U.S. GEOGRAPHY
This U.S. state is nicknamed The Lone Star State.
What is Texas?
This animal is famous for its black-and-white stripes.
What is a zebra?
This hobby involves collecting small adhesive squares from mail.
What is stamp collecting?
Stamp collecting became especially popular after World War II and was once called “the hobby of kings.”
This evergreen plant is commonly hung in doorways at Christmas.
What is mistletoe?
The tradition of kissing under mistletoe comes from ancient European folklore where it symbolized peace and goodwill.
This common kitchen ingredient helps bread dough rise.
What is yeast?
Yeast is a living organism, which is why warm water helps it activate - but hot water can kill it.
This color is created by mixing red and white.
What is pink?
This river runs through New Orleans before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
This animal is known for building dams.
What is a beaver?
This card game aims to reach 21 without going over.
What is blackjack?
This eight-day holiday is celebrated by lighting candles on a menorah.
What is Hanukkah?
This kitchen tool is used to remove skins from apples or potatoes.
What is a peeler?
This coin features Abraham Lincoln.
What is the penny?
This famous U.S. river forms much of the border between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
This is the only mammal capable of true flight.
What is a bat?
This hobby involves piecing together fabric to create patterned blankets.
What is quilting?
This evergreen plant is traditionally associated with Christmas wreaths and winter decorations.
What is holly?
This food safety rule recommends refrigerating leftovers within this many hours.
What is two hours?
This phrase about making a mess is commonly used when someone reveals a secret.
What is “spill the beans”?
This U.S. state has the most active volcanoes.
What is Alaska?
Alaska has more than half of all the active volcanoes in the United States, and some are so remote they’re only monitored by satellite.
This animal is known for having a memory that “never forgets.”
What is an elephant?
Elephants can recognize people they haven’t seen in many years, and they’re known to mourn their dead.
This pastime involved collecting small picture cards found in packs of gum.
What are baseball cards?
Early baseball cards were originally included in packs of cigarettes to stiffen the packaging.
This plant with red leaves is widely used as a holiday decoration.
What is a poinsettia?
The poinsettia is native to Mexico, and its red “flowers” are actually colored leaves called bracts.
This herb is traditionally paired with lamb dishes.
What is rosemary?
This tool measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
This U.S. national park is older than the state it is located in.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
Established 1872; Wyoming became a state in 1890
Yellowstone was the first national park in the world, not just the U.S., and it sits on top of a massive volcanic hotspot.
This animal is known to live over 100 years and carries its home on its back.
What is a tortoise?
Some tortoises have lived so long that they’ve had multiple human generations caring for them.
Sunday afternoons often meant setting up this outdoor game using metal hoops and wooden mallets.
What is croquet?
This December holiday celebrates the shortest day and longest night of the year.
What is the winter solstice?
This common kitchen mistake can cause a cake to fall after baking.
What is opening the oven too early?
Cakes need heat to set their structure—opening the oven too soon lets heat escape and can cause them to collapse.
This everyday item was once known as an “icebox.”
What is a refrigerator?
Early iceboxes used large blocks of ice delivered to homes, which is where the term “ice man” came from.
This U.S. state borders only one other state.
What is Maine?
Maine only borders one U.S. state, but it has over 3,000 miles of coastline when you count all the inlets and islands.
This large, flightless bird is native to Australia.
Hint: Not an ostrich.
What is an emu?
Before digital cameras, this step had to be done in total darkness to avoid ruining pictures.
What is developing film (or loading film)?
In many European countries, gifts traditionally arrive on this January holiday rather than Christmas Day.
What is Three Kings Day (Epiphany)?
In many cultures, this day is when children receive gifts, often left in shoes instead of under a tree.
This mistake often makes gravy lumpy.
What is adding flour too quickly (or not stirring)?
This Roman numeral represents the number 50.
What is L?
Roman numerals were designed for counting and record-keeping, not math—there’s no symbol for zero.