Almost Heaven
West Virgina
West Virgina
There are this many counties in West Virgina.
What is 55?
This apparel company was founded in 1818 in New York City and is considered by many to be the oldest U.S. retail company still in existence today.
What is Brooks Brothers?
He was the first person to be born in North Carolina to serve as president of the United States.
Who is James K. Polk?
Julia Child went to this Paris culinary school.
What is Le Cordon Bleu?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.
What is kissing under the mistletoe?
This alliterative chocolate bar is named after a well-known early-20th-century dance and partially shares its name with West Virginia’s capital city?
What is a Charleston Chew?
Start spreading the news: New York has an official muffin that’s made with this state fruit.
What is an apple?
American Major General Nathanael Greene led a group of rebel fighters against British General Cornwallis at a 1781 battle named for the "Court House" of this North Carolina county.
What is Guilford County?
Anthony Bourdain first job was in this city.
What is Provincetown, MA?
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.
What is 15?
West Virgina was the _state added to the Union.
What is 35th?
To convince New Yorkers it was safe, this impresario led 21 elephants across the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883.
Who is P.T. Barnum?
This cape, the southern tip of Smith Island, lends its name to a scary film and its remake.
What is cape fear?
James Beard founded this nonprofit organization in to feed New York City's homebound elderly.
What is City Meals on wheels?
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punish children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
Who is Krampus?
In 1921 West Virginia became the first state to impose this, then a fraction of 1%; today it’s 6%.
What is sales tax?
There are this many subway lines in New York.
What is 36?
North Carolina has held a festival of these flowers since 1948.
What are azaleas?
Historically, this is the first bread to be made.
What is flat bread?
In “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” singer Burl Ives suggests that you say hello to these two classifications of people.
What are folks you know and everyone you meet?
The John Brown Wax Museum in this town has 87 life-size figures telling his story from youth to the gallows.
What is Harpers Ferry?
The world's first road made specifically for cars was paved in this New York City's boroughs.
What is Queens?
This is the oldest newspaper in North Carolina, first published as the Carolina Observer before changing its name to reflect the city in which it is published.
What is the Fayetteville Observer?
The piece of equipment that chills yeast dough.
What is a retarder?
In the classic stop-motion animation Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation.
What is a dentist?