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Famous women in which male-dominated profession included Anne Bonny, Mary Read and Grace O'Malley?
Piracy or Privateering.
Which tool would a person use to tighten a bolt: a hammer or a wrench?
Wrench
What word puzzle rearranges the letters of a word or phrase to form a new word or phrase?
Anagram
In the southern hemisphere, December 21 is the first day of this?
Summer. It's the winter solstice or the first day of Winter in the northern hemisphere.
The letter O is the symbol for this common element that is part of what we breathe.
Oxygen
What theme park opened in Anaheim, California on July 17, 1955?
Disneyland.
Which composer is known as "The March King": Glenn Miller or John Philips Sousa?
John Philips Sousa
In what 2 player game do players move their pieces based on the number rolled on the dice, with the objective of moving all their pieces off the board before their opponent?
Backgammon
"Auld Lang Syne" is mostly associated with this holiday.
New Year's Eve.
We used to have 9 planets until this planet was demoted. It may have been promoted again, depends on which scientist you talk to.
Pluto
What war took place between 1950 and 1953?
The Korean War
Which instrument is a member of the string family: flute or cello?
Cello
What game is played with small stones or seeds and a series of holes on a board where players sow and capture seeds, aiming to collect the most seeds in their store?
Mancala
December comes from the Latin decem, meaning this.
Ten. On the Roman calendar, December was the tenth month.
This is the Celsius freezing point.
zero degrees
How do you say "Apple" in French?
Pomme
Which animal lays eggs: a mouse or a chicken?
Chicken
Which of the following is NOT a nickname for Connect Four: Gravitrips, Captain's Mistress, or Behind You?
Behind You. Legend has it that the famous explorer Captain James Cook used to spend hours playing Connect Four. Because of this obsession with the game, it was nicknamed "Captain's Mistress".
On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights went into effect. It had this number of amendments.
10. It now has 27
You won't find bees on this continent.
Antartica
The "six original frigates" were ships built in the late 1700s by which branch of the U.S. military?
The Navy
What does a skier ride to get to the top of a ski slope: a sled or a chair lift?
Chair lift
What is the board game where players use tweezers to remove small, plastic pieces from a patient's body without touching the metal edges and causing the buzzer to sound?
Operation
This is the name most associated with December's full moon.
Cold Moon
Pumice comes from this substance.
Lava