Lunar New Year
Smaug, Viserion, and Toothless are all versions of this, the same animal representing this year’s Lunar New Year
What is a dragon
This international organization designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Its building in NYC shares its name with a Triple Crown Winner.
Who are the United Nations?
Active from 1940-1948, these men formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the US Army Air Forces and were the first black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen
This woman is known for making the first American Flag and has a house named after her in Philadelphia, PA.
Who is Betsy Ross?
According to Irish lore, St. Patrick drove this animal out of Ireland. Indiana Jones would be grateful.
What are snakes
Traditionally eaten at midnight in northern China, a Jiaozi is this type of Chinese cuisine, consisting of ground meat and/or vegetable filling wrapped into thinly rolled piece of dough
What is a dumpling
This year marked both the conclusion of World War II and the Holocaust, as well the start to President Truman’s term as President.
What is 1945?
Recently played by Cynthia Erivo in a 2019 film, this infamous ‘conductor’ once said she was responsible for the rescuing of 70 people and bringing them to freedom in the mid 1800s.
Who is Harriet Tubman
This woman was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
The name of this holy month during which Muslims engage in fasting and spiritual growth
What is Ramadan
On Chinese New Year, red envelopes are given out by adults to younger family members and usually filled with this.
What is money
The Holocaust period begin in this year; the same year during which former President Calvin Coolidge passed away.
What is 1933?
President Barack Obama was elected as the first African-American president of this law review, located at the same school attended by 3 sitting Supreme Court justices
What is Harvard
This Constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote and was ratified in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
On January 4th we celebrate World Braille Day to commemorate this inventor who developed a system of reading and writing for the visually impaired after becoming blind himself at age 15 due to a childhood accident.
Answer: Who is Louis Braille
Another seasonal name for Chinese New Year. Very different from a ‘Fyre’ one
What is ‘Spring Festival’
Dutch principal Johan van Hulst and colleagues saved 600 Jewish Children during 1942 and 1943; hiding them in baskets and sacks while riding this two-wheel mode of transportation out of Amsterdam
What is a bicycle
During the Civil Rights Movement, ‘Mississippi Goddam’ and ‘Old Jim Crow’ were songs by this singer
Who is Nina Simone
This Walmart heir was the wealthiest woman in the world in 2023.
Who is Alice Walton?
This Christian saint, who is the patron of Love, young people and happy marriages, lived in the 3rd Century and was imprisoned and martyred for his Christian beliefs. While imprisoned, he wrote a letters to his jailer’s daughter who often visited him.
Who is St. Valentine
Usually done by frantic parents before guests come over, this activity is also done by Chinese families prior to the New Year celebration to get rid of bad luck from the previous year
What is clean the house
“Sacrifice by fire” is another meaning of the word Holocaust which originates from this language of an ancient, but current, European nation.
What is Greek
She was the first black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. One of her most controversial books was adapted into a movie starring Danny Glover and Oprah.
Who is Toni Morrison
In 1914 this woman invented the first turn and brake signals for automobiles.
Who is Florence Lawrence?
At sunset during Ramadan, Muslims enjoy the name of this meal – marking the end or ‘breaking’ of the fast
What is Iftar