Hobbies and Recreation
The “Get Out of Jail Free” card is associated with this board game.
What is Monopoly?
This is a four-letter killer whale
Orca
This German celebration takes place in September and October.
What is Oktoberfest
Location of the U.S. Naval base in Cuba.
What is Guantanamo Bay
This celebration by the Pilgrims is thought to have taken place sometime in November 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to commemorate the autumn harvest.
What is Thanksgiving?
This is played with kings, queens, rooks, bishops, knights, and pawns.
Chess
These birds were once used as gas detectors in coal mines
Canaries
This is the French equivalent to the U.S. Fourth of July.
What is Bastille Day
This is the common name for the Hellenic Republic.
What is Greece?
On November 12, 1954, the doors closed on this New York gateway for immigrants into the United States
What is Ellis Island?
This over-50 women’s society exists “for no other purpose than to have fun with like-minded women.” You’ll see all of them wearing hats of a certain color.
Red Hat Society
This keeps Earth in orbit and animate and inanimate matter grounded on Earth.
Gravity
Roman Catholics celebrate this feast day the day after Halloween
What is All Saints’ Day (or the Feast of All Saints)?
This group of islands off the coast of Ecuador is known for its diverse plant and animal life.
What is Galapagos?
On November 20, 1947, Phillip Mountbatten married this British princess.
Who is Princess Elizabeth (or Queen Elizabeth II)?
Gardeners who plant clematis, ivy, and trumpet vines expect them to do this when growing.
Climb
Varieties of this cold or hot beverage include black, green, white, and oolong
Tea
This public holiday is celebrated the day after Christmas in the U.K. and other Commonwealth countries.
What is Boxing Day?
This warm Atlantic current starts in the Gulf of Mexico and heads to Florida before proceeding into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Gulf Stream?
On November 26, 1942, this World War II film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman opened in New York City theaters
What is Casablanca?
This is another name for table tennis
What is ping-pong?
This mammal has the longest gestation period.
Elephant
Canada Day was originally called this
What is Dominion Day?
This strait is named for a 2.6-square-mile British territory that connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?
On November 29, 1929, American explorer and former World War I pilot Richard Byrd made the historic, first-ever flight over this pole.
What is the South Pole?