Around The World
Switzerland has participated in this number of World Wars.
What is zero? Switzerland is the country with the oldest policy of neutrality in terms of armed global wars. They are not alone. Austria, Ireland, and Costa Rica have similar policies.
These root vegetables are often confused with yams.
What are sweet potatoes? Sweet potatoes are indigenous to North America, and yams come from Africa. Did you know that sweet potatoes were originally white or yellow on the inside? They have been hybridized to give them their orange color
Winter begins in this month in the northern hemisphere.
What is December? In the northern hemisphere, the first day of winter is known as the winter solstice. It’s the shortest day of the year.
The 2022 Winter Olympics are being held in this city.
What is Beijing? Did you know the Winter Olympics have never been held in the southern hemisphere?
Presidents’ Day was originally created to honor this president.
Who is George Washington? Rutherford B. Hayes established Presidents’ Day.
The longest street in the world is claimed by this country that shares a border with the United States.
What is Canada? The street is Yonge Street, located in Toronto. It’s 1,178 miles long and runs from Lake Shore in Toronto to Rainy River, which is on the Ontario/Minnesota border.
This bright orange root vegetable is said to be good for the eyes
What is carrot? It contains carotene and vitamins A and K.
Winter ends in this month in the northern hemisphere.
What is March? After the first of the year, you’ll begin to notice the days grow longer as we head toward spring.
The five rings on the Olympic flag represent this.
What is participating continents? The intersecting circles represent friendship
Instead of falling on the same date every year, Presidents’ Day falls on this day of the week.
What is Monday? It falls on the third Monday of February. People were requesting a holiday to honor Abraham Lincoln, so they changed Washington’s Birthday to Presidents’ Day in 1971 as part of the Uniform Holiday Monday Act.
The people of this U.S. territory have voted to become the 51st state three times.
What is Puerto Rico? Did you know that Americans who work in Puerto Rico for the entire year and derive their income solely from Puerto Rican enterprises do not have to pay federal income taxes?
These starchy root vegetables can be fried, boiled, roasted, baked, and mashed.
What are potatoes? Once cooked and cooled, potatoes are a resistant starch. They pass through the digestive tract without digesting, which feeds the gut with beneficial bacteria.
This is the coldest state in the United States.
What is Alaska? Parts of Alaska reside in the Arctic Circle. The gravel Dalton Highway, 80 miles northwest of Fairbanks, is Alaska’s only road into the Arctic Circle.
This is the only country to have won a gold medal at every Winter Olympics.
What is the United States? Great Britain has won only one gold medal at the Winter Games.
He was the first president to live in the White House and the second president of the United States.
Who is John Adams? George Washington chose the location but did not live there.
This continent in the southern hemisphere is the only continent in the world with no active volcanic activity.
What is Australia? Even though Australia has roughly 150 volcanoes, they are all categorized as dormant or extinct. None have erupted in the last 4,000 to 5,000 years.
Vidalia is one of the sweetest and mildest varieties of this root vegetable.
What is onion? Many Vidalia onions are grown in Georgia and are low in sulfur.
These are the three coldest months of the year in the southern hemisphere.
What are June, July, and August? Meteorologists often define those three months as winter
This Scandinavian country has won the most gold medals during all the Winter Olympics.
What is Norway? Before 2022’s Winter Games, it had won 329 medals, with the United States coming in second place with 282. The Norwegians have won 107 of the medals for cross-country skiing.
George Herbert Walker Bush did not like this vegetable and let everyone know it.
What is broccoli? The running joke about his dislike of broccoli started when he said that workers in the Office of Personnel Management would get merit pay “in broccoli.”
At its closest point, Alaska is just three miles from this country
What is Russia? The Bering Strait separates two islands, one belonging to each country.
These little, red-skinned, crunchy jewels are often sliced thin and added to salads.
What are radishes? They contain fiber as well as vitamin C.
Couples are twice as likely to split up between the year-end holidays of Christmas and New Year’s and this romantic holiday in February.
What is Valentine’s Day? It is believed the stress of the holidays and low energy during winter causes moodiness that leads to this tendency.
These four-legged mammals aided humans in a demonstration sledding event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
What are dogs? The demonstration event was dog sledding. Canada took the gold medal in the event.
He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage
Who is John F. Kennedy? He wrote it in 1956 while convalescing after back surgery, and it highlights men who played a role during critical points in American history. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957.