4th Grade
Christmas Facts
December Details
Presidential
Scientific
200

What is a verb?

An action word

200

Which traditional song has a 'partridge in a pear tree'?

12 Days of Christmas

200

Which date has the shortest amount of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere, also called Winter Solstice?

Dec. 21st - every year

200

How long is USA Presidential term?

4 years

200

What is the type of energy allowing us to see color?

light energy

400

Name the type of figurative speech: "Eat his words"

Idiom

400

Which USA President proclaimed Christmas a National Holiday?

President Ulysses S. Grant (1870)

400

On December 5, 1901 which famous cartoon was first released?

Mickey Mouse or Steamboat Willie

400

What is the date of a newly elected USA President's first day on the job?

January 20th

400

All owl eggs are which color?

white

600

How many syllables are in the word: geranium

ger an i um  FOUR

600

Which Christmas song was originally written as a Thanksgiving Song?

"Jingle Bells" original title "One Horse Open Sleigh"

600

In the Southern Hemisphere, which season occurs in December?

summer

600

Which USA President named gave The White House its name?

Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy (1901)

600

What is energy, in the form of vibrations, passing through matter called?

sound

800

What is the value of 4 in the number: 546,320,162

40 million

800

In Hawaiian, what is the word for Santa Claus?

Kanakaloka

800

What the birthstone for December?

turquoise or tanzanite

800
Can you name the TWO Father & Son pairs to both become USA Presidents?

1. John & John Q. Adams

2. George H.W. & George W. Bush

800

Which part of the bone creates new blood cells?

bone marrow

1000

You have 4 groups of 15 cookies. How many cookies do you have?

60

1000

Which USA state is home to the town of 'Santa Claus'?

Indiana

1000

December is the 12th month, but what does its name originally mean in Latin?

10th month

1000

Who was the 8th President of the USA? This was also the first President to be born in the USA. 

Pres. Martin Van Buren (1837)

1000

Kinetic energy is the energy of _______?

motion

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