RECORD HOLDERS
MONTHS
NUMBERED WARS
A COLORFUL CATEGORY
I LIKE "IKE"
THINGS FROM THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
400
HE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST GAMES OF JEOPARDY! WON, AND HE HAS HOSTED THE SHOW SINCE 2021
WHO IS KEN JENNINGS?
400
THE FRENCH CELEBRATE THEIR INDEPENDENCE DAY ON BASTILLE DAY, TEN DAYS AFTER THE U.S.'s, IN THIS MONTH
WHAT IS JULY?
400
IT DOESN'T QUITE LIVE UP TO ITS NAME; THIS WAR FOUGHT BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE FROM 1337-1453 ACTUALLY LASTED 117 YEARS
WHAT IS THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR?
400
THIS BUILDING IS WHERE YOU WOULD FIND THE EAST WING, THE WEST WING, AND THE OVAL OFFICE
WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE?
400
THESE CHEWY CANDIES INTRODUCED IN 1940 COME IN REGULAR FRUIT FLAVORS, AS WELL AS BERRY BLAST AND TROPICAL TYPHOON
WHAT ARE MIKE AND IKE'S?
400
A PARTRIDGE MAY JUST PERCH NEARBY THE BARTLETT VARIETY OF THIS FRUIT IN ITS NAMESAKE TREE
WHAT IS PEAR?
800
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE U.S. WAS AT THIS CALIFORNIA SITE, NAMED BY A PARTY IN WHICH HALF OF THEM PERISHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS IT
WHAT IS DEATH VALLEY?
800
THIS WAS THE EIGHTH MONTH OF THE ROMAN CALENDAR; ITS NAME COMES FROM THE LATIN FOR "EIGHT"
WHAT IS OCTOBER?
800
THIS 1750s WAR THAT LASTED LESS THAN A DECADE IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA IS CALLED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
WHAT IS THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR?
800
POLITICAL PARTIES THAT EMPHASIZE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ARE CALLED THIS; IN 2000, RALPH NADER WAS THE NOMINEE FOR THIS U.S. POLITICAL PARTY
WHAT IS THE GREEN PARTY?
800
THIS FURNITURE COMPANY'S NAME IS AN ACRONYM OF ITS FOUNDER AND TWO COMMUNITIES IN SWEDEN
WHAT IS IKEA?
800
WE'RE NOT SURE IF THE TWELVE OF THESE GIVEN INCLUDE RINGO STARR OF THE BEATLES OR TOMMY LEE OF MOTLEY CRUE
WHAT ARE DRUMMERS (DRUMMING)?
1200
HE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST DAYS SERVED AS U.S. PRESIDENT
WHO IS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT?
1200
CHOSEN BY THE NAACP BECAUSE IT CONTAINS THE BIRTHDAY OF FREDERICK DOUGLAS, THIS MONTH IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
WHAT IS FEBRUARY?
1200
THE 1967 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR IS ALSO CALLED THIS, NAMED FOR ITS DURATION OF LESS THAN ONE WEEK
WHAT IS THE SIX DAY WAR?
1200
IF YOU'RE A SOCCER PLAYER THAT EARNS TWO OF THESE, YOU ARE EJECTED FROM THE GAME
WHAT IS A YELLOW CARD?
1200
IN GREEK MYTH, SHE "SWOOSHED" AROUND AS THE GODDESS OF VICTORY
WHO IS NIKE?
1200
IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT JOAN OF ARC WAS ONE THESE "A-MILKING" SINCE SHE WAS BURNED AT THE STAKE IN 1431
WHAT ARE MAIDS?
1600
HE WAS HONORED BY SPORTS ILLUSTRATED IN 2017 A DECADE AFTER HIS RECORD OF 756 HOME RUNS WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN 2007
WHO IS BARRY BONDS?
1600
THIS MONTH'S NAME COMES FROM THE LATIN "TO OPEN," REFERRING TO THE OPENING OF PLANT BUDS
WHAT IS APRIL?
1600
THIS EARLY 17th CENTURY WAR DEVASTED EUROPE, BRINGING WITH IT FAMINE AND DISEASE, BEFORE BEING ENDED BY THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
WHAT IS THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR?
1600
A CONDITION WHERE A MEMBRANE SWELLS AGAINST THE CORNEA, CONJUNCTIVITIS IS ALSO CALLED THIS
WHAT IS PINKEYE?
1600
IN THE 1930s, PENNSYLVANIA BUILT THE FIRST OF THESE THOROUGHFARES, TOLL ROADS WHOSE FARES ARE DETERMINED BY DISTANCE TRAVELLED
WHAT ARE TURNPIKES?
1600
CHARLES PERRAULT CREATED THIS CHARACTER, A MATRIARCHAL FAIRY TALE TELLING BIRD POSSIBLE "A-SWIMMING" IN A GAGGLE
WHO IS MOTHER GOOSE?
2000
ONCE THE RECORD HOLDER FOR THE LONGEST WORD IN THE OED, THIS 28-LETTER WORD SIMPLY MEANS "OPPOSITION TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND"
WHAT IS ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM?
2000
THIS MONTH IS NAMED FOR THE ROMAN GOD OF BEGINNING AND ENDS
WHAT IS JANUARY?
2000
THE DUTCH REVOLT OF THE LATE 16th CENTURY INTO THE 17th IS ALSO CALLED THIS; THE RESULT OF THIS WAR WAS SPANISH RECOGNITION OF AN INDEPENDENT NETHERLANDS
WHAT IS THE EIGHTY YEARS' WAR?
2000
THIS CALIFORNIA COUNTY CONTAINS THE CITIES OF YORBA LINDA, HUNTINGTON BEACH AND ANAHEIM
WHAT IS ORANGE COUNTY?
2000
THIS CRIMINAL WITH A BULL TERRIER AND A GIRLFRIEND NAMED NANCY IS THE MAIN ANTAGONIST OF CHARLES DICKENS' OLIVER TWIST
WHO IS BILL SIKES?
2000
THE BLUE TYPE OF THIS, NOT THE FRENCH TYPE, WAS THE MASCOT OF THE DELAWARE REGIMENT DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
WHAT IS A HEN?