Wild Card
This is the only vegetable that is also sold as a fresh fruit on U.S. grocery store shelves.
What is the tomato?
This U.S. Army officer and Revolutionary War general lent his name to the city after building a fort there in 1794.
Who is General Anthony Wayne?
This classic side dish is made from bread cubes mixed with herbs, broth, and sometimes sausage.
What is stuffing (or dressing)?
This evergreen plant is hung in doorways and encourages people to kiss beneath it.
What is mistletoe?
This woman became queen of Persia and saved her people from destruction.
Who is Esther?
This U.S. landmark was a gift from France and stands in New York Harbor.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This river—one of the three that meet in Fort Wayne—shares its name with a color.
What is the Maumee River?
A “Turducken” combines a turkey, a duck, and this third bird to create a triple-layered holiday dish.
What is a chicken?
This Christmas movie is famous for the leg lamp that Ralphie’s father wins as a “major award.”
What is A Christmas Story?
This king asked God for wisdom instead of wealth or power.
Who is Solomon?
This large desert in Africa is the biggest in the world.
What is the Sahara Desert?
Built in 1928, this restored movie palace on Harrison Street hosts concerts, classic films, and touring shows.
What is the Embassy Theatre?
This pie, made from a root vegetable, is often preferred over pumpkin pie in the South.
What is sweet potato pie?
This plant with red leaves is a popular Christmas decoration and is native to Mexico.
What is the poinsettia?
This river is where John baptized Jesus.
What is the Jordan River?
This famous Italian tower is known for leaning.
What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
Completed in 1925, this Fort Wayne park is named after a famous American folk hero buried there.
What is Johnny Appleseed Park?
This gelatin-based dessert salad often contains fruit, whipped topping, and miniature marshmallows.
What is ambrosia (or Jell-O salad)?
In “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” the gift given on day 10 is these energetic performers.
What are ten lords a-leaping?
This Old Testament woman was known for her great strength of character and loyalty to her mother-in-law, Naomi.
Who is Ruth?
This city has the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing, where thousands of people scramble across at once.
What is Tokyo?
This historic trading post, rebuilt on Spy Run Avenue, commemorates a French empire fur-trade site from the 1700s.
What is the Old Fort?
The Pilgrims landed near this modern-day Massachusetts town in 1620.
What is Plymouth?
In The Polar Express, the boy receives this item as the “first gift of Christmas.”
What is a silver bell?
This man replaced Judas Iscariot as the twelfth apostle.
Who is Matthias?