December Holidays
BX Holidays
Fifth Grade
The Silver Lining
Broadway Musicals
100

This holiday originated in the United Kingdom and is celebrated the day after Christmas.

What is Boxing Day?

100

This campaign is launched each December at Blackstone to help low-income New Yorkers make ends meet and lead self-sufficient lives.

What is the United Way Year-End Campaign?

100

The second-largest continent in the world.

What is Africa?

100

On May 30, 2020, SpaceX launched its first-ever crewed mission that sent two NASA astronauts to this extra-terrestrial location.

What is the International Space Station or ISS?

100

This musical is about the adventures of an orphan girl.

What is “Annie”?

200

A holiday “for the rest of us.”

What is “Festivus”?

200

The location of the 2018 Blackstone L&C holiday party.

What is Slate?


200

The number of bones in the adult human body.

What is 206?

200

To the relief of children around the world, Dr. Anthony Fauci declared this figure immune to COVID-19 thanks to his “good innate immunity”.

Who is Santa Claus?

200

This musical is the longest-running musical in Broadway history?

What is the "Phantom of the Opera"?

300

Typically placed above the others, the center candle on a menorah is called by this name, which means “attendant” or “servant”.

What is the shamash?

300

The feat of athleticism that convinced Vern Perry that Mr. Stone could not be Jon Gray.

What is dunking?

300

DAILY DOUBLE

DAILY DOUBLE

300

The second injection of the COVID-19 vaccine in the UK was given to this now semi-famous man with no relation to the original.

Who is William Shakespeare?

300

This animated film was Disney's first Broadway musical?

What is "Beauty and the Beast"?


400

Omisoka, or otsugomori, originally celebrated on the final day of the 12th lunar month, is now celebrated on this day in December.

What is December 31st?

400

The creator of the Blackstone Family Holiday Open House.
 

Who is Tony James?

400

A three sided polygon where no two sides are congruent and no angle inside the polygon is equal to or greater than 90 degrees.

What is a scalene, acute triangle?

400

For the first time in its history, the Academy Award for best picture was given to an international feature film by this Korean filmmaker known for his black humor and social themes.

Who is Bong Joon-Ho?

400

DAILY DOUBLE!!

DAILY DOUBLE!!

500

The name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which, when translated into English, has this meaning.

What is “harvest” or “first fruits”?

500

As revealed in the 2020 Blackstone holiday video, Mr. Stone’s only grandparent who travels.

What is Halley’s Comet?

500

The transition of a substance directly from the solid to gas state, without passing through the liquid state.

What is sublimation?

500

After four years without a “wild” case, the WHO declared on August 25, 2020 that Africa is free of this deadly disease.

What is polio?

500

Revived in 2017 and set during the final days of the Vietnam War, “Miss Saigon” was inspired by an opera written by this Italian composer.

Who is Giacomo Puccini?