FUN WITH FLAGS
STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ELSEWHERE
Final Jeopardy
200
The item in the center of this nation's flag is a wheel of law called the Ashoka Chakra
India
200
Coming about 40 days after Lent begins, it's one of the few days when it's relatively safe to put all your eggs in one basket
Easter
200
In Sweden, a Christmas straw one is traditional; here's the 42-foot, 4-ton example in Gävle
Goat
200
BRANDS
With wood becoming more difficult to source, this company turned to plastic for its automatic binding bricks, introduced in 1949
400
The flag of this U.S. commonwealth looks like Cuba's flag, but with the red & blue reversed
Puerto Rico
400
This tool is used by artists to support their work; here's a painting by Rembrandt that shows one in the foreground
an easel
400
In Iceland, kids put their boots by a window & either get candy if they're good or rotten these tubers if not. Better not make fries out of them...
potatoes
400
With wood becoming more difficult to source, this company turned to plastic for its automatic binding bricks, introduced in 1949
Lego
600
Seen here on Alaska's flag is this star grouping, part of Ursa Major
The Big Dipper
600
It's the type of exercise Jane Fonda & Richard Simmons popularized in the 1980s; feel the burn!
aerobics
600
Japan keeps the holidays "extra crispy" with what has become a traditional Christmas meal from this chain
KFC
800
The cross & sword represent St. George & St. Paul on the flag of the City of this, the historic center of the same-named capital
London
800
Fly high in style aboard a big, beefy A380 from this European company
Airbus
800
North of Quezon City, San Fernando is the "Christmas Capital of" this nation, holding a Giant Lantern Festival in December
the Philippines
1000
After the Soviet Union broke apart, so did its flag with a gold star & these 2 symbols representing workers & peasants
Hammer and Sickle
1000
Astronomers use this 3-letter word to refer to a period of time equaling one billion years; to others, it means a really long time
Eon
1000
Streets are closed to traffic as people roller skate to Christmas Eve mass in this capital of Venezuela
Caracas