Plot?
After being left home alone for Christmas, a boy must defend his house from two burglars.
Home Alone
This English king reportedly had six wives — and two of them were executed.
King Henry VIII
This Japanese snack is made of thin rice crackers flavored with soy sauce and sometimes seaweed.
Senbei
This punctuation mark can make the difference between “Let’s eat, Grandma!” and “Let’s eat Grandma!”
A comma
This landlocked European nation has four official languages — German, French, Italian, and Romansh — and is known for its neutrality.
Switzerland
A dream thief enters multiple layers of other people’s subconscious minds to complete an impossible job.
DAILY DOUBLE: This U.S. president had a scandal involving an intern in the 1990s.
Bill Clinton
This Australian snack is a chocolate-coated biscuit shaped like a finger, often eaten as a tea-time treat.
Tim Tam
Identify the part of speech of the word “quickly” in the sentence: “She ran quickly to class."
Adverb
This Southeast Asian nation changed its name from Burma in 1989.
Myanmar
A man ages in reverse — born old, growing younger as time passes.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
He was assassinated in 44 BCE on the Ides of March, famously betrayed by a friend named Brutus.
Julius Caesar
This Middle Eastern snack is made from chickpeas, fried, and often spiced with cumin or chili powder.
Falafel
What’s the collective name for words like can’t, won’t, and I’m?
Contractions
This small African country has one of the world’s highest population densities and is nicknamed the “Land of a Thousand Hills.”
Rwanda
Four siblings step through a wardrobe into a frozen land ruled by an evil witch.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
She had a secret romance with Mark Antony, helping influence politics in Egypt and Rome.
Cleopatra
This snack is a mix of peanuts, raisins, chocolate, and sometimes M&M’s, often eaten on hikes.
Trail Mix
The words there, their, and they’re sound the same but have different meanings. What is the word for that kind of similarity?
Homophone
DAILY DOUBLE: Although it’s often mistaken for a country, Greenland is actually an autonomous territory belonging to this nation.
Denmark
Two imprisoned men bond over decades, finding solace and freedom through acts of quiet rebellion.
The Shawshank Redemption
She was married to Napoleon Bonaparte but was divorced because she couldn’t provide an heir.
Josephine Bonaparte
This salty snack is made from baked corn, rolled up and often flavored with chili or cheese powder, popular in Mexico.
Taki
What is the Oxford comma?
It’s the comma before the final “and” or “or” in a list
The Caspian Sea is bordered by five countries — name three of them
Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan