Before & After
Winter Movies
Rhyme Time
Firsts
Changing Country Names
100

NYC nickname that refers to a special person in your life.

the Big Apple of my eye

100

This movie is adapted from a Dr. Suess book about someone who hates Christmas.

 How the Grinch Stole Christmas

100

Rodent husband or wife.

mouse spouse

100

This man was the first human to set foot on the moon.

Neil Armstrong

100

This country was known as the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until its independence in 1966.

Botswana

200

A landmark Louisiana area featuring Bourbon Street gets a classic burger from McDonald's.

 the French Quarter Pounder

200

A magical hat brings life to the title character.

Frosty the Snowman

200

Next-door toil.

neighbor labor

200

She was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Margaret Thatcher

200

In 2020, this country stopped using Holland as one of its official names.

The Netherlands

300

Mouselike boy in an E.B. White story traveling through the heavens as Ursa Minor.

Stuart Little Dipper

300

This movie starring George Bailey was initially a flop, but it is now a Christmas classic.

It’s a Wonderful Life

300

 Partial chuckle.

half laugh

300

He was the first Vice President of the United States of America.

John Adams

300

This country was known as Ceylon from 1815 to 1972 under British Rule.

Sri Lanka

400

Top U.N. official designed to cause loss of consciousness & of sensation in your whole body.

Secretary General anesthesia

400

In this movie, four children have to defeat the White Witch who is keeping the magical world in winter.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

400

Single eyeglass history.

monocle chronicle

400

This was the first Disney animated feature film and the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

400

This current Democratic Republic in central Africa used to be known as the Republic of Zaïre.

the Democratic Republic of Congo

500

American daisy with a dark center that was a leading U.S. suffragette.

Black-eyed Susan B. Anthony

500

This movie stars Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz as two women from countries on opposite sides of the Atlantic who exchange houses during the holiday season.

 The Holiday

500

Flying raptor jargon.

hawk talk

500

To Kill a Mockingbird was this author's first, and most successful, novel.

Harper Lee

500

Known as the Czech Republic, this is the official English ‘short name’ used by the United Nations since 2016.

Czechia

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