Mark Your Calendars
Must we tell you over & over again that this day, February 2, is partly based on ancient weather signs?
What is Groundhog Day?
The coldest recorded winter temperature in the U.S. was the Jan. 1971 temp of -80 at Prospect Creek Camp in this state
What is Alaska?
Her “My Heart Will Go On” went on the Billboard charts in February 1998 & stayed on for another 20 weeks.
Who is Celine Dion?
Invented in 1948, the first dispenser for this candy resembled a lighter, to encourage people to quit smoking
What is Pez?
A heavy steel blade with a 45-degree edge ran in grooves in the posts of this execution device
What is a guillotine?
This holy day is observed as the anniversary of the crucifixion of Jesus
What is Good Friday?
In the Southern Hemisphere, winter begins in this month
What is June?
In 2023 this queen of country took to the chair as a new coach on “The Voice.”
Who is Reba?
These "tiny, tangy crunchy" candies from Wonka have a geeky name
What are Nerds?
From the Latin for "saw-shaped", it's an adjective for a knife designed to cut soft foods like tomatoes & bread
What is serrated?
If you're curious, George, Jan. 29, 2025 is Chinese New Year & the year of this animal
What is a snake?
Following "hot" or the name of a liquor, it's booze, hot water & sugar to take the chill off winter
What is a toddy?
This 1993 dance craze was brought into the world by Spanish group Los del Rio
What is the Macarena?
The streetlights in the town of Hershey are shaped like these candies that were introduced in 1907
What are kisses?
In the 1640s the French army became the first to use this long blade attached to the barrel of a musket
What is a bayonet?
The Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970, appropriately the same year of the debut of this annual April event
What is Earth Day?
Hibernation uses a natural form of this serious 11-letter condition that results from a dangerous drop in core body temp.
What is hypothermia?
The name of Taylor Swift's 10th studio album, which includes tracks like “Lavendar Haze,” “Anti-Hero,” and “Maroon"
What is Midnights?
It calls itself the "crispety, crunchety" candy bar
What is a Butterfinger?
On this nation's flag, a scimitar appears above a declaration called the Shahada
What is Saudi Arabia?
October 24 is this international organization's day, commemorating the effective date of its charter in 1945
What is The United Nations?
Stranded on his farm one winter around 1937, Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Quebec invented this transport
What is the snowmobile?
Known for singles such as "Take On Me," 1980s pop group a-ha came from this Scandinavian country
What is Norway?
This British chocolatier makes a dairy milk bar as well as a milk tray
What is Cadbury?
The name of these people who invaded England in the 5th century may come from a dagger traditionally worn by them
Who are the Saxons?
(blade name is Seax)