Weird Feb. Holidays
February 12 is for lost coins that are valued at one cent a piece. What coin is that?
Penny
You don't tend to see groundhogs in winter, because they're in their burrows sleeping through it. What is it called when animals sleep through the winter?
Hibernation
Feb. 14, 1929: The Valentine's Day Massacre, orchestrated by Al Capone, takes place in what city, the largest in Illinois?
Chicago
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Shadow
New images of Pluto released in 2015 show that the plains of Pluto form what shape that you might use to show affection?
Heart
What item that protects you from the rain is celebrated on February 10?
Umbrellas
Groundhogs are also called what? (hint: there's a famous tongue twister about them)
Woodchucks (also whistle pigs)
Feb. 11, 660 BC: The legendary founding date for what East Asian country, who's modern capital is Tokyo?
Japan
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Black History Month
In 2006, Pluto was demoted from a planet to a ____ planet?
Dwarf
February is a month set aside for those who love what tuberous vegetable we often associate with Idaho and Ireland?
Potato
True or false? Groundhogs are a type of a squirrel.
True
Feb. 8, 1910: William Boyce founds the American version of what boys' group, now called Scouting America?
Boy Scouts
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Twenty eight days
Back when it was considered a planet, Pluto was the ____ planet from the sun.
Ninth
February 7 is a holiday for people named what? Famous people with this first name include ___ Black, ___ the Ripper, ____ Harlow, and ____ Nicholson.
Jack
The most famous groundhog seen on Groundhog's Day is called Punxsutawney ___?
Phil
Feb. 11, 1990: What jailed leader is set free, going on to become the first Black President of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
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Salamander
True or false? Pluto is smaller than the country of Russia.
True
February 23 is ____ is Cool Day, with the blank being what Canadian sport that involves pushing stones across ice with brooms?
Curling
Which staff member's half birthday is on Groundhog Day (their full birthday is August 4)?
Connor
Feb. 1, 1960: Some of the first sit-in protests take place in Greensboro. Greensboro is in what southeastern state, capital Raleigh?
North Carolina
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Valentines candy
Pluto's surface is largely composed of ice, but it's not H2O. Instead, Pluto's ice is made of what element, the most abundant in our atmosphere?
Nitrogen