LINCOLN
VALENTINE
WASHINGTON
RODENT
PHIL
100
OVER/ UNDER - Of the 50 US states 30 have towns named Lincoln.
OVER. 31 (the only states that no do not have a Lincoln is Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming.)
100
TRUE or FALSE. Valentine's Day was created, similarly like Christmas, to over-shadow a pagan Roman fertility festival.
TRUE. (Lupercalia was celebrated at the ides of February, or February 15, Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.)
100
The company that employs the most Washington state residents. Amazon - Boeing - Costco - Starbucks
Amazon with approximately 650,000 of their 1.6 million worldwide employees working in Washington.
100
Approximately, how many living species are classified as rodents? 1000 - 2000 - 3000
2000 (Approximately 2050 species)
100
The study of the basic ideas about knowledge, truth, right and wrong, religion, and the nature and meaning of life
Philosophy
200
Henry Leland found this company in 1917
Lincoln Motor Company (Named in honor of Abraham Lincoln because it was the first President Leland voted for.)
200
According to Hallmark, approximately 145 million cards are sent of Valentine's Day. Which holidays are the most cards sent? Valentine's Day, Christmas cards or Mother's Day
Christmas, over 200 million. Valentine is second.
200
The highest peak in Washington. Mount Adams - Glacier Peak - Mount Rainier - Mount St. Helens
Mount Rainier at 14417 feet, followed by Mount Adams at 12281, Glacier Peak at 10545 Mount St Helens at 9678 prior 1980 eruption and now 8337
200
The approximate percentage of mammals classified as rodents. 13% - 27% - 43%
43% (4660 species of mammals)
200
The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.
Philanthropy
300
What other president was born 125 from where Lincoln was born
Jefferson Davis - President of the Confederate States of America
(History records that Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky in present day LaRue County. Davis was born June 3, 1808, in Christian, now Todd County, Fairview. These two men served as wartime leaders for four bloody years.)
300
Match the Color of roses to their meaning.
RED Young Love & Innocence
YELLOW Wonder & Enchantment
BLUE Elegance & Sweetness
WHITE Love & Passion
LAVENDER Friendship & Joy
PINK Mystery & Uniqueness
RED - Love & Passion
YELLOW - Friendship & Joy
BLUE - Mystery & Uniqueness
WHITE - Young Love & Innocence
LAVENDER - Wonder & Enchantment
PINK - Elegance & Sweetness
300
Approximately 75% of this important US crop, important to breweries, is grown in Washington state.
Hops (which accounts for about 42% worldwide)
300
The main characteristic for being classified as rodents is burrowing. TRUE or FALSE
FALSE (They all have constantly growing rootless incisors used for gnawing.)
300
TRUE or FALSE. Philadelphia served as the nation's capital numerous times.
TRUE. Philadelphia, PA: 9/5/1774 to 10/24/1774; 5/10/ 1775 to 12/12/1776; 3/4/1777 to 9/18/1777; 7/2/1778 to 6/21/1783; 12/6/1790 to 5/14/1800.
- Baltimore, MD: 12/20/1776 to 2/27/1777.
- Lancaster, PA: September 27, 1777.
- York, PA: 9/30/1777 to 6/27/1778.
- Princeton, NJ: 6/30/1783 to 11/4/1783.
- Annapolis, MD: 11/26/1783 to 8/19/1784.
- Trenton, NJ: 11/1/1784 to 12/24/1784.
- New York City, NY: 1/11/1785 to Autumn 1788; 3/4/1789 to 8/12, 1790.
- Washington, D.C.: 11/17/1800 to present.
400
This state capital is closest to the geographical center of continental United States, Lebanon, KS
Lincoln,NE 164 miles Topeka, KS is 198
400
The first written record of St Valentine's Day being a day of love and romance was in a 700 line poem titled A Parlement of Foules, the Legend of a Good Woman written around 1375 by the author of Canterbury Tales.
Geoffrey Chaucer ““For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day / Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.”
400
Name 3 of the 4 climate zones in Washington state.
Desert, Temperate Rainforest, Mediterranean climate ( mild temps and wet winters,autumns and spring & dry summers), midwestern temperate
400
What native North American rodent's fur is used in fashion?
Beaver
400
What country's flag?
Phillippines
500
This play was the performance the Lincoln attended at Ford's Theater.
Our American Cousin (To this day, Our American Cousin has never been restaged at Ford's Theatre.)
500
St Valentine of Rome was martyred by Emperor Claudius the second for defying a decree forbidding soldiers from engaging in this ritual.
Marriage (Claudius thought unmarried young men made better soldiers, not having to worry about spouse and family)
500
Point Roberts, Washington is the only city in the continental United States to be able to claim this unique quirk on entering the city in a motor vehicle.
You have to leave the country to get there.
500
The only continent that has no native rodents.
Antarctica
500
The number of states that have a town named Philadelphia or New Philadelphia.
13. Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina,Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia