December Holidays
This holiday originated in the United Kingdom and is celebrated the day after Christmas.
What is Boxing Day?
This campaign is launched each December at Blackstone to help low-income New Yorkers make ends meet and lead self-sufficient lives.
What is the United Way Year-End Campaign?
The second-largest continent in the world.
What is Africa?
On May 30, 2020, SpaceX launched its first-ever crewed mission that sent two NASA astronauts to this extra-terrestrial location.
What is the International Space Station or ISS?
This musical is about the adventures of an orphan girl.
What is “Annie”?
A holiday “for the rest of us.”
What is “Festivus”?
The location of the 2018 Blackstone L&C holiday party.
What is Slate?
The number of bones in the adult human body.
What is 206?
To the relief of children around the world, Dr. Anthony Fauci declared this figure immune to COVID-19 thanks to his “good innate immunity”.
Who is Santa Claus?
This musical is the longest-running musical in Broadway history?
What is the "Phantom of the Opera"?
Typically placed above the others, the center candle on a menorah is called by this name, which means “attendant” or “servant”.
What is the shamash?
The feat of athleticism that convinced Vern Perry that Mr. Stone could not be Jon Gray.
What is dunking?
DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
The second injection of the COVID-19 vaccine in the UK was given to this now semi-famous man with no relation to the original.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This animated film was Disney's first Broadway musical?
What is "Beauty and the Beast"?
Omisoka, or otsugomori, originally celebrated on the final day of the 12th lunar month, is now celebrated on this day in December.
What is December 31st?
The creator of the Blackstone Family Holiday Open House.
Who is Tony James?
A three sided polygon where no two sides are congruent and no angle inside the polygon is equal to or greater than 90 degrees.
What is a scalene, acute triangle?
For the first time in its history, the Academy Award for best picture was given to an international feature film by this Korean filmmaker known for his black humor and social themes.
Who is Bong Joon-Ho?
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DAILY DOUBLE!!
The name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which, when translated into English, has this meaning.
What is “harvest” or “first fruits”?
As revealed in the 2020 Blackstone holiday video, Mr. Stone’s only grandparent who travels.
What is Halley’s Comet?
The transition of a substance directly from the solid to gas state, without passing through the liquid state.
What is sublimation?
After four years without a “wild” case, the WHO declared on August 25, 2020 that Africa is free of this deadly disease.
What is polio?
Revived in 2017 and set during the final days of the Vietnam War, “Miss Saigon” was inspired by an opera written by this Italian composer.
Who is Giacomo Puccini?