It's the Holiday Season
Canada celebrates Thanksgiving in this month
October
What animal was the first to orbit earth?
Laika the dog
This architect designed the city plan for DC (and has a Metro stop named after him)
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Inhaling these fibers may cause you to develop mesothelioma
Asbestos
The most common type of plant found in Antarctica
Moss
The traditional decoration for this infamous holiday is an aluminum pole
Festivus
On this planet, a day lasts longer than a year
Venus
The National Cathedral includes a gargoyle in the shape of this sci-fi villian
Darth Vader
This form of ionizing radiation consists of the shortest wavelength of electromagnetic waves
The oldest known individual tree on Earth is located in which US state?
California
This ancient Roman festival marked the harvest season, honoring the god Saturn
Saturnalia
Other than the sun, this is the closest star to Earth
Proxima Centauri
The first president to live in the White House
John Adams
Fluorescent light bulbs contain this heavy metal
Mercury
Before being driven nearly extinct in the 1900s, these trees were the dominant species in the eastern US
American Chestnut
Before pumpkins were introduced to Europe, this root vegetable was used to carve jack-o-lanterns
Turnips
Located beyond Neptune, this belt contains dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets
Kuiper Belt
The number of active Metro stations (+/- 10)
98
This group of carcinogenic chemicals were formerly used in transformer fluid
PCBs
This citrus fruit is the hybrid of a citron with a bitter orange
Lemon
According to southern traditions, eat these legumes on New Year's Day for good luck
Black-eyed peas
In this year, the IAU reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet
2006
Besides X, Y and Z, this is the only letter of the alphabet without a DC street named after it
J
This is the US state with the most Superfund sitea
New Jersey
Vanilla comes from this species of flower
Orchid