Odds & Ends
DAILY DOUBLE (You're not seeing "double") ... THESE are "odd" numbers...
What are "1, 3, 5, 7," etc. ?
DAILY TRIPLE... Another word for "baby"...
What is "Infant"?
THIS is the coldest month of the year in Massachusetts...
What is "January"?
"The best defense is a good ___."
What is "offense"?
The name of "New England's" professional basketball team, based in Boston, MA...
Who are "the Boston Celtics"?
THESE are "even" numbers...
What are "2, 4, 6, 8, 10," etc. ?
If there are 3 children in your family, and you are born after the oldest child and before the youngest child, you are THIS...
DAILY DOUBLE... FILL IN THE BLANK... In this classic holiday song the lines go: "Gone away is the blue bird, Here to stay is the NEW BIRD. He sings a love song, As we go along. Walkin' in a ____ ______."
What is "Winter Wonderland"?
What is "others"?
The name of "New England's" professional soccer team, based in Foxboro, MA...
What is "Revolution"? ("New England Revolution")
THESE are "odd" numbers...
What are "1, 3, 5, 7," etc. ?
A 5-letter word, which means "younger person"... (Rhymes with "TOOTH")
What is "youth"?
THIS is the year in which President Abraham Lincoln declared the slaves free, in his Emancipation Proclamation...
A) 1776 B) 1863 C) 1976 D) 1066
What is "B) 1863"?
DAILY DOUBLE... "The only reward for virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be ___." (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1883)
What is "one"? ("a friend" will also be acceptable)
THIS country's soccer team, recently (Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022) beat France's soccer team in the Finals of the World Cup...
Who is "Argentina"?
THIS position player in football, lines up on the outside...
What is the "end"?
A 5-letter word, which means "older person"...
What is "elder"?
When someone is brand new to their profession, in their first year, whether it be in sports or the job world, they are called THIS... Each sport has a "______ of the Year Award"...
What is a "Rookie"?
"The time to fix the ____ is when the sun is shining." (John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963)
What is "roof"?
When a team in sports has a .500 winning percentage, it means they have the same number of _____ as losses...
What is "wins"?
When a story is finished, these 2 words often appear on the page...
What is "THE END"?
A) behavior B) size C) development D) intelligence
What is "C) development"? (this is why we should ALWAYS be learning, developing!)
THIS is the last day of "Little Christmas". It is also the date on which supporters of Donald Trump mounted an insurrection at the Capitol building in Washington D.C. in 2021 (this was an "illegal attempt on Trump's part, to remain in office," Liz Cheney, Republican representative from Wyoming) ...
What is "January 6th"?
"Do good by ______ (in secret), and blush to find it fame." (Alexander Pope, 1688-1744) (Translation: Be QUIET about your good deeds)
What is "STEALTH"?
In THIS board game (as in life), the knight, the pawns, and the bishops, all go into the box at the end of the game...
What is "Chess"?