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Cecil County
Winter Celebration Trivia
Time for Dessert
100

The year Cecil Community College was established. 

1968

100

I'm not trying to get your goat, but these two colleagues raise them.

Brooke Cave and Patrick

100

Cecil County borders which Maryland counties?

Harford and Kent Counties

100

In Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” what was Mr. Scrooge’s first name?

Ebeneezer


100

American and Russian space flights have always included

chocolate

200

Approximately how many credit students are enrolled for Spring?

1250

200

She was previously the employee known as "Genius!"

Melissa Redfield

200

Created to end the border dispute between MD, PA, and DE in Colonial America.

The Mason-Dixon line

200

This happens on December 21 this year.

Winter Solstice

200

McDonalds offers wedding packages in Hong Kong, and the wedding cake is made out of these.

Apple pies

300

Dr. Mary Way Bolt is the <Blank> president of Cecil College?

Fifth

300

This colleague was very "receptive" when she started her career with Cecil, transitioned to Aramark and then joined a new team.

Alicia Nutter

300

Name three bodies of water in the county.

Chesapeake Bay, Elk River, North East River, Susquehanna River, Bohemia, Conowingo, Sassafras

300

Unity is the first principle of this celebration.

Kwanzaa

300

According to legend, these were invented in Germany with the specific purpose of keeping children quiet in church.

Candy canes

400

What title did Dr. Robert Gibson have when he lobbied for a community college in Cecil County? 

Superintendent of public schools.

400

Foreign flag ships and transloaders were imPORTant in his previous position.

Chris Mills

400

There are 241 miles of this in Cecil County.

Coastline

400

This is also called a sivion and is a four-sided top that has a Hebrew letter on each side.

Dreidel

400

The largest of these was built in Texas and covered more than 2,500 sq ft and contained 35,000,000 calories. 

A gingerbread house

500

What entities fund Cecil College?

The state, the county, tuition and Foundation donations.

500
Better described as gentle and kind, this colleagues previous job required her to be tough as nails and carry a hammer and tool belt, too!

Lisa Little

500

Name six of the eight Cecil County municipalities.

Cecilton, Charlestown, Chesapeake City

North East, Perryville, Port Deposit, Rising Sun

500

How many reindeer are featured in the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas?”

Eight (no Rudolph!)

500

Clint Eastwood's campaign for mayor (which he won) in this town included overturning their bank on selling and eating ice cream on public streets.

Carmel-by-the-Sea

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