America 250
Before his famous midnight ride, this silversmith participated in the Boston Tea Party and later served as a lieutenant colonel in the Massachusetts militia.
Who is Paul Revere?
Scotland's national animal isn't a stag, Highland cow, or thistle-loving creature—it's this mythical one.
What is a unicorn?
You'll encounter one at the checkout and might take home the other after a victory.
What is PRICE / PRIZE?
The name “Halloween” is a contraction of this older name for October 31.
What is All Hallows’ Eve?
This is the only mammal capable of true sustained flight.
What is a bat?
This South Carolina battle gave us both a state symbol and the nickname “Palmetto State.”
What is the Battle of Sullivan’s Island?
This is the only continent located in all four hemispheres.
What is Africa?
One records private reflections; the other produces products that require refrigeration.
What is DIARY / DAIRY?
This famous author of The Raven died mysteriously in Baltimore in 1849 after being found delirious in the street.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
The “WD” in WD-40 stands for these two words.
What is Water Displacement?
At the 1776 “Ring Fight,” this future general and about 25 militiamen formed a circle and held off a force of roughly 200 Cherokee warriors until help arrived.
Who is Andrew Pickens?
You don't have to go across the pond to find these three European countries in South Carolina.
What are Denmark, Sweden, and Norway?
One may be acute; the other may be heavenly.
What is ANGLE / ANGEL?
In European folklore, this plant—not garlic—was traditionally believed to protect against werewolves.
What is wolfsbane?
A group of crows is traditionally known by this rather ominous name.
What is a murder?
This South Carolina backcountry post endured what the National Park Service calls the longest siege of the Revolutionary War.
What is Ninety Six?
This European country has more bicycles than people—and its capital has more than 160 canals.
What is the Netherlands?
One may honor a legislator; the other may have been enacted by one.
What is STATUE / STATUTE?
Before pumpkins became the American standard, people in Ireland and Scotland traditionally carved these root vegetables into lanterns.
What are turnips?
On a standard U.S. keyboard, this letter does not appear in any U.S. state name.
What is Q?
At this 1780 South Carolina battle, Patriot forces suffered one of their worst defeats of the war, and General Horatio Gates fled the field.
What is the Battle of Camden?
The Eiffel Tower gets measurably taller during this season.
What is summer?
One might be checked before taking attendance; the other might make sure you're awake to take it.
What is ROSTER / ROOSTER?
Mary Shelley was just this age when she began writing Frankenstein.
What is 18?
If you alphabetize the numbers one through ten by their English names, this number comes first.
What is eight?