The Midnight Library
Holiday
Literature
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Fall
100

This is the main character who explores different versions of her life in the Midnight Library.

Who is Nora Seed?

100

What three words best describe the Grinch in the TV special, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”?

Stink, stank, stunk.

100

He wrote The Raven and is known for his dark, gothic style.
 

Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

100

This British band released Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Who are The Beatles?

100

The sugar maple tree, tapped in late fall, produces this sweet syrup.

What is maple syrup?

200

The librarian of the Midnight Library who guides Nora through her alternate lives.

Who is Mrs. Elm?

200

Accompanied by a ghost, Ebenezer Scrooge looks in on the Cratchit family having a goose for dinner as a special holiday treat in what Charles Dickens novel?

A Christmas Carol

200

Who wrote the poem "The Road Not Taken"?

Who is Robert Frost?

200

Known as the “Queen of Pop,” she released albums like Like a Prayer and Confessions on a Dance Floor.

Who is Madonna?

200

The original Thanksgiving in 1621, often depicted in paintings, took place in this modern U.S. state.

What is Massachusetts?

300

Nora briefly experiences life as a famous this in one of the alternate worlds, but realizes it doesn’t bring her happiness.

What is a rock star or musician?

300

Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Day has been a tradition since the 1970s in what nation on the other side of the world from Kentucky?

Japan

300

This ancient Greek poet is credited with composing the Iliad.

Who is Homer?

300

This musician’s alter ego is Ziggy Stardust.

Who is David Bowie?

300

The changing colors of leaves in fall are caused by the breakdown of this green pigment.

What is chlorophyll?

400

In one life, Nora moves to this country, only to find that it isn’t the solution to her unhappiness.

What is Australia?

400

Selling more than 5 million units in its first year, what company’s Model A Scooter was named the “Toy of the Year” by the Toy Industry Association in 2000?

Razor

400

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, often moral or political, is called this.

What is an allegory?

400

This director is known for Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Who is Quentin Tarantino?

400

This classic horror novel by Washington Irving features a headless horseman who rides in the fall night.

What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

500

The character who Nora almost marries in one of her alternate lives but realizes it isn’t right for her.

Who is Dan?

500

The most snowfall ever recorded in 24 hours in the United States was 75.8 inches. Where did this happen?





What is Silver Lake, Colorado in 1921?

500

This character in Dickens’ novel struggles through a harsh Victorian world but maintains hope and kindness.

Who is Oliver Twist?

500

This 2000 thriller, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, features a boy who sees dead people.

What is The Sixth Sense?

500

In 1702, this colony finally ended all pending witchcraft trials and released remaining prisoners.

What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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