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100

Put this on your snowman and bring him to life.

What is a Hat

100

The Boston Tea Party occurred on December 16th of what year?

What is 1773?

100

What dangerous annual tradition occurs at Cooper’s Hill in Gloucester, England, every spring?

Cheese-rolling. The tradition of racing down the hill after a nearly nine-pound wheel of Double Gloucester cheese has occurred since the early 1800s. The first person who reaches the bottom of the hill after the cheese gets to keep it.

100

Angelina Jolie's ex-husband, a famous actor who was born on December 18th of 1963

Who is Brad Pitt?

100

This type of dog is often used for Dog Sledding.


What is a Husky?

200

These winter items resemble what you might hang by the fireplace.

What are Socks?

200

On December 13, 1991 two countries signed a treaty of reconciliation and nonaggression which also formally ended the which war?

What is the Korean War?

200

What brand of toothpaste used the slogan “Look, Ma! No cavities!”?

 Crest. The first use of the slogan in a commercial came in 1958, three years after Crest released its first toothpaste containing fluoride

200

This basketball star was born on December 30 and will turn 38 years old this month




Who is LeBron James

200

This Activity involves sliding down snow or ice covered slopes.

What is Sledding or Tobogganing?

300

What?  I can't hear you, let me take off my _______

What are earmuffs?

300

December 7 of what year, was the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor attacked by nearly 200 Japanese aircraft in a raid that lasted just over one hour and left nearly 3,000 Americans dead?

What is 1941?

300

Who is the author of the 1839 novel Nicholas Nickleby?

Charles Dickens. Initially titled The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens’ third novel was originally published in monthly segments under the pseudonym “Boz.” The first complete publication came out in 1839.

300

This American animation industry pioneer was born in December of 1901 and died in the same month 65 years later



Who is Walt Disney?

300

The Winter activity which involves hitting people with cold, white spheres.

What is a snowball fight

400

You wear this winter item to glide smoothly on ice.

What are Ice Skates?

400

This event began the birth of the modern American civil rights movement on December 1, 1955?

The birth of the modern American civil rights movement occurred as Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back section of a municipal bus. Her arrest resulted in a year-long boycott of the city bus system by African Americans and led to legal actions ending racial segregation on municipal buses throughout the South.

400

 What Indigenous woman renamed herself Rebecca after converting to Christianity? 

Pocahontas. Her birth name was Amonute, but she was called Matoaka among her people. However, she was given the nickname Pocahontas, which means “mischievous one,” because she befriended the Jamestown colonists.

400

Born December 3, 1948, this heavy metal singer was infamous for biting the heads of of bats

Who is Ozzy Osbourne?

400

This activity involves walking over snow using a wide frame attached to the feet.

What is snow-shoeing?

500

It fits like a___________!

What is Glove?

500

This battle occurred in Virginia on December 13, 1862 during the American Civil War.

What is the Battle of Fredricksburg?

500

What fast-food company’s logo is referred to as the golden arches?

McDonald’s. When the proprietors built the first franchised McDonald’s in 1953, they incorporated the logo into the architecture of the building—two individual arches on each side of the building. When Ray Kroc purchased the business from the McDonald brothers in 1961, he redesigned the logo using the building design as inspiration.

500

Born December 10, 1851 Melvil Dewey, created this system used in most libraries.  

What is the Dewey Decimal System?

500

Sport popular in Canada and Scotland where players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target.

What is Curling?

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