado?
First woman to win a Nobel Prize; did so for her work in the field of radioactivity and then again for her work in chemistry
Who is Marie Curie?
A shade of this color is associated with Tiffany & Co.
The colder of the two appliances that have a compressor, condenser coils, evaporator, evaporator fan, thermostat, and door gasket
What is a freezer?
November is known as this type of meteorological month.
What is transitional?
Old-fashioned Southern etiquette requires you to do this when an elder enters the room.
What is get up?
Origin country of the first woman in space
What is Soviet Union (not Russia)?
This shade of pink is also the name of a plant with exquisite, delicate petals.
What is fuchsia?
Has a needle, bobbin winder, hand wheel, and foot pedal
What is a sewing machine?