The Rat Pack
Cookies
A Christmas Carol
Holiday Décor
Amazing Animals
100
This American cinema legend, known for movies like Casablanca and the Maltese Falcon, started the original Rat Pack in the early '50s as a social group among friends.
Humphrey Bogart
100
A dinner in any Chinese restaurant usually ends with one of these cookies, everywhere except in China.
A Fortune Cookie
100
In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by this many ghosts.
(Think carefully - this is kind of a trick question!)
Four - Before encountering the three ghosts of Christmas, Scrooge is first visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley.
100
Don’t stand under this unless you want to get kissed.
Mistletoe
100
Known for its beautiful pink plumage, this bird is actually born gray.
The Flamingo
200
Humphrey Bogart's wife, a Hollywood icon in her own right, was known as the den mother of the group.
Lauren Bacall
200
Often enjoyed frozen, these are the top-selling Girl Scout cookies in the United States.
Thin Mints
200
In a single evening, these three Christmas ghosts profoundly changed Scrooge's miserly heart.
The Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Future.
200
The bright red berries and deep green leaves often used in holiday decorations come from this bush.
Holly
200
Known for its bright white coat, the skin of this animal, the largest species of bear in the world, is actually black.
Polar Bears
300
After Bogart's death in 1957, Frank Sinatra continued the Rat Pack. Can you name two of the other four members?
Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.
300
Making Thumbprint Cookies has been a family holiday tradition for generations, in which a thumbprint in the top of a sugar cookie is filled with this.
Jam or Jelly
300
He was Scrooge's much neglected clerk, and father of Tiny Tim.
Bob Cratchet
300
This design of crisscrossed colors and squares adorns everything from tablecloths to shirts and skirts during the holiday season.
Plaid
300
With a heart the size of a compact car, not only is this majestic animal the largest creature in the sea, it's also the largest animal to have ever lived on Earth, bigger than any known dinosaur.
The Blue Whale
400
This beloved member of the Rat Pack died on Christmas Day, 1995, at the age of 78.
Dean Martin
400
Made by Nabisco, these are the best selling cookies in the world, and also a popular name for black and white pets.
Oreos
400
In his youth, Scrooge had been engaged to a young woman named Belle, but she released him from their engagement, saying she could never make him happy so long as he loved this more than her.
Money
400
Typically found in summer gardens, these little figures are becoming an increasingly popular decoration for the holidays.
Gnomes
400
This flightless bird, native to New Zealand, has the same name as a small, fuzzy fruit.
The Kiwi
500
Although recorded by Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra in the '40s, this song wasn't popular until Dean Martin made it a #1 hit in 1964. It became the theme song for the Dean Martin Show the following year.
Everybody Loves Somebody
500
Ruth Wakefield created her now-famous chocolate chip cookie recipe in 1931 and sold it to this chocolate company in 1939, who have been printing the recipe on their chocolate chip packages ever since.
Nestle (Tollhouse Chocolate Chip Cookies)
500
Scrooge's only living relative was his nephew:
A. Frank
B. Fred
C. Ferris
D. Felix
B. Fred
500
Hiding this particular ornament on your decorated tree originated in Germany in the late 1800's and is meant to bring good fortune to the family member that finds it.
A Glass Pickle
500
Causing tens of thousands of deaths every year, this is the deadliest creature in the animal kingdom.
(Hint: think small)
The Mosquito