Uncles
Name that Animal
What day is it?
What's up Blood!
Hodgepodge
Finish that line
Bahamian Holidays and Tradtions
100
This American national personification serves as an allegorical fatherly figure to many Americans.
Who is Uncle Sam
100
Derived from an Algonquin word that literally means “he scratches with his hands.” Before that was adopted into English, they were known as “wash-bears” (and still are in several other languages, including Dutch and German), which refers to their habit of washing their food before eating it.
What is a Raccoon
100
261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar
1793 – The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington
1862 – The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day
1927 – The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
1973 – The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
2001 – First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
What is September 18 Erin's Bday
100
Humans and most vertebrates share this color. The iron in our blood proteins is responsible for the color.
What is Red
100
drill a small hole in a maple tree then you insert a spout and collect the sap that drips out of the tree. Then boil the sap in a pot on a stove.
What is Maple syrup
100
..................a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." - Forrest Gump, Forrest Gump (1994)
What is life is like
100
This holiday was granted to the slaves the day after Christmas when they were given the boxes left over from their master’s gifts. These boxes usually were sent from England and were well-crafted from fine wood.
What is Boxing day
200
The title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel. Also as a derogatory epithet for an exceedingly subservient person or house negro, particularly one aware of their own lower-class racial status. Used to describe a black man who "acts white" and "talks white", or who is a sell-out to his own race.
Who is Uncle Tom
200
Goes all the way back to Ancient Greek, but the Greeks in turn borrowed the word from Asia, and it’s a mystery where the word actually originated. One theory is that it comes from tighri, a word from Avestan (an ancient Iranian language) that literally means “arrow” or “sharp object,”
What is a Tiger
200
The eleventh of the Twelve Days of Christmas
1649 – English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial
1896 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state
1903 – Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
1999 – Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States
1643 – Isaac Newton, 1785 – Jacob Grimm,1930 – Don Shula,
What is Jan 4th Latoya Birthday
200
Contrary to popular belief this blood color is not in humans well maybe the rich and royal think so!
Decapod crustaceans, some spiders and scorpions, horseshoe crabs, cephalopods and other mollusks. When dealing with invertebrates, specify that instead of blood its internal liquid is called hemolymph.
What is Blue Blood
200
An apple a day will keep the these away but Iatrophobia is the fear of Myron and Latoya. Hanibal Lector was one so you better beware.
What are doctors
200
"There's no place like ___." - Dorothy Gale, The Wizard of Oz (1939)
What is home
200
On this holiday, members of the labor unions from different organizations as well as political parties march in a large parade through the streets of downtown Nassau, usually in colorful uniforms, beginning around 10:00 a.m. Local bands and a few junkanooers lead the parades, providing lively music for the marchers and spectators. The parade ends at the Southern Recreation Grounds, where union leaders and local politicians deliver speeches. Most Bahamians spend the afternoon relaxing or visiting beaches.
What is Labor Day (First Friday in June)
300
An American brand of parboiled rice and other related food products that was introduced by Converted Rice Inc., which is now owned by Mars, Inc. His image is an elderly African-American man dressed in a bow tie, which is said to have been based on a Chicago maître d'hôtel named Frank Brown.
Who is Uncle Ben
300
About seven centuries ago, the word hound, which came from the Old English hund, was the word for all domestic canines. This name was just used to refer to a subgroup of hounds.
The word presents a mystery, though: linguists have not identified its roots, nor any English words related to it. Canis familiaris, is essentially a domesticated wolf. It is a member of the Canidae family, like the jackal and the fox.
What is Dog
300
This day is the first day of the second half of the year, as well as the midpoint of a common year because there are 182 days before and 182 days after it in common years.
1776 – American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
1839 – Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad.
1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight
What is July 2 Reagan Bday
300
Beetles, sea squirts, sea cucumbers. These animals have a relatively high concentration of vanabin in their blood, which contains the chemical vanadium, which turns this color when oxygenated.
What is Yellow Blood
300
Most little kids cry when they see Santa Claus not because he's jolly and fat but because they have pogonophobia.
What is a fear of Beards.
300
"There's no ____ in baseball!" - Jimmy Dugan, A League of Their Own (1992)
What is crying
300
This holiday marks the beginning of the beach picnicking season for Bahamians. There are also many cookouts in public parks on the Nassau waterfront; homecomings and regattas are held in some Out Islands.
What is Easter Monday (Monday after Easter Sunday
400
The fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881 .Br'er Rabbit ("Brother Rabbit") is the main character of the stories, a character prone to tricks and troublemaking who is often opposed by Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. Also, the Disney character from Songs of the South. The song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Original Song and James Baskett received an Academy Honorary Award for his performance
Who is Uncle Remus
400
"This long-legged pink wading bird is named for the people of Flanders, the Flemings, as they were called. Flemings were widely known for their lively personalities, their flushed complexions, and their love of bright clothing. Spaniard explorers in the New World thought it was a great joke when naming the bird, which means 'a Fleming' in Spanish."
What is Flamingo
400
1430 – Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to raise the Siege of Compiègne.
1934 – Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
2006 – Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
What is May 23, Marcella's Bday
400
Priapulids, sipunculides, brachiopods and some annelids have this color blood. The responsible respiratory pigment is hemeritrin, which turns this color when it is oxygenated. In its deoxygenated form it is colorless.
What is Purple Blood
400
The sentence: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Is unique because it contains what?
What are all the letters of the alphabet.
400
"_________ on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" - The Queen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
What is Magic Mirror
400
This holiday celebrates the emancipation of slaves in the British colonies in 1834. The holiday is celebrated with a Junkanoo Rush-out, a day of beaching, sailing, and regattas in New Providence and the Out Islands. In New Providence, old slave villages such as Gambier in the west and Fox Hill in the east have their own special celebrations
What is Emancipation Day/August Monday (First Monday in August)
500
A completely hairless, hunched, and barrel-shaped man with dark, sunken eyes and often a deranged smile. He always wears a heavy, full-length fur coat. A member of the fictional Addams Family. He was played by Jackie Coogan in the original television series, by Christopher Lloyd in the two feature films, by Nick Kroll in the 2019 animated feature, by Patrick Thomas in the direct-for-video film Addams Family Reunion, and by Michael Roberds in The New Addams Family.
Who is Uncle Fester
500
said to be the first word in any Australian Aboriginal language uttered by a European., in this case Captain Cook. When Cook arrived in Australia he asked a local aborigine what was the name of the bounding creature, the aborigine responded “I don’t understand” or “I don’t know” .
Derives from the Australian Aboriginal language Guugu Yimidhirr word gangurru
What is Kangaroo
500
1578 – Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.
106 BC – Pompey, Roman general and politician 1758 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1901 – Enrico Fermi, 1956 – Sebastian Coe,
What is September 29, Rylan Bday
500
This color blood one of the most unusual characteristics in the animal kingdom, but it's the hallmark of a group of lizards in New Guinea.
What is Green Blood
500
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th, in 2020 there were 2 Friday the 13ths, in 2021 how many months will have a Friday the 13th?
What is One month, August.
500
"You've got to ask yourself one question: ' ________'" - Dirty Harry Callahan, Dirty Harry (1971)
What is Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
500
The second Monday in October is now observed as this to honor Bahamian national heroes. It phases out the former Discovery/Columbus Day Holiday.
what is “National Heroes Day,”