National Parks
This park, located in California, was established by a Scottish writer named John Muir and experiences a Mediterranean climate throughout the year.
What is Yosemite?
Most notably attested to in the Poetic Edda (a 13th century compilation of older Norse legends and myths by Snorri Sturluson) this great wolf, the son of Loki and the giantess Angroboda, is foretold to kill the god Odin during the events of Ragnarök, and bit off the right hand of the god Tyr when the gods attempted to contain him.
Who is Fenrir?
This capital is the home of the first Starbucks.
What is Seattle?
Which one of Santa's reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot?
Who is Cupid?
This famous recipe originated in Massachusetts in the late 1930s.
What is Chocolate Chip?
This park with elevations spanning from 2,000 - 8,000 feet allows it to influence the weather.
What is the Grand Canyon?
This massive region, defined by the Romans, covered 191,000 square miles, including all present-day France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as well as parts of modern-day Switzerland, Germany, and Italy. Inhabited by a myriad of Celtic and Aquitani tribes, it finally fell entirely to Rome during a seven-year long series of military campaigns by Julius Caesar.
What is Gaul? (Also acceptable: What is Gallia?)
This capital shares part of its name with a type of wine?
What is Portland?
How many reindeer does Santa have?
What is 9?
This cookie was developed in 1912 and was the best selling cookie of the 20th century.
What is Oreo?
This park has notable features including a canyon and hydrothermal features -- although it is most famous for the volcano beneath the park.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This epic, telling the story of a legendary king of Uruk, dates back to the 21st century BC. Although the protagonist fails to find eternal life (in the sense he wanted, at least), this tale is considered to be one of the foundational works in religion and heroic sagas, particularly with regards to its influence of the Greek tales of Hercules and the works of Homer; additionally, it is notable for providing an account of a Great Flood contemporary to that described in the Bible.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
This is the capital of the first state to give women the right to vote.
What is Cheyenne?
Which Saint does Santa Claus supposedly represent?
What is Saint Nikolaus?
This was the first cookie to be associated with Christmas.
What is Gingerbread?
This park spans over 1.5 million acres and is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in North America. Although it's a wetland, fires are prevalent due to lighting stikes.
What is the Everglades National Park?
This is the first of the Mesoamerican civilizations, with Mesoamerica itself being considered one of six sites around the globe in which civilization developed independently. Considered to be the “mother culture” of all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures, this civilization, who dwelt in the modern-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tobasco, developed many of the foundations of future Mesoamerican cultures, including the Mesoamerican calendar, numeral system, writing system, pantheon, and ritual bloodletting.
Who are the Olmecs?
This state capital shares its name with a song by My Chemical Romance?
What is Helena?
What was the first beverage company that used Santa Claus in advertising?
What is Coca-Cola?
This cookie accounts for 25% of Girl Scout cookie sales.
What are Thin Mints?
Established in 1915, this park encompasses three ecosystems and has a 30 mile Continental Divide Trail that splits this park into a Western and Eastern half.
What is Rocky Mountains National Park?
This Scottish archipelago, which contains about 70 islands, is notable for being continuously inhabited for over 8500 years, despite its harsh conditions. During this long history, the archipelago has changed hands many times, being the home of Mesolithic and Neolithic tribes, then the Picts, then the Norse; in fact, it was part of the Kingdom of Norway from 875 AD to 1472, when it became part of Scotland after the royal family of Denmark, who also ruled Norway at the time, failed to pay King James III of Scotland a promised dowry, prompting him to claim the archipelago to settle the debt. This area is also the home of Skara Brae, the best-preserved Neolithic settlement in all of Europe.
What is Orkney? (Also acceptable: What are the Orkney Islands?)
This capital lies at the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers.
What is Sacramento?
The tradition of Santa Claus was brought to the United States by colonists from this country in the 17th century.
What is Holland?
These cookies are not actually served in their supposed country of origin.
What are Fortune Cookies?