November Happenings
On November 20, 1947, Philip Mountbatten married this distant cousin.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II? At the time of their marriage, she was Princess Elizabeth.
Though these land areas can be cold, they are usually known for their hot, dry climate.
What are deserts? The Antarctic continent is the outlier; it’s a huge desert, even though it’s cold.
The first train car is sometimes called an engine. Its proper name is this.
What is a locomotive?
This natural water wonder spans Canada and the United States.
What is Niagara Falls? The three waterfalls have the highest flow rate of all falls on Earth.
Durum, semolina, self-rising, bread, and whole wheat are types of this.
What is flour? Flour is made by milling grains, beans, nuts, and seeds into a fine powder.
Born November 5, 1911, Roy Rogers, “King of the Cowboys,” married this “Queen of the West.”
Who is Dale Evans? She was also known as “Queen of the Cowgirls.” The duo is known for their signature tune, “Happy Trails.”
Pottery is fired in these hot ovens.
What are kilns? Temperatures for home kilns typically range from 2,000º to 2,400º Fahrenheit (1,093º to 1,316º Celsius).
The yellow rose is linked to this state.
What is Texas? “The Yellow Rose of Texas” is a tribute to Emily Morgan, a woman who is considered “the accidental heroine” of Texan independence.
Fruit and vegetable production relies heavily on these stinging pollinators.
What are bees? HoneyBees must gather pollen from around two million flowers to make a pound of honey.
The United States grows avocados in California and this state.
What is Florida?
It was murder when this actress, born November 2, 1942, starred with Robert Wagner on the set of Hart to Hart from 1979 to 1984.
Who is Stefanie Powers? In the 1960s, she starred in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
This hot event occurred on Mount Vesuvius.
What is a volcanic eruption? The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 covered the city of Pompeii.
In 1920, this competitor of Macy’s hosted the first Thanksgiving Day parade in New York.
What is Gimbels?
Today we have regulations and technologies to help lower carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But we still depend on these living things to pull the greenhouse gas out of the air
What are plants or trees? In one year, a mature tree absorbs 22 pounds of carbon dioxide and releases enough oxygen for one person to breathe for two years.
This apple has the partial name of a Japanese company that still makes camera film.
What is Fuji?
In what city is the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade held in every November?
New York City
This once powered trains.
What is steam?
This is the world’s largest rainforest
What is the Amazon? It’s about as large as the continental United States.
This dwarf planet was discovered in 1930 and hasn’t made a revolution around the sun since then.
What is Pluto? It takes 248.09 years for Pluto to complete one revolution around the sun.
Dates are this dried fruit.
What are figs?
This shopping sale day is the Friday after Thanksgiving.
What is Black Friday?
Magma is made of these melted or partially melted materials.
What are rocks? The liquefied rock is called magma when it is below Earth’s surface.
Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito, and Marilu Henner worked for this company in the TV sitcom Taxi.
What is the Sunshine Cab Company?
What was Americas first national park established in 1872?
What is Yellowstone?
Farfalle belongs to this group of Italian staples.
What is pasta? Farfalle looks like little bow ties and is one of the oldest pasta shapes.
Born November 22, 1932, Robert Vaughn plays this character in the 1960s hit spy series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Who is Napoleon Solo? His costar David McCallum plays Illya Kuryakin.
The heat of peppers is measured on this scale.
What is the Scoville scale? Bell peppers are in the 2,000-unit range. The hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper, can reach 2.2 million Scoville units.
This Eastern European country gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878 and has its own arc, similar to France’s Arc de Triomphe.
What is Romania?
This peak in the Himalayan Mountains straddles Nepal and Tibet.
What is Mount Everest? Visitors who don’t want to climb to the peak at 29,029 feet can book a sightseeing flight.
These are Mediterranean/Middle Eastern fried or baked balls or patties made with chickpeas, herbs, and spices and often drizzled with tahini.
What are falafel?